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[Ltru] Is 639-3 bogus ? (was: Proposal: include new "Language-Type:" field)

Frank Ellermann <nobody@xyzzy.claranet.de> Tue, 10 October 2006 13:01 UTC

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Peter Constable wrote:
 
> that's not the only point. If someone is looking at an entry "Foo"
> and trying to figure out if it's referring to the same language they
> know as "Phu", which is spoken in New Phuinea, seeing that it's type
> is Constructed (say), or Ancient (say) would give them a strong clue
> that it's not.

That's the job of a comment or description.  For "orq" I found that it
is "colloquial blackspeech" spoken in "no man's land".  Now does that
cover Yrch as spoken by the Uruk Hai in Morannon or not, and why would
anybody look into a IANA registry for such details ?

Maybe "orq" should get Shavian as Suppress-Script and proclaim Sealand
as their micronation.  Seriously, does 639-3 allow to register almost
anything ?  What's the justification to list "orq" except from the fun
aspect ?

Frank



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