Version at: 29/03/2014, 18:53

# How to request a new language to be added

## Do these 3 things

1. Add 5 or more sentences in your language.

    * Use auto-detect when submitting sentences.

    * After submitting a sentence, click the flag icon and choose "other language."

2. Create a public list with the name of the language.  Add your sentences to this list.

3. Send an e-mail to team@tatoeba.org with the following information:

    * The name of the language in English.
 
    * An icon (a flag, or something else) that can be used for the language.
 
    * The [3-letter ISO code](http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp?order=reference_name&letter=a) for the language.  We only add languages that have a 3-letter ISO code.

## More Details

**1)IMPORTANT:** We cannot add your language if it does not have an [ISO 639-3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3) code. At this point we already have a lot of languages to deal with, and it's a bit too complicated to deal with languages that are not "officially" recognized.

**2)** In your email, tell us what icon we can use for each requested language. It does not necessarily have to be the flag of a country. We just want a picture that people can easily associate to the language. If you don't have any specific image, give us some ideas of what we could use to represent the language (a color, a symbol, an animal). Give all the ideas you have so that we can invent a nice icon for the language. Keep in mind that our icons are only 30x20 pixels.

**3)** Translate 5 sentences into your language(s). Choose auto-detect when selecting the language for the sentences. The language detection is likely to fail, but click on the language icon and select "other language" in the list that appears. (It's the first option.) After the new language is added to Tatoeba, you will be able to set it correctly for this sentence.

**4)** Create a public list and give it the name of your language. Add your 5 translations into that list. Feel free to translate more than 5 sentences, but always add them into the list, so that we can easily find them!

**5)** Don't hesitate to ask us if you don't know how to do something!

**IMPORTANT:** We will only add your language(s) if you have done all of this. And please forgive us if we take forever despite your going through all these steps.

# Procedure for developers

=> [Adding a language in Tatoeba](http://en.wiki.tatoeba.org/articles/show/adding-lang-to-corpus#)


# Pending requests

## New languages

### Punjabi (Eastern)
* Requested by: sabretou
* ISO code: pan
* icon: http://goo.gl/QgFcfo *uploaded*
* todo: also do some changes for pnb. Read http://tatoeba.org/eng/wall/show\_message/17381#message\_17381
 

### Haitian Creole
* Requested by: [LanguageExpert](http://tatoeba.org/user/profile/LanguageExpert)
* ISO code: hat
* icon: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Flag\_of\_Haiti\_%28civil%29.svg/250px-Flag\_of\_Haiti\_%28civil%29.svg.png *uploaded*
* list: 
http://www.tatoeba.org/eng/sentences_lists/show/3278
1897919, 1897920, 1897921, 1897923, 1387888

### Sinhala
* Requested by: [honolulu](http://tatoeba.org/user/profile/honolulu)
* ISO code: sin
* icon: Use Sri Lankan national flag, as this is the most frequently associated icon with this language. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag\_of\_Sri\_Lanka.svg/300px-Flag\_of \_Sri\_Lanka.svg.png *uploaded*
* list: http://www.tatoeba.org/eng/sentences\_lists/show/3262

### Sango
* Requested by: [ambroise](http://tatoeba.org/user/profile/ambroise)
* ISO code: sag
* icon: http://www.pays-monde.fr/continent-afrique-1/drapeau-national-republique-centrafricaine-41.html  *uploaded*
* list: ?

### Turkmen 
* Requested by: [Imp](http://tatoeba.org/user/profile/Imp)
* ISO code: tuk
* icon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag\_of\_Turkmenistan.svg  *uploaded*
* list: http://www.tatoeba.org/eng/sentences\_lists/show/775

###  Arabic (Syrian)
* Requested by: dpsilver7
* ISO code: ?  [quote of email from dpsilver7: Ar / ara (Syrian Accent) (it's not classic Arabic, no one speaks Classic Arabic anymore!! :D, it's vernacular, all Arabs and most foreigners I know (that were learning Arabic) wanted to learn Syrian Accent.]
* icon: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/953908/images/syrian\_30x20.jpg
* list: ?

### Greenlandic (Kalaallisut)
* Requested by: biibi
* ISO code: kal
* icon: [Greenland flag](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Flag_of_Greenland.svg)  *uploaded*
* list: http://www.tatoeba.org/eng/sentences\_lists/show/3277

### Bhojpuri 
  * Requested by: Rahul (email)
  * ISO code: bho
  * icon: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5_jtoG7OkkpUU9rWVRKQTF2dnM/edit?usp=sharing
  * list: http://www.tatoeba.org/eng/sentences\_lists/show/3144 (also tagged as 'Bhojpuri')

### Mari 

  * Requested by: Минилбаева Елена (email)
  * ISO code: chm
  * icon: attached to email
  * list:  "Erviy", http://www.tatoeba.org/eng/sentences_lists/show/3183 (currently contains only 1 sentence; needs at least 4 more)

### Meadow Mari

  * Requested by Jorgi S.
  * ISO code: mhr
  * icon: attached to email *uploaded*
  * list: http://www.tatoeba.org/eng/sentences_lists/show/3187

### Nahuatl

  * Requested by: pat rivera  (email)
  * ISO code: nah
  * icon: Mexican flag ,  Reason: Language was spoken by founders of country, the Mexica, for whom the country is named after. (stated like that in the email)
  * list: http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences\_lists/show/3166

