For reference, these are the languages which were prioritized for the elections. Additional translation support was utilized to help with the 48-72 hour deadlines:
1. العربية (ar) 2. বাংলা (bn) 3. Deutsch (de) 4. español (es) 5. فارسی (fa) 6. français (fr) 7. हिन्दी (hi) 8. Bahasa Indonesia (id) 9. italiano (it) 10. 日本語 (ja) 11. Nederlands (nl) 12. português do Brasil (pt-br) 13. русский (ru) 14. Kiswahili (sw) 15. Türkçe (tr) 16. Tiếng Việt (vi) 17. 中文 (zh) -greg (User:Varnent) On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Richard Symonds < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Milos, > > The formatting has been stripped from the email because the list software > doesn't like HTML, so the table at the bottom is illegible. Is it available > elsewhere? > > Richard Symonds > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0992 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > On 27 May 2015 at 22:04, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Below is the list of the languages sorted by the number of L2 speakers > > (more than one million of them). > > > > L2 speakers appear in two occasions: > > * First and important to us is about languages used for wider > > communication. For example, French is L2 among educated people of West > > Africa. > > * The second type is related to the native languages in not so good > > position (either dying or reviving). For example, English is L1 language > of > > the most of Native Americans, as well as Russian is L1 language of the > most > > of ethnicities of former Soviet Union, while their own languages are L2 > > ones. (They are important in other cases, but not for this purpose.) > > > > I omitted English (there is no sense, as we are communicating in English > > and English is default for all the localization) and few spoken languages > > (our content is [mostly] written). > > > > I also removed some languages which belong to the second category (Irish > > Gaelic and Scots, for example), but it could be the case that some of the > > languages from the list belong to that category, as well (though I am > > pretty sure they don't). > > > > There are languages inside of this list with well developed Wikimedia > > projects and without particular need to promote work on Wikimedia > projects > > among them: French, Spanish and German are the examples. There is no > > Russian inside of the list, as it's usually L1 language, as mentioned > > above, but it belongs to the category of the languages with well > developed > > Wikimedia projects. > > > > There are also languages spoken in countries with low level of internet > > access and issues much more important than writing an encyclopedia, like > > Congo Swahili is. Those are the areas not yet ready even for the projects > > like OLPC is and we don't have a lot to do there. > > > > But there are a number of languages in between with active chapter(s) or > > user group(s) inside of relevant countries. Those languages should be the > > priority in promotion collaboration. > > > > They are: Arabic (Arabic user groups), Indonesian (WM ID), Hindi (WM IN), > > Urdu (Pakistani user group), Thai (Thailand UG), Bengali (WM BD), Zulu > (WM > > ZA), Hausa (West African user groups), Xhosa (WM ZA), Afrikaans (WM ZA), > > Kannada (WM IN), Telugu (WM IN), Tsonga (WM ZA), Malay (WM ID and > Malaysian > > Wikimedians), Marathi (WM IN). > > > > The priorities for those languages should include (but likely not limited > > to): > > * Translation of MediaWiki messages should be 100%. > > * Those languages should be priorities for every document which should be > > translated. For example, ongoing Board elections; but also various Meta > > pages. > > * We should have the pool of literate people in those languages for > various > > purposes, not just for translation. For example, if we want to create > > projects in languages of Pakistan, we should have a number of literate > Urdu > > speakers, willing to help newcomers speaking Urdu as their L2 language. > > > > Will be back with other languages-related data :) > > > > > > LanguageCodeL1 speakersL2 speakersStandard > > Arabicarb206,000,000246,000,000Mandarin > > > Chinesecmn847,808,270178,000,000Indonesianind23,200,480140,000,000Hindihin > > 260,333,620120,000,000Spanishspa398,931,84096,990,000Urduurd64,035,800 > > > > > 94,000,000Frenchfra75,916,15087,000,000Thaitha20,396,93040,000,000Bengaliben > > > > > 189,261,20019,200,000Zuluzul11,969,10015,700,000Hausahau25,109,00015,000,000 > > Xhosaxho8,177,30011,000,000Afrikaansafr7,096,81010,300,000Bamanankanbam > > 4,072,04010,000,000Burmesemya32,035,30010,000,000Congo Swahiliswc1,000 > > 9,100,000Northern Sothonso4,631,0009,100,000Kannadakan37,739,0409,000,000 > > Germandeu78,093,9808,000,000Tamiltam68,776,4608,000,000Juladyu2,550,000 > > 7,000,000Lingalalin2,141,3007,000,000Koongokng5,016,5005,000,000Telugutel > > 74,049,0005,000,000Ibibioibb1,500,0004,500,000Tok > Pisintpi122,0004,000,000 > > Kriokri495,6004,000,000Amharicamh21,811,6004,000,000Bangalabxg~0 > > 3,500,000Tsongatso4,009,0003,400,000Malayzlm15,848,5003,000,000Marathimar > > > > > 71,780,6603,000,000Sinhalasin15,613,9802,000,000Efikefi405,2602,000,000Duala > > dua87,7002,000,000Yorubayor19,380,8002,000,000Shonasna10,741,7001,800,000 > > Vendaven1,294,0001,700,000Sangosag404,0001,600,000Manado Malayxmm850,000 > > 1,500,000Sylhetisyl10,300,0001,500,000Ambonese Malayabs245,0201,400,000 > > Ndebelenbl1,090,0001,400,000Rakhinerki1,000,0001,020,000Gandalug4,130,000 > > 1,000,000Akanaka8,314,6001,000,000Khmerkhm14,224,5001,000,000 > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
