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Languages with limited documentation

 * Voting on: Two changes on the the criteria for inclusion page to address the difficulties in finding adequate source material to attest languages with limited documentation:

At CFI, replacement of'' with

On the CFI page, the addition of the following section (hyperlinked from the sentence above):

Examples of relevant languages and words  Usages in extinct languages such as the following would not be affected: Mentions such as the following would be allowed: '''The following endangered languages would be allowed under this proposal. Items 1 and 2 are courtesy of Metaknowledge, item 3 is courtesy of Ungoliant, and item 4 is courtesy of Xavier Barker:''' '''The following languages are not endangered but have limited written documentation. Items 1 to 3 are courtesy of Metaknowledge and item 4 is courtesy of Christopher Weedal:'''
 * Frankish: Talk:wardon
 * Old Armenian as per Ancient Greek discussion; cf, attested only once
 * Ancient Greek
 * θεπτάνων - Atelaes notes that this word is a mention, which is a violation of the fourth rule of the CFI
 * Φασηλίτης - currently cited with only one mention
 * Χάλυψ - currently cited with only one mention
 * Latin: absisto, adamas - one mention in a dictionary without any citations of that form
 * Old Armenian: - one mention as a gloss, explaining the meaning of another word
 * Sanskrit - अथर्वाङ्गिरस, अहर्गण - currently cited with only one mention
 * 1) Krio: kushe
 * 2) Bislama: ovaspen
 * Category:Hunsrik nouns
 * 1) Nauru Pacific Pidgin - a language in Nauru with about 8000 people documented in only one source
 * 2) Lushootseed: ʔux̌áx̌ƛʼil
 * 3) * 1996 — ed. by Crisca Bierwert, Lushootseed Texts, pp. 124-125: not on Google at all or in the Lushootseed Dictionary by Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert
 * ʔux̌áx̌ƛʼil - They screeched.
 * 1) Ditidaht: t’abuuk’ʷ
 * 2) * 1987 — Allis Pakki Chipps-Sawyer, Standing on the Edge of Yesterday: A Dilemma of Oral Knowledge Survival in a West Coast Family [], p. 106 (PDF page 118): not on Google at all even though the PDF is on the Internet
 * t’abuuk’ʷ - Kingfisher
 * 1) Makah: ƛ̓ikatšiƛ
 * 2) * 2002, Matthew Davidson, Studies in Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) Grammar, page 430
 * ƛ̓ikatšiƛ - start walking
 * 1) * 2002, Matthew Davidson, Studies in Southern Wakashan (Nootkan) Grammar, page 430
 * ƛ̓ikatšiƛ - start walking
 * 1) Fiji Hindi: Μετάknowledge notes that the terms for Fiji Hindi already on Wiktionary would not likely pass the CFI
 * 2) Tok Pisin: kaukau
 * 3) Pijin: sios
 * 4) Zarma - a thesis on Zarma is expected in the near future by Christopher Weedall
 * 1) Zarma - a thesis on Zarma is expected in the near future by Christopher Weedall
 * 1) Zarma - a thesis on Zarma is expected in the near future by Christopher Weedall