To speakers of underrepresented languages: If your language isn't available in Mastodon's posting window and you'd like me to add it, please let me know.

I will need:

1. Locale code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes 2-letter ISO 639-1 codes are preferred, and if not available, we can use a 639-3 code instead
2. English name
3. Native name

If your language is small, try not to be too granular re. dialect so that you will get more posts when filtering.

Boosts welcome.

#i18n #Indigenous #BlackMastodon

List of ISO 639-1 codes - Wikipedia

@gunchleoc Great!
Unfortunately, there's no 2-letter code available, and I think we're maybe just a handful learners/speakers on Mastodon, but I'd be elated if it could be added:
1. 639-3 code: vai
2. Vai
3. ꕙꔤ [vai]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vai_language

ꕒꔤꕪ [ɓáíka] / Thanks!

Vai language - Wikipedia

@Mabande Is the Latin letter representation added to 3 on purpose, or will all speakers be able to recognize the language in the filter selection (https://mastodon.social/settings/preferences/other) if it's listed just in the native script as ꕙꔤ?

I have made screenshots for both variants to help you decide

@gunchleoc It's perfect with just the native script, anyone who speaks it will at least recognize the script if they can't write it :)
(I got a bit too excited and added the pronunciation)
Add Vai to posting languages by gunchleoc · Pull Request #27136 · mastodon/mastodon

Requested on Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@Mabande/111125583303129988 CLDR entry: https://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/43/summary/vai.html#44287b6d4782bc24

GitHub
@gunchleoc OMG! Thank you so much!
@Mabande You're welcome / 'S e do bheatha!
@gunchleoc I just noticed it's live!
ꕒꔤꕪ ꕢ꘎꘎ / Thank you so much!

@Mabande Excellent news, thanks for letting me know! 💃

I was busy, so I haven't checked GitHub in a few days.

@gunchleoc Might be I jumped the gun a bit, cause it seems only be live in the Tusky app I'm using, but not on .social, but still!
Happy as heck :)