[Foundation-l] A proposal for new language creation

[Brion Vibber]

ilooy wrote:
> I'd like to suggest that taking into consideration ISO codes or SIL codes may
> be one solution. This would mean that an outside group which is well
> established and has looked into the matter has deemed a certain language
> important enough to be assigned a separate code.

This is exactly the policy we adopted several years ago, which has proved
insufficient.

Relying on existence of ISO codes brings us:
* split Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian replacing Serbocroatian [controverial]
* Klingon
etc

and denies various languages/dialects/whatever which don't have their own codes
but which are oft asked for.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

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