Please Add Maithili (मैथिली) Language.

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Maithili is also an official language of India. Approx 100 million people speak Maithili in India and Nepal. Wikipedia is also avlaibe in Maithili.
LocaleLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/: The ISO 639-3ISO 639-3 ISO 639-3 code is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three‐letter codes for identifying languages. : mai
Country code: IN
Language native name: मैथिली
Language English name: Maithili
Sub-domain: IN_mai
Site Title: Mithila Live
Site Description: this website is for Maithili Speaking people

#locale-requests

$mai_in = new GP_Locale(); $mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;english_name = 'Maithili'; $mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;native_name = 'मैथिली'; $mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;lang_code_iso_639_2 = 'mai'; $mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;lang_code_iso_639_3 = 'mai'; $mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;country_code = 'IN'; $mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;wp_locale = 'mai_in'; $mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;slug = 'mai-in'; $mai-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;nplurals = 1; $mai-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;plural_expression = '0'; $mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;facebook_locale = 'mai_IN';

Naoko Takano 8:06 am on February 21, 2020
Hi @roshanchy.

Sorry about a long delay.
I’m moving forward with Maithili research. Let me know if you are still available to translate.

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Maithili Research
Ethnologue reference: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mai
ISO 639-3ISO 639-3 ISO 639-3 code is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three‐letter codes for identifying languages. code: mai

Country code: IN
Plural forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);
Language native name: मैथिली
Sub-domain: mai_in
Site Title: TBD
Site Description: TBD
Admin Username(s): roshanchy
```
$mai_in = new GP_Locale();
$mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;english_name = 'Maithili';
$mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;native_name = 'मैथिली';
$mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;lang_code_iso_639_2 = 'mai';
$mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;lang_code_iso_639_3 = 'mai';
$mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;country_code = 'IN';
$mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;wp_locale = 'mai_in';
$mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;slug = 'mai-in';
$mai-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;nplurals = 1;
$mai-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;plural_expression = '0';
$mai_in-&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;facebook_locale = 'mai_IN';
```
- Which countries use that language (@nao)
- Research details: Wikipedia for larger context, Ethnologue for details (@nao)
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  General Translation Editor and Project Translation Editor (@ocean90)
Add stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. to the locale at Translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.org The platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins.
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- (Create a new SVNSVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS). WordPress core and the wordpress.org released code are all centrally managed through SVN. https://subversion.apache.org/. directory for the locale) (@ocean90)
Onboard new translation editorTranslation Editor Translation editors can approve translations for projects. The GTE (General Translation Editor) and LM (Locale Manager) roles can add new users with the "Project Translation Editor" role that can approve translations for specific projects. There are two different Translation Editor roles:
General Translation Editor and Project Translation Editor
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Naoko Takano 8:17 am on February 21, 2020

Also, can we keep the site title and description simple – such as these?

Site title: Maithili
Site description: WordPress Maithili (or some kind of variation but not too far from this)
roshanchy 10:19 am on April 6, 2020

Sorry, for late reply!
Not found Maithili on https://translate.wordpress.org/
Please add on above site for Translate
Dominik Schilling 9:21 am on May 16, 2020
Hello @roshanchy

Sorry for the long delay. The site and projects have been created and I see you have already started. Good job!
- Site: https://mai.wordpress.org
- Translate WordPress: https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/mai/default/wp/dev/
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roshanchy 4:07 pm on May 17, 2020

Thank You.
Roshan Choudhary 5:26 pm on May 17, 2020

How to translate https://mai.wordpress.org fronted website ?
- tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn Fjellner) 9:54 pm on May 17, 2020
  
  @roshanchy
  The best place for such questions is the chat system SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. that we use among WordPress contributors. Please join via https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ and, once in, join also the channel polyglots
  
  Having said that:
  What you see on wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ is coming from several of the translation projects under “MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress.”: wordpress.org, RosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone, which contained more or less the same text in three different languages., Themes directory and Plugins directory.

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