[Ietf-languages] Re: Proposed forms for "Bihari languages"

Winston Sung <winston21.sung@gmail.com> Sat, 09 May 2026 18:02 UTC

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Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 02:02:21 +0800
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Emm...

If I remembered correctly, to achieve the compatibility and stability, we
(language subtag registry) don't follow ISO 639 deprecations?

Like, if we did that, that means, every system depends on BCP 47 subtag
registry can no longer treat BCP 47 as a "long-term stable" system, and
need to continuously replacing newly-introduced deprecated language tags.

If we're replacing bh with bih, that means we need to do the same thing for
sh → hbs, and every other single ISO 639 deprecations, if I understand
correctly.

Please correct me if I misunderstood something and clarify whether we are
going to follow all the ISO 639 deprecations over the compatibility and
stability.

Thanks.

Sincerely,
Sung Chien-chang / Sung Chienchang / Winston Sung