[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Request to enable Mara (mrh) language on OpenStreetMap website (Issue #6740)

[Laitei]

Laitei40 left a comment (openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website#6740)

> > The OpenStreetMap interface has already been translated into Mara on
> > translatewiki.net, with sufficient translation coverage contributed
> > by native speakers.
> 
> Only 3% of strings have been translated into Mara. My reading is that 25% is needed for translatewiki to commit the language to the repo. Is there a reason 3% would be sufficient translation coverage?

hank you for raising this — that’s a fair question.

While only ~3% of strings are currently translated, those translations intentionally focus on the most visible and frequently used parts of the OpenStreetMap interface (navigation, map controls, search, and basic actions). A large portion of untranslated strings are developer-facing, administrative, or rarely exposed to end users.

The commonly cited 25% threshold on translatewiki is a guideline rather than a strict requirement, and for indigenous and under-resourced languages like Mara (ISO 639-3: mrh), reaching that level before initial enablement is often unrealistic. In our experience, enabling the language on the website significantly increases community motivation and translation activity.

Mara is an indigenous language spoken primarily in Chin State (Myanmar) and Mizoram (India). I am a native speaker and the founder of Mara Language Preservation (MLP), and I am committed to maintaining and expanding the Mara translations on translatewiki over time.

>From a sustainability perspective, enabling Mara now would help bootstrap broader participation, rather than waiting for a percentage threshold that is difficult to reach without real-world usage.

I’m happy to continue improving translation coverage and to coordinate with the OSM community on any minimum string set you would consider appropriate for initial enablement.

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