2007/3/29, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com:
Hoi, First of all this is an unusual situation. The language committee has been given the task to decide things that have to do with languages. We have published what our basic guide lines are. A language has to have some status and based on this we make a decision.
It is really difficuilt to evaluate if the decission was right or wrong, as we don't know the arguments pro or against this decission. Anyway I think there is big mistake no to inform general public about such the deccission.
My questions are: *Did anybody checked how large is population using old and new Bielarussian spelling? *What is a history of the change of spelling? When and how it was implemented? *What are the common differences between them? *Which one is more valid from scientific point of view? *Who and how did make an expertise on which spelling is more valid? *Was the Bielarus Goverment officials contacted? *Did they push to make this decission?