Someone at Wikimedia Chile (Osmar, I guess) made a formal request some years ago to change the ISO code, but it was ignored and eventually they replied saying "no".

Changing an ISO language code is complex because it is costly but hey, using something like "mpx" could be a solution acceptable for the Mapuche people. Also, don't we have reserved codes starting with x ?
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From: "M. Williamson" <node.ue@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 12:35:15 -0700
To: <jewbask@wikimedia.org.ve>
Subject: Re: [Langcom-observers] [Langcom-l] Change the code arn of mapudungun wikimedia

Some codes that are currently unused:

mun
mac

I'm sure there are others, just some ideas to try. Did anyone submit a request to the ISO authority? There is no reason an additional code cannot be added, preserving backwards compatibility, due to the fact that "arn" is a highly offensive language code.


2012/12/2 Carlos Manuel Colina <jewbask@wikimedia.org.ve>
Yes but I remember we discussed some time ago the possibility of using an _unused_ code for this particular case, if we received enough support from the Mapuche community.


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From: Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com>
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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 18:34:32
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Subject: Re: [Langcom-l] Change the code arn of mapudungun wikimedia

On 2 Dec 2012, at 16:38, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:

> The reasons why the code arn will remain in use in the standard are published.

Moreover, "map" and "mpg" are already in use.

http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=map

http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=mpg

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/


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