NAK on removing the Wordlist section. I was never a fan of localized wordlists. This fragmentation of information makes the situation even worse. I think we should about keeping BIP39 in it's original form (maybe even reducing it only to English wordlist) and if someone wants to create localized wordlists they should apply for a new BIP.

It would be great to set the direction. Peoples' energy could be redirected to tackle the problem holistically, instead of being wasted on PRs which have no chances of being accepted. Hence this PR with the idea of pausing BIP0039 and suggesting to move work on word lists to a separate repo.

@p2w34 Sounds like you will need to make a new BIP for localized mnemonic codes. First step is to email the bitcoin-dev mailing list with the proposal and discuss it. Probably a good idea to get some wallets onboard.

Once there's a new BIP, perhaps @prusnak et al will consider a PR reducing this BIP to just English.

@luke-jr, @prusnak I see. Let me then first do some progress on wlips by myself and then actually decide what to do. Thank you.