User:SPQRobin/languages

This is a place for me to try to understand the varieties of a certain language or language family, along with their wikis.

Arabic

ar: - Standard Arabic (MW locale; Arabic)

Language	Wiki	MediaWiki
Algerian Arabic	Wp/arq (mixed Latin/Arabic)	on TWN (Latin)
Algerian Saharan Arabic	Wp/aao
Babalia Creole Arabic	Wp/bbz
Baharna Arabic	Wp/abv
Chadian Arabic	Wp/shu
Cypriot Arabic	Wp/acy
Dhofari Arabic	Wp/adf
Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic	Wp/avl
Egyptian Arabic	arz: (Arabic)	yes (Arabic)
Gulf Arabic	Wp/afb
Hadrami Arabic	Wp/ayh
Hijazi Arabic	Wp/acw
Libyan Arabic	Wp/ayl (some pages; Arabic)	no support
Mesopotamian Arabic	acm
Moroccan Arabic	Wp/ary (mainly Latin)	yes (Latin)
Najdi Arabic	Wp/ars
North Levantine Arabic	Wp/apc
North Mesopotamian Arabic	Wp/ayp
Omani Arabic	Wp/acx
Saidi Arabic	Wp/aec
Sanaani Arabic	Wp/ayn
Shihhi Arabic	Wp/ssh
South Levantine Arabic	Wp/ajp
Standard Arabic	arb -> ar:
Sudanese Arabic	Wp/apd
Sudanese Creole Arabic	Wp/pga
Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Wp/acq
Tajiki Arabic	Wp/abh
Tunisian Arabic	Wp/aeb (Latin)	only TWN (aeb enabled; no localisation)
Uzbeki Arabic	Wp/auz

Berber

The colored areas of modern-day North Africa indicate where 90% or more of the local populations speak a variety of the Berber language as a sole or a primary language

wp/ber -> a standardised form ("ber" is collective, not a macrolanguage!)

Language	Wiki	MediaWiki	Narayam
Shilha	wp/shi (mainly Latin; also Tifinagh)	Latin messages file; conversion script Latin/Tifinagh	Latin -> Tifinagh
Central Atlas	wp/tzm
Riff	wp/rif (mainly Latin)	Latin messages file; needs conversion	Latin -> Tifinagh
oasis groups
Shenwa	wp/cnu
Kabyle	kabwiki	Latin messages file
Shawiya	wp/shy
Tuareg (macrolanguage)	wp/tmh

Quechua

• Quechua I or Quechua B or Central Quechua or Waywash, spoken in Peru's central highlands and coast.
• Quechua II or Quechua A or Peripheral Quechua or Wanp'una, divided into
  • Yungay Quechua or Quechua II A, spoken in the northern mountains of Peru; the most widely spoken dialect is Cajamarca.
  • Northern Quechua or Quechua II B, spoken in Ecuador (Kichwa), northern Peru, and Colombia (Inga Kichwa) --> wp/qug
  • Southern Quechua or Quechua II C, spoken in Bolivia, southern Peru, Chile, and Argentina. -> qu.wikipedia.org

Kurdish

Kurdish has three standardized versions:

Northern (>3/4 of speakers) = Kurmanji (ku.wikipedia.org, also used for other varieties)	Turkey, Syria and northern parts of Kurdish-speaking Iraq & Iran	mainly Latin script, also Arabic
Central = Sorani (ckb.wikipedia.org)	west Iran and much of Iraqi Kurdistan	Perso-Arabic script
Southern = Kermanshahi (wp/sdh)	Kermanshah province of Iran	Latin script (I expected Arabic..)
Laki (wp/lki)	often grouped under Southern

See also meta:Proposals_for_closing_projects/Closure_of_Kurdish_2_Wikipedia

Zaza–Gorani languages

Many speakers of the Zaza–Gorani languages, particularly including Zazaki, Dimli, Gorani and Shabaki actually consider themselves as Kurds despite separate classification by various texts.

• Gorani (wp/hac)
• Zazaki (wp/zza) = macrolanguage (see also meta:Requests for comment/Zazaki wikipedia etc)
  • (diq.wikipedia.org)
  • wp/kiu

Indonesia

--> http://langconf2012.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Projects

Largest Languages in Indonesia (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=IDJ)
(Figures indicate numbers of native speakers except for the national language, Indonesian)

Language	Number (millions)	Wiki
Indonesian/Malay	210	id:, ms:
Javanese	84.3	jv:
Sundanese	34.0	su:
Madurese	13.6	Wp/mad
Minangkabau	5.5	Wp/min
Musi	3.9	Wp/mui
Buginese	3.5	bug:
Banjarese	3.5	bjn:
Acehnese	3.5	ace:
Balinese	3.3	Wp/ban
Betawi	2.7	Wp/bew
Sasak	2.1	Wp/sas
Batak Toba	2.0	Wp/bbc
Makassarese	1.6	Wp/mak
Batak Dairi	1.2	Wp/btd
Batak Simalungun	1.2	Wp/bts
Batak Mandailing	1.1	Wp/btm
Jambi Malay	1.0	Wp/jax
Bolaang Mongondow	0.9	Wp/mog
Gorontalo	0.9	Wp/gor
Ngaju Dayak	0.9	Wp/nij
Lampung Api	0.8	Wp/ljp
Nias	0.8	Wp/nia
Batak Angkola	0.7	Wp/akb
North Moluccan Malay	0.7	Wp/max
Southern Min Chinese (Hokkien and Teochew)	0.7	nan:?
Chinese (Hakka)	0.6	hak:
Batak Karo	0.6	Wp/btx
Uab Meto	0.6	Wp/aoz
Bima	0.5	Wp/bhp
Manggarai	0.5	Wp/mqy
Torajan-Sa'dan	0.5	Wp/sda
Komering	0.5	Wp/kge
Tetum	0.4	tet:
Rejang	0.4	Wp/rej
Muna	0.3	Wp/mnb
Basa Semawa	0.3	Wp/smw
Bangka	0.3	Wp/mfb
Osing	0.3	Wp/osi
Gayo	0.3	Wp/gay
Bungku–Tolaki	0.3
Lewotobi	0.3
Tae'	0.3
Ambonese Malay	0.2

India

official languages

• as:
• be:
• Wp/brx
• Wp/hne (Chhattisgarhi, in Devanagari)
• Wp/dgo
• en:
• fr:
• Wp/grt
• gu:
• hi:
• kn:
• Wp/kha
• Wp/kok (Wp/knn + wp/gom)
• Wp/trp
• Wp/mai
• ml:
• Wp/mni
• mr:
• Wp/lus (Mizo, in Latin)
• ne:
• or:
• pa:
• Wp/mup
• Wp/sa
• Wp/sat
• ta:
• te:
• ur: