Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Ngaju
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This language has been verified as eligible. The language is eligible for a project, which means that the subdomain can be created once there is an active community and a localized interface, as described in the language proposal policy. You can discuss the creation of this language project on this page. Once the criteria are met, the language committee can proceed with the approval and will verify the test project content with a reliable neutral source, such as a professor or expert. If you think the criteria are met, but the project is still waiting for approval, feel free to notify the committee and ask them to consider its approval. |
- 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 |
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| Language code | nij (SIL, Glottolog) | A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ... |
| Language name | Ngaju | Language name in English |
| Language name | Kutak Ngaju | 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 | Q2992872 - item has currently the following values:
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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)? |
| Site URL | nij.wikipedia.org | langcode.wikiproject.org |
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| Project name | Wikipedia | "Wikipedia" in your language |
| Project namespace | usually the same as the project name | |
| Project talk namespace | "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 | File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-nij.svg | This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation). |
| Default project timezone | Asia/Jakarta | "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 | |
Proposal
[edit]Ngaju (also Ngaju Dayak or Dayak Ngaju) is an Austronesian language spoken along the Kapuas, Kahayan, Katingan, and Mentaya Rivers in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is closely related to the Bakumpai language. There are three dialects—Pulopetak, Ba'amang, and Mantangai.[1]
Discussion
[edit]- Support This is a very new project for Ngaju Language in Wikipedia. This language spoken by local people of Central Borneo, just so i am. I'm Ngaju Dayaknese, Indonesian. Sadly I think this language not really popular in our land nowadays, especially in the Cities. As the years go by, more and more local languages are starting to be forgotten. The purpose of this request is to make it easier for us, the Dayak Ngaju tribe, especially the younger generation, to understand our mother language by reading articles in Ngaju Language. So I highly recommend the Language Committee to approve this new project. Thank you. ✒ Busu Neneng 06:05, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
- Support のここり ♫ 06:04, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support Mnam23 (talk) 03:28, 22 October 2025 (UTC)
Support 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐩𝐳𝐱𝐬 → 💬 05:16, 24 March 2026 (UTC)- @Busu Neneng, Gabpzxs, and Surat Barasih Ngaju: Hi, sorry for the ping but I've had a look at user language categories across wikis (eg. Category:User nij), and there is EditorPKY and Tom9358 who speak Ngaju but doesn't seem aware of this proposal, I don't know if one of you would like to message them about it? Kind regards, Kowal2701 (talk) 19:31, 5 June 2026 (UTC) (d)
- @Kowal2701, I had previously seen the "User nij" category on Wikidata and also asked one of the two users that is "EditorPKY". You can see my discussion with @EditorPKY in his user talk and my user talk on Indonesian Wikipedia below:
- He actually became aware of it a month after creating his account at Indonesian Wikipedia, as another user had asked him about it; however, he was unable to proceed at the time because he did not yet grasp the concept and was focused on improving various articles on the Indonesian Wikipedia. You can see further details below:
- By the way, he also received a message from a user in September 2024 asking about the creation of a language community for Ngaju-language Wikimedia project (Ngaju Wikipedia, Ngaju Wiktionary, etc.). You can see further details below:
- For the username "Tom9358", I haven't asked him about this even though I already knew that when I edited "Category:User nij" on Wikidata, and I saw the sitelink on "enwiki" he could say it, even though it was only at a basic level. Thank you. 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐩𝐳𝐱𝐬 → 💬 16:47, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
Reference
[edit]- ↑ Gordon, Raymond G. Jr. (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th ed.). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.