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Per WP:Notability. This near-orphaned page is supposedly about a linguistic topic, yet this term is totally absent in reliable sources about linguistics. A Google scholar search[1] only yields one hit from a journal. I cannot say much about the journal, but the fact that the authors have more than one citation from WP actually rules this out as a WP:RS. A general Google search yields more hits[2] but virtually all of these are blogs and other self-published pages about constructed languages.

The term "oligoisolating language" was apparently coined in conlanger-circles in relation to Toki Pona, by analogy to "oligosynthetic language" (which itself is a highly obscure topic in linguistics). Toki Pona is in fact the only page that links to Oligoisolating language, next to a "see also"-entry in Oligosynthetic language. Austronesier (talk) 10:18, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Austronesier (talk) 10:18, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I have not heard the term in my career as a descriptive linguist. That in itself would be a weak argument, but Austronesier has demonstrated convincingly that there are no relevant reliable sources on the term. That being the case, the page shouldn't really exist. Landroving Linguist (talk) 13:29, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I had never heard of this term before, and after looking through some journal search results and reading the nomination, I doubt I will hear of it again. Not notable and should not be a standalone article. — Wug·a·po·des 18:23, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per the above. BD2412 T 18:25, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Add This also includes by extension the redirect Oligoanalytic language which redirects to "Oligoisolating language". The term "oligoanalytic" is almost non-existent on Google[3]. –Austronesier (talk) 13:23, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The only references I can find are self-published or published in (allegedly) predatory journals. It seems that no reliable sources exist. Cnilep (talk) 02:47, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete because we never publish original research, period. This might have been excused in 2006, but in 2020, it's inexcusable. Bearian (talk) 17:24, 22 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 *'''Add''' This also includes by extension the redirect [[:Oligoanalytic language]] which redirects to "Oligoisolating language". The term "oligoanalytic" is almost non-existent on Google[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Oligoanalytic%22]. –[[User:Austronesier|Austronesier]] ([[User talk:Austronesier|talk]]) 13:23, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
 *'''Delete'''. The only references I can find are self-published or published in (allegedly) predatory journals. It seems that no reliable sources exist. [[User:Cnilep|Cnilep]] ([[User talk:Cnilep|talk]]) 02:47, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
+*'''Delete''' because [[WP:OR|we never publish original research, period]]. This might have been excused in 2006, but in 2020, it's inexcusable. [[User:Bearian|Bearian]] ([[User talk:Bearian|talk]]) 17:24, 22 March 2020 (UTC)