Talk:Languages of Kenya
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There is something wrong with the template thing on the bottom. It says languages of Africa, but it just lists the countries.
- That is actually the way it's intended. There are far too much African languages to list in one template; this template rather lists all "Languages of X" articles where X is any African country. For other ways to explore Africa's languages, check out Category:Languages of Africa or begin by browsing any of the four language families. — mark ✎ 13:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Language list - contents
Yaaku also refers to the Maasai variant spoken by thhe Yaaku, or did someone make a mistake? Alexander 007 11:05, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
No, it normally doesn't refer to the Maasai variant spoken by the Yaaku. In Yaaku, you can read what Yaaku is; it's first and foremost the name of a people who, under the influence of the Maasai, gave up their own language (also called Yaaku). — mark ✎ 12:37, 18 February 2006 (UTC) I forgot to mention that Mukogodo-Maasai is the name of the Maasai variant they speak. Yes, that's a redirect to Yaaku... — mark ✎ 12:39, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
- Ah, the problem is there is no article for Mukogodo-Maasai, just a redirect at the moment :-) alright. Alexander 007 12:43, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Language list - format
It would be nice to do something with language lists of this sort. As presented it does nothing for the reader but provide them with a blunt impression and links. One thought is to group related languages. One could perhaps put a variety of Swahili under Swahili with ** (sub-bullet). Ideally it would be nice IMO to have a dynamic table (as in a spreadsheet), letting you alphabetize by name, or by family, subfamily, and perhaps by number of speakers and region(s). This way the ensemble of languages is presented in a way that demystifies the pile of 62 (not a meaningless Babel) and gives an idea of relationships and usage.--A12n 12:46, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- I posted a question about this on the WikiProject Languages talk page at: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Languages#Dynamic tables for lists of languages in languages of X.3F. --A12n 13:11, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
I think we should focus on content, not lists. We already have the Ethnologue for lists; Wikipedia's Languages of Kenya should rather be a compendium of encyclopedic information about the languages of Kenya. But yeah, if we are going to have lists, I fully agree that they should be more than just an arbitrarily ordered list of language names and links. — mark ✎ 18:28, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- I agree that we shouldn't simply recapitulate data. The advantage here would be to view the list in different ways that might help understanding (Ethnologue lists "Languages of x" in alphabetical order only). On the other hand, if the next edition of Ethnologue (this year?) could have such interactive tables for their own data, then all the better! --A12n 22:24, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
