2005/11/13, Timwi <timwi(a)gmx.net>et>:
I would
like to create a new wikipedia in my language, but it do not
appear in the language-list, so I think I have to ask for its creation
here.
Andalusian is the name of that language in Englisch, its regional name
is Andalùh.
Andalusian is a dialect of Spanish. As far as I can see, Ethnologue's
14th edition had an entry on it, while the 15th edition has removed it
and demoted it to the status of Spanish dialect.
Ethnologue also states (in the entry about Asturian) that Andalusian is
less different from Spanish than Asturian; keeping in mind that Asturian
is already quite close (although we do have a separate Asturian
Wikipedia at ast), it would seem that for the purposes of Wikimedia,
Andalusian is effectively Spanish.
When I read [[en:Andalusian Spanish]], I also see as an issue that
there is no single Andalusian dialect, but that there are a number of
dialects, which have large differences as well as a number of
similarities which set them apart from other Spanish languages and
dialects.
That argument would similarly apply to Allemanian (als), Low Saxon
(nds), Ripuarian (no Wikipedia yet), and perhaps also Scots (sco). Yet
they appear to have developed a unified orthography for themselves. I
haven't looked at them enough to figure out whether their spellings and
grammars are actually internally consistent, although it seems at least
Scots (sco) follows some sort of semi-official language authority.
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