Speaking of 639-3: I, for one, hate it.
They should've taken more time to get input from people. I would submit corrections, but I know there is no point as there are so many of them I can spot alone, it's just not worth it.
For one, Havasupai, Hualapai, and Yavapai are officially considered separate languages and have different written forms. I can tell you from experience that, while mutually intelligible to a certain degree, I would not consider them to form a single language.
Similarly, some people may want a code for Voro, which the Ethnologue says is a dialect of Estonian but which Voro speakers say is a language in its own right.
There are also languages which are totally excluded - I can't think of an example right now, but I noticed some.
In the meantime, they should add a language-family code to 639-2 for Austronesian: there is none currently that covers Formosan languages. Some will tell you Malayo-Polynesian, but this is simply incorrect: Formosan and Malayo-Polynesian are both _subbranches_ of Austronesian.
Mark
On 08/05/05, Tân Pektiong pektiong@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Wouter,
Are you talking about this language? http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=frr
This info is from the 15th edition of the SIL's Ethnologue. The 3-letter language code used in this edition will be almost identical to the upcoming ISO/DIS 639-3 which has passed the first round of balloting to attain the status of Draft International Standard.
From http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/introduction.asp "The three-letter language identifiers in this edition of the Ethnologue are thus the codes of ISO/DIS 639-3."
I would suggest to use the SIL's newest language code when necessary (and before ISO 639-3 is finalized). So http://frr.wikipedia.org/ (?)
best Pektiong
On May 8, 2005, at 10:07 PM, Wouter Steenbeek wrote:
Dear fellow list subscribers,
I just requested a North Frisian wikipedia. As the instructions on top of the requests page demand, I am mentioning this request on the mailing list now.
According to Aliter from the Westlauwer Frisian wikipedia, the creation of Wikipedias for all three Frisian variants was on his and some others' agendas, but didn't have a very high priority. As the Seeltersk wikipedia is now in the early stage of development, I decided to request a Wikipedia for the last remaining Frisian language. Please do not expect its short time creation, unless unexpectedly some native speaker comes up doing a lot of work.
I am well aware of its huge dialectical differences and we will certainly have to take appropriate measurements to cope with these.
Regards, Wouter
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