Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Javanese Suriname

submitted	verification	final decision

	Discuss the creation of this language project on this page. *Votes will be ignored* when judging the proposal. Please provide arguments or reasons and be prepared to defend them** (see the Language proposal policy). The language committee needs to verify the language is eligible to be approved. Check that the project does not already exist (see list). Obtain an ISO 639 code Ensure the requested language is sufficiently unique that it could not exist on a more general wiki. Ensure that there are a sufficient number of native editors of that language to merit an edition in that language.

The community needs to develop an active test project; it must remain active until approval (automated statistics, recent changes). It is generally considered active if the analysis lists at least three active, not-grayed-out editors listed in the sections for the previous few months.
The community needs to complete required MediaWiki interface translations in that language (about localization, translatewiki, check completion).
The community needs to discuss and complete the settings table below:

What	Value	Example / Explanation

Proposal
Language code	jvn (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Suriname Javanese	Language name in English
Language name	Basa Jawa Suriname	Language name in your language. This will appear in the language list on Special:Preferences, in the interwiki sidebar on other wikis, ...
Language Wikidata item	Q1156689 - item has currently the following values: English label: 7809 Marcialangton native label (P1705): instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): asteroid / Wikimedia language code (P424): writing system (P282): number of speakers, writers, or signers (P1098):	Item about the language at Wikidata. It would normally include the Wikimedia language code, name of the language, etc. Please complete at Wikidata if needed.
Directionality	LTR	Is the language written from left to right (LTR) or from right to left (RTL)?
Links		Links to previous requests, or references to external websites or documents.
Site URL	jvn.wikipedia.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name	Wikipedia	"Wikipedia" in your language
Project namespace	Wikipedia	usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace	Rembugan Wikipedia	"Wikipedia talk" (the discussion namespace of the project namespace)
Enable uploads	no	Default is "no". Preferably, files should be uploaded to Commons. If you want, you can enable local file uploading, either by any user ("yes") or by administrators only ("admin"). Notes: (1) This setting can be changed afterwards. The setting can only be "yes" or "admin" at approval if the test creates an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) first. (2) Files on Commons can be used on all Wikis. (3) Uploading fair-use images is not allowed on Commons (more info). (4) Localisation to your language may be insufficient on Commons.
Optional settings
Project logo		This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone	America/Paramaribo	"Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see list of valid timezones)
Additional namespaces		For example, a Wikisource would need "Page", "Page talk", "Index", "Index talk", "Author", "Author talk".
Additional settings		Anything else that should be set
Once settings are finalized, a committee member will submit a Phabricator task requesting creation of the wiki. (This will include everything automatically, except the additional namespaces/settings.) After the task is created, it should be linked to in a comment under "final decision" above.

Discussion

I am a descendant of the Javanese Keraton lineage interested in initiating this project to preserve the unique diaspora dialect of Javanese in Suriname. Although it has a separate ISO code (jvn), it needs more active contributors to move from Incubator to a full site. --Sdsecret (talk) 13:28, 2 May 2026 (UTC)reply

Tend to Oppose, as this dialect could be integrated into the current Javanese Wikipedia. Wezpoyt (talk) 13:07, 7 May 2026 (UTC)reply
I Oppose this proposal because Sdsecret contributed alone without the assistance of a native Surinamese Javanese speaker, making the content of several wp/jvn pages completely questionable. He also submitted a proposal for the incubation of the ciawiki project a year ago, despite not being a native Cia-Cia speaker 𝄃𝄃𝄂Badak𝄂𝄀𝄁𝄃 🕭 11:52, 1 July 2026 (UTC)reply

Several questions for User:Sdsecret:

Can you speak and write this language yourself?
Do you know other people who can speak and write this language?
Does this language have its own written literature distinct from Javanese in Indonesia? For example newspapers, books, websites? Can you give some examples?
What are some examples of differences between Javanese in Indonesia and Javanese in Suriname?