This task summarises the technical output analysis for the year FY 25-26 for Language Onboarding & Development on efforts on entail enabling newly introduced or smaller languages to be usable on Wikimedia environments through i8n setup; onboarding new languages, Plural support, Keyboard support, Fall back, Namespaces, Unicode among other areas.
Description
Related Objects
- Mentioned In
- LPL Onboarding and Development
- Mentioned Here
- T292750: Change language fallback chain for Asturian
T328207: Change Namespace Aliases on diq.wikipedia
T375979: Namespace aliases for scn.wikipedia
T378014: Date/Time formats for Serbian language are incorrect
T380964: Add Tsou (tsu) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T380975: Add Kanakanavu (xnb) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T381060: Add Saaroa (sxr) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T381061: Add Kavalan (ckv) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T381137: Add Yami (tao) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
T382781: Change Levantine Arabic's interface to Western Arabic numerals
T384155: Maltese (mt) plural rules are outdated
T392749: Add Hokkien Hàn-lô writing systems to translatewiki.net
T393068: Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for July 2025
T393746: Fix ULS language data search index for Javanese
T395396: Add Dolgan (dlg) to translatewiki.net
T396889: Split untranslatable messages to a separate file
T397355: Add Hadhrami (ayh) to translatewiki.net
T397356: Add Antiguan and Barbudan Creole (aig) to translatewiki.net
T397435: Add Dolgan (dlg) to Names.php
T398790: Add Antigua and Barbuda Creole (aig) to Names.php
T400177: Language Sessions & Conversations at Wikimania 2025
T400184: Language Technical Contributions at Wikimania 2025 Hackathon
T400186: Language Tools Session at Wikimania 2025 Hackathon
T400662: Organize language community meeting (August 2025)
T401206: Split Mediawiki core aggregates
T401531: Wikimania 2025: New and Smaller language support conversations
T401766: Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for October 2025
T402159: Add Sasak (sas) to Names.php
T404285: Split Language converter messages to a separate file
T404638: Split interwiki messages to a separate file
T405473: Add Hyam (jab) to translatewiki.net
T406198: Add Bono (abr) to Names.php
T407951: WikiConfNA 2025 Session: Fast-Tracking Languages from the Incubator What We Tried, What We Learned
T408150: Add Jju (kaj) to Names.php
T408858: Split messages relating to user rights in MediaWiki core into a separate file
T408944: Organize language community meeting (November 2025)
T409013: Change date format for Karakalpak (kaa)
T409393: Add Javanese variant jv-java to Names.php
T409708: Add Bole (bol) to Names.php
T409846: Add Shughni (sgh) to translatewiki.net
T411884: Add Nawat (ppl) to Names.php
T415094: Add Jambi Malay (jax) to translatewiki.net
T416618: Add Saho (ssy) to translatewiki.net
T417024: Add Western Pwo (pwo) to translatewiki.net
T417126: Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for January 2026
T418150: Add Wapan (juk) to translatewiki.net
T418311: Add namespace translations for Tibetan wiki
Event Timeline
Includes Summary of Q1 , Q2 and Q3 Output
✅T395396 Add Dolgan (dlg) to translatewiki.net
✅T397356 Add Antiguan and Barbudan Creole (aig) to translatewiki.net
✅T397355 Add Hadhrami (ayh) to translatewiki.net
✅T405473 Add Hyam (jab) to translatewiki.net
✅T409846 Add Shughni (sgh) to translatewiki.net
✅T392749 Add Hokkien Hàn-lô writing systems to translatewiki.net
✅T418150 Add Wapan (juk) to translatewiki.net
✅T417024 Add Western Pwo (pwo) to translatewiki.net
✅T416618 Add Saho (ssy) to translatewiki.net
✅T415094 Add Jambi Malay (jax) to translatewiki.net
✅T397435 Add Dolgan (dlg) to Names.php
✅T398790 Add Antigua and Barbuda Creole (aig) to Names.php
✅T406198 Add Bono (abr) to Names.php
✅T409708 Add Bole (bol) to Names.php
✅T408150 Add Jju (kaj) to Names.php
✅T409393 Add Javanese variant jv-java to Names.php
✅T411884 Add Nawat (ppl) to Names.php
✅T402159 Add Sasak (sas) to Names.php
✅T381061 Add Kavalan (ckv) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
✅T381137 Add Yami (tao) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
✅T380975 Add Kanakanavu (xnb) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
✅T381060 Add Saaroa (sxr) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
✅T380964 Add Tsou (tsu) to Wikidata (lexemes + monolingual text)
✅T375979 Namespace aliases for scn.wikipedia
✅T418311 Add namespace translations for Tibetan wiki
✅T409013 Change date format for Karakalpak (kaa)
✅T328207 Change Namespace Aliases on diq.wikipedia
✅T292750 Change language fallback chain for Asturian
✅T393746 Fix ULS language data search index for Javanese
✅T384155 Maltese (mt) plural rules are outdated
✅T378014 Date/Time formats for Serbian language are incorrect
✅T382781 Change Levantine Arabic's interface to Western Arabic numerals
✅T404638 Split interwiki messages to a separate file
✅T404285 Split Language converter messages to a separate file
✅T396889 Split nontranslatable messages to a separate file
✅T401206 Split Mediawiki core aggregates
✅T408858 Split messages relating to user rights in MediaWiki core into a separate file
✅T393068 Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for July 2025
✅T401766 Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for October 2025
✅T400177 Language Sessions & Conversations at Wikimania 2025
✅T400186 Language Tools Session at Wikimania 2025 Hackathon
✅T400184 Language Technical Contributions at Wikimania 2025 Hackathon
✅T401531 Wikimania 2025: New and Smaller language support conversations
✅T400662 Organize language community meeting (August 2025)
✅T408944 Organize language community meeting (November 2025)
✅T407951 WikiConfNA 2025 Session: Fast-Tracking Languages from the Incubator What We Tried, What We Learned
✅T417126 Publish Quarterly "Language & Internationalization Newsletter" for January 2026