Requests for new languages/Wikiversity Sylheti

submitted	verification	final decision

	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. A committee member provided the following comment: No obvious problems with eligibility. --MF-W 15:05, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The community needs to develop an active test project; it must remain active until approval (automated statistics). 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	syl (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Sylheti	Language name in English
Language name	ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ	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	Q2044560 - item has currently the following values: English label: Sylheti native label (P1705): ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ ꠜꠣꠡꠣ, ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ ꠝꠣꠔ instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): natural language, modern language / Bengali–Assamese Wikimedia language code (P424): syl writing system (P282): Sylheti, Bangla–Assamese script, Latin script, Devanagari number of speakers, writers, or signers (P1098): 13,980,000	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	syl.wikiversity.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name	ꠃꠁꠇꠤꠙꠣꠡ꠆ꠡꠣꠟꠣ	"Wikiversity" in your language
Project namespace		usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace		"Wikiversity 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:Wikiversity-logo.svg	This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone	Asia/Dhaka	"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.

Proposal

We want the Sylheti language version of Wikiversity. The Sylheti language has a valid ISO 639-3 language code (syl). The Sylheti script (Unicode alias: Syloti Nagri) has a valid code ISO 15924: Sylo (316), satisfy the orthographical requirements. The native script matches the phonology (sound system) of spoken Sylheti perfectly and it is easy to learn (there is a proverb - "Sylheti writing can be learned in two and half days")

Native speakers: 10 million (2017)
L2 speakers: 1.5 million (2017)
Localisation: In Translatewiki 100℅ of the most used MediaWiki messages and required 13% of the core MediaWiki messages has been translated. The Sylheti interface is active and functional. Also, a Language support team is available for the Sylheti language.
29 Users by Sylheti language in Wikimedia Incubator

Sylheti language edition of Wikiversity will add value to the Wikimedia Foundation, at the same time it will enhance current and future projects in this language.
--ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 19:16, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Support

Support --ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ (talk) 19:16, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support If Sylhetis want to get the wikiversity and will work on it a lot, I support their desire. Пан Хаунд (talk) 14:38, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- নবাব (talk) 17:46, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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