[Ltru] Re: Language picking

John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> Fri, 06 October 2006 16:00 UTC

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Don Osborn scripsit:

> The Locale Generator - http://www.it46.se/localegen/ (list of languages
> for creation of locales from ISO/FDIS 636-3 - needs to be amended IMO;
> country is selected after language)

This is a fine example of what's wrong with just using the bare list
of languages.  The list is here broken up by first letter of the alphabet
into 27 sublists, but when I look for Dari under "D", I don't find it
and go away in disgust (see my earlier posting).

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