Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jasri language

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The result was keep and move to Jeseri language, per sources found. Bearian (talk) 18:23, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jasri language

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Possible hoax. A simple search for "jasri" and "lakshadweep" (the place this language is apparently spoken) results in eight Ghits, and of those, the only hit with slight merit is this, but it's a travel blog that mentions it in the comment section (where it is described as a "cocktail language", whatever that is). A subsequent search for "jasri" and "creole" results in slightly more hits but they never use both words in the same context. Erpert (let's talk about it) 18:36, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - after searching several times for sources, very little has turned up to even substantiate that this may be the local name for a dialect. It seems doubtful that this is a distinct language. With a lack of sources I cannot recommend a merge as an alternative to deletion. Fæ (talk) 11:52, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:11, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:12, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete in the absence of verifiable sources. —Angr (talk) 19:55, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Unverifiable at best, very likely a hoax. Edward321 (talk) 12:15, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
~~I'm not sure~~. Keep. Until recently, the article Lakshadweep called this language "Jeseri". I can't find anything related at Ethnologue, but the name "Jeseri" is mentioned at india.gov.in, in a context that seems relevant. So maybe this is not really a hoax, but just a poorly referenced stub. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 07:59, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but move to Jeseri language as that appears to be the most common form. It is generally difficult to find online sources (beyond directory listings) for these ultra small languages as the books generally tend to be obscure. It's also known as "Dweep Bhasha" and happens to be one of the two/three principal languages of Lakshadweep depending on the source. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. —SpacemanSpiff 07:24, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I moved and changed my !vote to "Keep". It's not much, but it's more than enough to show that this is not a hoax. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 19:51, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not a hoax, maybe. Not notable, surely. Sven Manguard _Talk 06:16, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and Redirect to Lakshadweep. The sources presented by SpacemanSpiff show that it's a real language, but right there doesn't seem to be enough material for more than a couple of sentences. If more sources pop up the article could be restarted. Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 11:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.