Brion Vibber ti 2004/11/10 EP 03:51 sia-kong:
On Nov 10, 2004, at 5:05 AM, Pochung(Pektiong) Chen(Tan) wrote:
In ISO 639-3 we will have nor= {nob, nno}, Norweigian (so called macrolanguage code) nob= Norweigian Bokmal nno= Norweigian Nynorsk
This doesn't really provide anything that ISO 639-1 doesn't already in no, nb, nn.
Utility aside, the "no" in ISO 639-1 may not be semantically identical to "nor" in ISO 639-3. Though how "no" has actually been used by Norwegian users is probably more relevant.