Problem
I was showcasing librarians the power of Wikidata to overcome barriers to diversity by showing how we can add books in indigenous languages from Mexico.
However, they realized that adding the information about the language of the title was impossible since the language codes for zpu (Q8047534) (1) and zai (Q56728) (2) are not currently available on Wikidata as a monolingual text language code (the kind of language code used for P1476)
Request
I was wondering if this was a possible change, and if we have to open a ticket for each language in Mexico.
(1) Example of book in zpu: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120622137
(2) Example of book in zai: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120622140
Information requested in Help:Monolingual_text_languages
For ZPU
- The language code: zpu
- Language name in the language itself or English: Yalálag Zapotec
- Where and when the language was or is used: Yalálag Zapotec is spoken in the town of Yalálag, officially known as Villa Hidalgo, located in the Villa Alta district of the state of Oaxaca. It is one of the northern variants of Zapotec.
- The Wikidata item id: Q8047534
For ZAI
- The language code: zai
- Language name in the language itself or English: Isthmus Zapotec
- Where and when the language was or is used: "Isthmus Zapotec is spoken in a wide area of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico."
- The Wikidata item id: Q56728