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Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, Do not forget the als.wikipedia.org. It stands for Alsatian, but the als code is the Tosk language. The "gsw" code is the code that should have been used. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gsw
Adding it to my list, thanks!
The nrm.wikipedia is also using a wrong code. nrm is Narom, a language from Malaysia. Nourmande is not recognised as a language, consequently there is no code available for it. I propose to use qaa for this. http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/scope.asp#R
I'd recommend roa-x-norman (generic Romance code with an extension tag) rather than a private-use identifier.
Private-use identifiers are meant more for things like internal coding within an application; such as where you'd want to indicate that a document is not in a human language, or maybe a special mixed setting that's specific to your organization's internal usage such as "not yet inspected for coding" or something.
Per spec: "These identifiers may only be used locally, and may not be used in interchange without a private agreement."
The purpose of using language codes on the web as we do is explicitly for interchange with browser software, end users (as a navigation marker in the URL), and content reusers.
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