Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Franco-Provençal

Franco-Provençal Wikipedia edit

submitted	verification	final decision

	This proposal has been approved. The Board of Trustees and language committee have deemed that there is sufficient grounds and community to create the new language project. The closing committee member provided the following comment: The requested project was created at frp: at an indeterminate date. Note that this request was approved before the implementation of the standardised Language proposal policy, and should not be used as a model for future requests. Shanel 01:10, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal summary
Language details: Franco-Provençal (Arpitan, frp ISO 639-3) Editing community: clamengh, Dahu, Cyrano (N), Chablaisien (N) List your user name if you're interested in editing the wiki. Add "N" next to your name if you are a native speaker of this language. Relevant pages: — External links: Arpitan Cultural Alliance, Francoprovencia, «L'espace arpetan», Abad-tè, Anel da lingua, Freelang
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Relevant infos:
- Link to article(s) on the language in an existing Wikipedia: fr:arpitan, fr:francoprovençal
- Approximate number of speakers: 77'000
- Location(s) spoken: France - Lyonnnais, Dauphiné, Franche-Comté South, Forez, Savoy, Western Switzerland (Valais, Vaud, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, etc.), Italy (Piemont, Val d'Aoste, Pouilles:

Celle di S.Vito e Faito: see http://www.celledisanvito.com/, in particular http://www.celledisanvito.com/associazione/Lingua.htm).

- Closely related languages, if any: fr:savoyard

Comments:
- You're mentioning Franco-Provençal as a "related language". Do you really consider them two separate languages? I always thought Arpitan is just a different name for the Franco-Provençal language. Arbeo 21:24, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, I think this request can be treated in a similar way as the Triestin and South Tyrolean requests. Dialect speakers tend to think the dialect of their region is very dissimilar to the dialect spoken just a few miles apart. So I oppose an Arpitan Wikipedia but support one in Franco-Provençal. I hope more French regional languages will be requested in the near future, like Champenois, Picard, Gallo and Normand. Caesarion Velim, non opto 07:21, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, Arpitan and Francoprovençal are synonym. So I support an Arpitan/Francoprovençal Wikipedia ;o) A bentout! Dahu 09:27, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - Especially with regard to the small number of speakers, I think this should be a Wikipedia that serves all dialects of Franco-Provençal/Arpitan or employs a common standard (if there exists an accepted one). I'd morally support it ;-) Arbeo 11:34, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support --clamengh---> changed to (it counts only once!):
Strong support --clamengh 20:25, 17 November 2005- I have written some mails requiring consensus to the organizations above. --clamengh 20:58, 17 November 2005 UTC
Support --Chris 04:47, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Harvzsf 05:35, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support --Jorgengb 09:46, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Support

Strong support (N) I do support this project, but who is the proposer please? 09:46, 15 October 2005 (UTC).--Donnaz lo 1/12/05 UTC
- Hello, I'm the proposer. Dahu 20:44, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support (N) --Cyrano 21:30, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support (N) --Chablaisien 09:30, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]