User:Firespeaker

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Languages
en This user is a native speaker of English.
fr-3 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau avancé de français.
es-3 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español.
ru-3 Этот участник свободно владеет русским языком.
kg-3 Бул катышуучу кыргыз тили менен жогорку деңгээлде кошумчалай алат.
kk-3 Бұл қатысушы қазақ тілін жоғары деңгейде меңгереді.
yi-2 דער באַניצער קען בײַשטײַערן מיט אַ מיטלער דרגה פֿון ייִדיש.
mn-1 Энэ хэрэглэгч монгол хэлний анхан шатны мэдлэгтэй.
uz-1 Bu ishtirokchi O'zbek tilini boshlang'ich darajada biladi.
tt-1 Бу кулланучы башлангыч дәрәҗәдә татарча белә.
... This user would like to know all existing languages.
Cyrl-4 Д This user has a near complete understanding of the Cyrillic script.
Latn-4 f This user has a near complete understanding of the Latin script.
Hebr-3 ש This user has an advanced understanding of the Hebrew alphabet.
Runr-2 ᚦ This user has an intermediate understanding of the Runic alphabet.
Arab-2 ع This user has an intermediate understanding of the Arabic script.
Mong-2 This user has an intermediate understanding of the Classical Mongolian alphabet.
Orkh-1 𐰀 This user has a basic understanding of the Old Turkic script.
Mani-1   This user has a basic understanding of the Manichaean script.
Phag-1 ꡀ This user has a basic understanding of the 'Phags-pa script.
Jpan-1 書 This user has a basic understanding of the Japanese writing system.
Geor-1 ლ This user has a basic understanding of the Georgian alphabet.
ipa ə This user fully understands the International Phonetic Alphabet.
con lang This user likes constructed languages.
also should be here: uy-1
Participation
This user is a member of WikiProject Central Asia.
Other credentials
'deis This user attends or attended Brandeis University.
This user attends or has attended the University of Washington
This user is a Hoosier.
This user has an amateur radio license with callsign kd5cfx.
This user is a Citizen of the World (Terra).
Some stances and other info
This user is a linguist.
Mix This user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently.
A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma.
they This user considers singular they standard English usage.
to¦go This user chooses to sometimes use split infinitives.
py-3 This user is an advanced Python programmer.
This user contributes using Linux.
User pages
en – yi – kk – ky – commons

Personal Info My name is Jonathan North Washington, and my personal website can be found at jnw.name; I also maintain a site for fun at firespeaker.org. I'm interested in and study linguistics—especially phonetics, phonological theory, and historical linguistics—and Turkic languages. When I have free time, I am a conlanger.

Contributions I claim responsibility in some way for the content of the following pages—by beginning them, writing them, contributing heavily to them, adding picture(s), or some combination thereof (articles in progress/stubs in italics, and articles I've written the bulk of in bold). Central Asia Language Kazakh language Kyrgyz language Altai language Tofa language Turkic languages#Classification Schema Koroshi (disambiguation) BGN/PCGN romanization of Kazakh BGN/PCGN romanization of Kyrgyz Northern Altai language Reforms of Russian orthography#The post-revolution reform Cultural Heritage Kutadgu Bilig Aytysh Qomuz Kyz kuu Jamilya Wooden jaw harp Shyrdak Ala kiyiz Tattybübü Tursunbayeva Jetigen Geography Jeti-Ögüz (disambiguation) Jeti-Ögüz resort Talas Ala-Too Range Teskey Ala-Too Range Koshoy Korgon Tash Rabat Kyzyl-Jar Manas Ordo Ak-Suu river Food Kazan (cookware) Qurut Piala Dastarkhan Chalap Shoro (company) Kesme Orama Enesay Qattama Other Marshrutka#Central_Asia Jengishbek Nazaraliev (translation from Kyrgyz) Osh bazaar Other Vérendrye Runestone Grand Dérangement (disambiguation) Grand Dérangement (band) Church Point (disambiguation) Church Point, Nova Scotia Saint Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia Saint Mary's Bay French Daniel LeBlanc Hilly hundred (communications & volunteers) Indiana University Amateur Radio Club Katy Topuria (translation from Russian) I've contributed heavily to the following articles through editing, but not by adding factual material: Blou (band) Mark R.V. Southern Samosa (merging and reorganisation mostly) You can also view all my contributions from most recent to oldest. I've contributed from the following IP addresses as well: 67.161.108.182, 204.152.12.16, and 68.63.115.104.

Friends I know the following other users in some capacity or other; they make fun contributions, so check them out: IRL Amyrose Cassowary Hannahbw Xhancock Otebig Not IRL Jade Knight Pablo-flores Ice201 Gtmo Shlomif

Milestones and Awards

• I have a user ID of "111800". I think that's kind of neat :)
• On 21 March 2009, I made my 1000th edit by adding the WikiProject Central Asia template to the article on the Ordos dialect of Mongol. This was part of a WPCA templating spree during some free time I had due to spring break.
• I hearby grant you this barnstar for the splendid contributions you made on "Acadian subjects".Wikipedia User:gtmo 14:13, 25 May 2006