[Wikimediaindia-l] Odia and Odisha

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
The or code is from the ISO-639-1, the code in the ISO-639-3 is ori. The
codes are meant as a unique identifier and making them easy to remember is
in some way helpful in others it is problematic. It is problematic because
all the existing expressions in a language will still be known by the old
code.

Consequently the codes stay the same and the new name is added with the old
name as a valid synonym.  To understand this, these names and codes are used
internationally and the rest of the world does often find it hard to change.

Just an example fi or Finnish is actually called Suomi in Finland :)
Thanks,
      GerardM

On 24 March 2011 16:34, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse at yahoo.com> wrote:

> If ISO code also changes correspondingly from or to od, we should perhaps
> move wiki projects as well?
>
> - Sundar
>
> "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium
> for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."
> - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Shiju Alex <shijualexonline at gmail.com>
> *To:* Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. <
> wikimediaindia-l at lists.wikimedia.org>; Oriya Wikipedia <
> wikipedia-or at lists.wikimedia.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:59 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Odia and Odisha
>
> Indian Parliament approves new name for Oriya language and Orissa state.
>
> Now onwards the Oriya language will be called as *Odia* and the Orissa
> state will hereafter be called *Odisha*.
>
> More detailed news here:
> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/parliament-approves-new-name-for-orissa/articleshow/7780000.cms
>
>
> Shiju
>
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