Re: Suggested language for "mis" (Re: [Ltru] RE: ISO 639-2 decision:?"mis")

John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> Fri, 22 June 2007 04:27 UTC

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To: Nicolas Krebs <nicolas1.krebs3@netcourrier.com>
Subject: Re: Suggested language for "mis" (Re: [Ltru] RE: ISO 639-2 decision:?"mis")
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Nicolas Krebs scripsit:

> What do you plan for 
> afa	Afro-Asiatic (Other)
> cpe	Creoles and pidgins, English-based (Other)
> roa	Romance (Other)
> wich are unstable too (but less than mis) ? 

The ISO 639 committee intends (as far as I understand) to remove
"(Other)" from these, widening them.  It will of course
remain best practice not to use them if more specific coding is
available and known to the coder.

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