### Awadhi
  * Language Name: Awadhi
  * ISO 639-3 code: awa
  * Public List: "Awadhi" (also tagged as 'Awadhi') http://www.tatoeba.org/eng/sentences_lists/show/3044
  * Flag: Flag of Awadh (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5_jtoG7OkkpdF9DMC1aRDI3SHc/edit?usp=sharing)

### Amharic
  * ISO code: amh
  * Flag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg
  * List: http://www.tatoeba.org/eng/sentences_lists/show/3261

    2722308
    2722320
    2722306
    2722295
    2722294
    2722291
    2722290
    2722289
    2722286

### Middle English 
   * Code: enm
   * list: http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences\_lists/show/3135
   * Flag St George cross: (attached to email) 


### Chavacano 
   * Code: cbk
   * Tag: http://tatoeba.org/eng/tags/show\_sentences\_with\_tag/Chavacano 
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences_lists/show/3128

###Middle French (Moyen français)
  * Code: frm
  * Icon: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Pavillon\_royal\_de\_la\_France.png
  * List: http://tatoeba.org/fre/sentences\_lists/show/3067

###Wallon
  * Code: wln
  * Icon: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Flag\_of\_Wallonia.svg
  * List: http://tatoeba.org/fre/sentences\_lists/show/3068

###Juhuri (Judeo-Tat)
  * Code: jdt
  * Icon: (sent to Team Tatoeba) *uploaded*
  * List: Juhuri -  http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences_lists/show/3302

###Pennsylvania German
  * Code: pdc
  * Icon: flag of Pennsylvania *uploaded*
  * List: http://www.tatoeba.org/deu/sentences\_lists/show/3359

## Missing flags

These languages are present, but are not yet displayed with flags (other than an icon with a three-letter abbreviation on a white background).
 
###Ewe
flag of the Ewe people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag\_of\_the\_Ewe\_people.svg

###Upper and Lower Sorbian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbs#Lusatian\_anthem

Upper Sorbian: hsb
Lower Sorbian: dsb

###Telugu
icon representing the geographical area where Telugu is spoken (in e-mail sent to Team Tatoeba) *updated*

version at: 30/03/2014, 02:07

# How to request a new language to be added

## Do these 3 things

1. Add 5 or more sentences in your language.

    * Use auto-detect when submitting sentences.

    * After submitting a sentence, click the flag icon and choose "other language."

2. Create a public list with the name of the language.  Add your sentences to this list.

3. Send an e-mail to team@tatoeba.org with the following information:

    * The name of the language in English.
 
    * An icon (a flag, or something else) that can be used for the language.
 
    * The [3-letter ISO code](http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp?order=reference_name&letter=a) for the language.  We only add languages that have a 3-letter ISO code.

## More Details

**1)IMPORTANT:** We cannot add your language if it does not have an [ISO 639-3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3) code. At this point we already have a lot of languages to deal with, and it's a bit too complicated to deal with languages that are not "officially" recognized.

**2)** In your email, tell us what icon we can use for each requested language. It does not necessarily have to be the flag of a country. We just want a picture that people can easily associate to the language. If you don't have any specific image, give us some ideas of what we could use to represent the language (a color, a symbol, an animal). Give all the ideas you have so that we can invent a nice icon for the language. Keep in mind that our icons are only 30x20 pixels.

**3)** Translate 5 sentences into your language(s). Choose auto-detect when selecting the language for the sentences. The language detection is likely to fail, but click on the language icon and select "other language" in the list that appears. (It's the first option.) After the new language is added to Tatoeba, you will be able to set it correctly for this sentence.

**4)** Create a public list and give it the name of your language. Add your 5 translations into that list. Feel free to translate more than 5 sentences, but always add them into the list, so that we can easily find them!

**5)** Don't hesitate to ask us if you don't know how to do something!

**IMPORTANT:** We will only add your language(s) if you have done all of this. And please forgive us if we take forever despite your going through all these steps.

# Procedure for developers

=> [Adding a language in Tatoeba](http://en.wiki.tatoeba.org/articles/show/adding-lang-to-corpus#)


# Pending requests

## New languages

### Punjabi (Eastern)
* Requested by: sabretou
* ISO code: pan
* icon: http://goo.gl/QgFcfo *uploaded*
* todo: also do some changes for pnb. Read http://tatoeba.org/eng/wall/show\_message/17381#message\_17381
 

### Sango
* Requested by: [ambroise](http://tatoeba.org/user/profile/ambroise)
* ISO code: sag
* icon: http://www.pays-monde.fr/continent-afrique-1/drapeau-national-republique-centrafricaine-41.html  *uploaded*
* list: ?

###  Arabic (Syrian)
* Requested by: dpsilver7
* ISO code: ?  [quote of email from dpsilver7: Ar / ara (Syrian Accent) (it's not classic Arabic, no one speaks Classic Arabic anymore!! :D, it's vernacular, all Arabs and most foreigners I know (that were learning Arabic) wanted to learn Syrian Accent.]
* icon: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/953908/images/syrian\_30x20.jpg
* list: ?

### Mari 

  * Requested by: Минилбаева Елена (email)
  * ISO code: chm
  * icon: attached to email
  * list:  "Erviy", http://www.tatoeba.org/eng/sentences_lists/show/3183 (currently contains only 1 sentence; needs at least 4 more)


## Missing flags

These languages are present, but are not yet displayed with flags (other than an icon with a three-letter abbreviation on a white background).
 
###Upper and Lower Sorbian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbs#Lusatian\_anthem

Upper Sorbian: hsb
Lower Sorbian: dsb

Note

The lines in green are the lines that have been added in the new version. The lines in red are those that have been removed.

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