User:Steinbach/Wikipedialess languages - Europe

Well, this is it, really. There are lots of languages without Wikipedias, and my goal is to see one in any living language, however small or endangered, just because I feel all languages are equal. In the past, I have made a start with a List of languages most in need of a Wikipedia, but that's too subjective. Who tells you what language is actually more in need of it?

I intent to list all languages, except perhaps the very smallest or some that I consider dialects rather than separate languages, in Europe to begin with, without a Wikipedia, possibly with some comment.

I'm not done yet; this list is incomplete at the moment.

• Abaza - Caucasus. 45,000 speakers. A Wikipedia seems unlikely.
• Adyghe - Adygea, Russia. 300,000 speakers. Though difficult, a Wikipedia seems feasible.
• Crimean Tatar - Crim, Russia. 300,000 speakers. Test wiki at Incubator.
• Erzya - Russia. 500,000 speakers.
• Gagauz - Gagauzia, Moldova. 150,000 speakers. One failed attempt for the creation of a Wikipedia.
• Griko - South Italy. 20,000 speakers.
• Inari Sami - Inari municipaliry, north Finland. Only 400 speakers, setting up a Wikipedia will be difficult.
• Ingrian - Ingria, Russia. 300 speakers, a Wikipedia seems unfeasable.
• Kabardian - Caucasus. With 1,000,000 speakers probably the biggest European language without a Wikipedia (depending on definition of what is Europe). Test wiki at Incubator; largely dormant.
• Karelian - Karelia, Russia. About 120,000 speakers, endangered. There has been an unseccesful attempt before.
• Kildin Sami - Murmansk oblast, Russia. 500 speakers, setting up a Wikipedia will be very difficult.
• Livonian - Latvian coast. Perhaps 35 speakers, setting up a Wikipedia would be extremely difficult. If at all, we might rely on young(er) language revivers, of which there are certainly more (there are a few hundred self-proclaimed ethnic Livonians).
• Lower Sorbian - Lower Lausitz, Germany. 10,000 speakers. There has been an Upper Sorbian wiki for quite some time, Lower Sorbian test wiki at Incubator.
• Ludic - Karelia, Russia. 3,000 speakers, setting up a Wikipedia will be very difficult.
• Lule Sami - Norway and Sweden. 2,000 speakers, after Northern Sami the Sami language that is best preserved.
• Moksha - Mordovia, Russia. 500,000 speakers.
• North Frisian - North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. At best 10,000 speakers. Large dialectal variation might be a major drawback. Test wiki at incubator.
• Picard - Picardy, France; Hainaut province, Belgium. Perhaps some 500,000 people have some knowledge of it; actual speakers numbers probably much lower. A Wikipedia in it would be a logical step, as Walloon and Norman Wikipedias already exist.
• Rusyn aka Ruthenian - East Slovakia, West Ukraine. 600,000 speakers.
• Saterlandic - Saterland, Low Saxony, Germany. 2,000 speakers. Test wiki at Incubator.
• Skolt Sami, northern Finland. 400 speakers, setting up a Wikipedia will be difficult.
• Southern Sami - Middle Norway and Sweden. Just 500 speakers but a relatively active community. A Wikipedia could also include the nearly extinct Ume Sami (spoken just north of Southern Sami, only 20 speakers left).
• Tsakonian - Tsakonia, Greece. 300 speakers but perhaps as many as 2,000 fluent. Setting up a Wikipedia will be relatively difficult.
• Vepsian - Russia. 6,000 speakers. Setting up a Wikipedia will be difficult.