Talk:Harari language

i'm doing some research so i'll be able to expand this article. hopefully, it won't take too long...

Gringo300 11:48, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I've added some basic information to give you a start. In the future, please add at least something more about the whereabouts of a language and its speakers; I agree that we need more articles on African languages, but one-line stubs like this aren't of much help to readers of our encyclopedia. &mdash; mark &#9998; 18:20, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

IPA and standard
A lot of content and information has been added today. I assume that the anonymous contributor is mother tongue speaker. I really appreciate when someone puts so much work into an article. But it would be better for the reader if conventions like IPA and a structure for the description of languages like that which is proposed here WikiProject Languages/Template would be used. Greetings Driss 18:16, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

After a look in the link I am more inclined to say that the information on the language is not from a mother tongue speaker but taken from Richard F. Burton's "First Footsteps in East Africa". That means that the content of the page cannot remain like this, because it doesn't reflect the state-of-art of Harari studies, and could also be a violation of Wiki rules concerning the use of original material and citation. Driss 19:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

As an actual speaker of the language, the content present in the article seem quite accurate. Nur23 you55ouf 02:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It's not a question of accuracy, Nur. It's that the information was added verbatim and therefore represents a copyright violation. (Welcome to Wikipedia, btw ;) ). &mdash; ዮም  |  (Yom)  |  Talk  • contribs • Ethiopia 04:26, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * If its that text then it was published in 1856 and copyright has expired. Also representation is not phonetic nor reflects Harari orthography. Also some of the references/links are to resources on Old Harari rather than Modern Harari. Andj C (talk) 07:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC)