Help:Add a new language/ia

Tu pote registrar qualcunque lingua, dialecto o varietate de lingua usante Lingua Libre. Lingua Libre usa elementos pro immagazinar informationes sur un lingua de un maniera equivalente a Wikidata. Tote le linguas ja presente es listate hic.

Si tu lingua/dialecto non existe ancora, tu pote crear lo. Pro facer isto, nos ha duo optiones:

• Demandar lo a un administrator (le maniera recommendate). Vide le lista de administratores.
• Crear manualmente un nove entrata.

Tool for administrators

This section applies only for administrators

The gadget LinguaImporter can be used by administrators in order to import a language directly from Wikidata. To do so, follow the following steps.

➊ In top right corner > User icon > Preferences > Gadgets : check in "LinguaImporter" > “Save”;

The gadget tab of your preferences.

➋ In top right corner > "Actions" icon > “Import a language” : click

➌ The popup below appears.

Enter the Wikidata identifier of the language. Ex: For Picard language, enter it's wikidata identifier Q34024. You may also type its common English name : for French language, enter “French”, rather than "français". Among the list proposed, click the relevant one. Warning! Be very careful to click on the right language in order not to import elements that are not languages. Validate by clicking on the “Import” button.

➍ A successful popup appears, indicating the LinguaLibre item identifier corresponding to your to the language.

This new language is now available to anyone who wants to record word lists.

Create a new language by hand

It is recommended to create a new language by asking to an administrator.

I know what I'm doing

So that, all labels filled on Wikidata, that contain the language name in several languages, will be imported. If you create a language by hand, you will have to translate the name of the language by yourself. If you still want to create a new language by yourself, follow these steps: Click on this link in order to create a new item. You arrive on the page below. In the label field, type the language name in the language that is selected in the Language list; In the description field, type a short description that allow to understand which language is it; In the alias field, you can optionally enter other language names that are used for this language Finally click on the “Create” button. You are redirected to the page of the new element you just created Now, you have to create the following statements by clicking on “add statement”: instance of (P2) with the value language/dialect (Q4); Wikidata ID (P12) with a value with a form like QXXXX where XXXX has to be replace by the Wikidata identifier of this language; ISO 639-3 code (P13) with the value YYY, where YYY is the ISO 639-3 code of the language if it has one. For dialect or language that does not have ISO 639-3, do not use this property; optionally, you can add other statements such as Wikimedia language code (P17), ... You can also add language name in other languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, ...). To save the statement, you have to click on “save”. This new language is now available to anyone who wants to record word lists.