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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 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 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

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • ISO code: sag
  • icon: http://www.pays-monde.fr/continent-afrique-1/drapeau-national-republique-centrafricaine-41.html uploaded
  • list: ?

Turkmen

  • Requested by: 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 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

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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

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

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