Hello,
here is the summary of ISO 639-3 annual changes:
Retirements (= the following codes no longer exist)
* 5 simple retirements
** prb / Lua'
** puk / Pu Ko
** rie / Rien
** rsi / Rennellese Sign Language
** snh / Shinabo
* 3 merged retirements
** jeg / Jeng -> oyb /Oy
** skk / Sok -> oyb / Oy
** krm / Krim -> bmf / Bom-Kim
* 1 split language
** kgd / Kataang -> ncq / Northern Katang + sct / Southern Katang
Additions (= the following codes have been added)
* 8 newly created languages not previously associated with another language
in the code set
** gie / Gaɓogbo
** ibh / Bih
** lth / Thur
** npx / Noipx
** nql / Ngendelengo
** szs / Solomon Islands Sign Language
** ukk / Muak Sa-aak
** xdo / Kwandu
* 2 newly created languages created by splitting the previously existing
** ncq / Northern Katang (ex kgd / Kataang)
** sct / Southern Katang (ex kgd / Kataang)
Updates
* 8 name updates, either change to a name form or addition of a name form
** blv: Bolo -> Kibala
** bmf: Bom -> Bom-Kim
** cug: Chung -> Chungmboko
** klw: Lindu -> Tado
** krr: Kru'ng 2 -> Krung
** lgn: Opuuo -> T'apo
** ngt: Ngeq -> Kriang
** ovd: Övdalian -> Elfdalian
* 2 denotation updates of a language into which another variety or two was
merged
** oyb (+jeg, +skk)
** bmf (+krm)
Kind regards
Danny B.
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Forwarding from wikitech-l to mediawiki-i18n, as it's of high relevance.
Please make sure to include Yuri in your reply, as I'm afraid he is not
subscribed.
On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 2:31 AM, Yuri Astrakhan <yuriastrakhan(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> TLDR: if browsing a map for French wiki, and a city only has a Russian and
> Chinese name, which one should be shown? Should the city name have
> different rules from a store or a street name? ...
>
> I have been hacking to add unlimited multilingual support to Wikipedia
> maps, and have language fallback question: given a list of arbitrary
> languages for each map feature, what is the best choice for a given
> language?
>
> I know Mediawiki has language fallbacks, but they are very simple (e.g. for
> "ru", if "ru" is not there, try "en").
>
> Some things to consider:
> * Unlike Wikipedia, where readers go for "meaning", in maps we mostly need
> "readability".
> * Alphabets: Latin alphabet is probably the most universally understood,
> followed by...? Per target language?
> * Politics: places like Crimea tend to have both Russian and Ukrainian
> names defined, but if drawing map in Ukrainian, and some feature has
> Russian and English names, but not Ukrainian, should it be shown with the
> Russian or Ukrainian name?
> * When viewing a map of China in English, should Chinese (local) name be
> shown together with the English name? Should it be shown for all types of
> features (city name, street name, name of the church, ...?)
>
> Thanks!
>