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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
Q18458203 - item has currently the following values:
en label = Kupang Malay
native label (P1705) =
instance/subclass (P31/P279) = language, modern language / Malay
Wikimedia language code (P424) =
writing system (P282) =
number of speakers (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.
Community
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Enable uploads
no
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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
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Default project timezone
Asia/Kupang
"Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see list of valid timezones)
Additional namespaces
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The Kupang Malay language is the most spoken language in West Timor, including some parts of Flores Island, Alor Island, Sumba Island, and a few more islands on the Islands of East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia. It has around 200.000 spokers in 1997, and it's growing every year. Making the Wikipedia of its own would be a good idea. I got this idea from other Indonesian regional languages, such as Javanese Wikipedia, Minangkabau Wikipedia, Bali Wikipedia, and a few more. From that, I started to think, "why can't I create my own language Wikipedia?". So, please create this Wikipedia language as it will help some people that doesn't understand many of the Indonesian words very good. So, in order to help many other people, I decided to make this Wikipedia language, to rich out all the people in East Nusa Tenggara, and parts of the Eastern Indonesia (because they speak nearly-same language as Kupang Malay).
