Talk:Karian language

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On 1 March 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Bilakura language to Karian language. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 1 March 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) ❯❯❯ Raydann ^(Talk) 11:44, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bilakura language → Karian language – Pick (2020), the most detailed study on Northern Adelbert languages to date, calls the language Karian, which is what the speakers call themselves. Glottolog calls it Karen. Bilakura is the obsolete name used by Z'graggen (1975, 1980). — Sagotreespirit (^talk) 05:17, 1 March 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 15:37, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Languages has been notified of this discussion. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 15:38, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tentative support. I'm more familiar with 'Bilakura', but the language is so obscure that familiarity probably shouldn't be a factor. 'Bilakura' is unambiguous, whereas both 'Karian' and 'Karen' are ambiguous, and I'd prefer to avoid ambiguous language names. 'Bilakura' is also the ISO name, but Glotto calls it both 'Karen' (itself) and 'Karian' (the family), ELP calls it 'Karian', and Usher uses both, following his sources, but defaults to 'Karian'. — kwami (talk) 23:56, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.