Hoi,<br>The or code is from the ISO-639-1, the code in the ISO-639-3 is ori. The codes are meant as a unique identifier and making them easy to remember is in some way helpful in others it is problematic. It is problematic because all the existing expressions in a language will still be known by the old code.<br>

<br>Consequently the codes stay the same and the new name is added with the old name as a valid synonym.  To understand this, these names and codes are used internationally and the rest of the world does often find it hard to change.<br>

<br>Just an example fi or Finnish is actually called Suomi in Finland :)<br>Thanks,<br>      GerardM<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 March 2011 16:34, BalaSundaraRaman <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:sundarbecse@yahoo.com">sundarbecse@yahoo.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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<div><span>If ISO code also changes correspondingly from or to od, we should perhaps move wiki projects as well?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: &#39;times new roman&#39;,&#39;new york&#39;,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">

<span><br></span></div><div><span>- Sundar</span></div><div> </div><div>&quot;That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted.&quot;<br>

- George Boole, quoted in Iverson&#39;s Turing Award Lecture<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#39;times new roman&#39;,&#39;new york&#39;,times,serif;">

<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &#39;times new roman&#39;,&#39;new york&#39;,times,serif;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Shiju Alex &lt;<a href="mailto:shijualexonline@gmail.com" target="_blank">shijualexonline@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>

<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. &lt;<a href="mailto:wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>&gt;; Oriya Wikipedia &lt;<a href="mailto:wikipedia-or@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">wikipedia-or@lists.wikimedia.org</a>&gt;<br>

<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:59 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Odia and Odisha<br></font><div><div></div><div class="h5">

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<div>Indian Parliament approves new name for Oriya language and Orissa state.<br><br>Now onwards the Oriya language will be called as <b>Odia</b> and the Orissa state will hereafter be called <b>Odisha</b>.<br><br>More detailed news here: <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/parliament-approves-new-name-for-orissa/articleshow/7780000.cms" target="_blank">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/parliament-approves-new-name-for-orissa/articleshow/7780000.cms</a><br>


<br><br>Shiju<br>
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