Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Swadesh list of Tsezic languages

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The result was delete. Insufficient showing of notable, sourceable content. I could undelete to transwiki, but Smerdis doesn't need me for that :) Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 16:05, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Swadesh list of Tsezic languages[edit]

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Maybe I'm not looking in the right places, but I can't find anything on this subject (that is, a list of cognates for each language, as well as any sort of account of the language family's phonological history). To add to this, a 2007 review of a Hinukh-Russian dictionary in Anthropological Linguistics states "This language group [Tsezic] has been relatively little studied compared to some other Dagestanian languages." (p. 446) Books on the topic of the language family can be counted on one hand; presumably accounts of historical change are even scarcer (if they exist). If there are no sources on the topic, we can't have an article on it. We can recreate it once sources become available. — Æµ§œš¹ _{[aɪm ˈfɹ̠ˤʷɛ̃ɾ̃ˡi]} 05:31, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Transwiki. Wiktionary has a page that collects these, [1]. There seems to be only one entry, and the pigeonholes may not be filled in our lifetime, but that's no cause for despair. (Actually, it is a cause for despair. But not to delete the article.) - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 20:03, 14 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:07, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as there is no evidence that individual Swadesh lists are notable in their own right. A list needs some form of external validation in accordance with WP:BURDEN to demonstrate that it is notable. Simply being verifiable is insufficient rationale for inclusion in accordance with with WP:NOT#DIR. --Gavin Collins (talk|contribs) 08:22, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment just to clarify, the scope of this article is not just a Swadesh list. It is also an account of the phonological and lexical history of these languages. It's the same as that of Swadesh list of Slavic languages which is a bit more developed in that regard. — Æµ§œš¹ _{[aɪm ˈfɹ̠ˤʷɛ̃ɾ̃ˡi]} 17:09, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as essentially abandoned, and more appropriate to Wiktionary anyway. Stifle (talk) 14:27, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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