Requests for new languages/Wiktionary Assamese

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Assamese Wiktionary [edit]

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Proposal summary
  • Language details: Assamese (অসমীয়া, as ISO 639-1)
  • Editing community:

Prabhakar Sarma Neog (Psneog 12:52, 8 October 2011 (UTC)) N
Chaipau 16:54, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

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  • Relevant pages: assamese wiktionary project in incubator
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There was an Assamese Wiktionary opened earlier, however was closed and moved to incubator due to inactivity (http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wt/as).

However, now we want to revive this project. This is a request to please re open the project.

Psneog 11:56, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Arguments in favour [edit]

Basic Information= [edit]

  • Assamese language is spoken in Assam (India), West Bengal (India), Bangladesh and various places of the Assamese communities in various parts of world.
  • Assamese is the official language in Assam
  • Approximately 16,709,000 people in Assam speak Assamese,
  • Dialects: Jharwa (Pidgin), Mayang, Standard Assamese, Western Assamese (Kamrupi), Nagamese and Arunachali
  • Assamese is often used in all the states various ways, like words borrowed from it or as a connecting language.
  • Assamese alphabet maps one to one to the Devanagari alphabets
  • The Assamese Wikipedia has approx 705 article in it and growing.

Other Causes [edit]

  • There are very few up-to-date paper dictionaries in Assamese.
  • Most of the people, especially poor students don't get access to a good dictionary, but can access it via mobile, which are available even in the far corners of the state.
  • Wikimedia specific: Most of the technical terms are not available in Assamese and there is a dire need to havew a online dictionary
  • Assamese doesn't have a on-line spell chkr,


Psneog 09:07, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Arguments against [edit]

Other discussion [edit]

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