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Re: [Ietf-languages] Language subtag registrFroation form: Inuktun

Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org> Sun, 21 June 2020 21:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ietf-languages] Language subtag registrFroation form: Inuktun
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Leon Derczynski wrote:

> LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
> [...]
>      Type: language
>      Subtag: inu
>      Description: Inuktun
>      Description: Avanersuarmiutut
>      Description: Nordgrønlandsk
>      Macrolanguage: iu

We don't register language subtags on our own. Those need to have an ISO 639 code element first.

I would suggest writing a proposal for the ISO 639-3 Registration Authority, following their guidelines.

https://iso639-3.sil.org/
https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_changes/submitting_change_requests

Be sure to read in particular the RA's criteria for "macrolanguage" before deciding whether you want to request that Inuktitut be converted to a macrolanguage, which would probably also require creating a new individual language code element for Inuktitut proper, and perhaps for other languages. Macrolanguages are an ISO 639-3 concept, and they are very frequently misunderstood.

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