Re: [Ltru] Macrolanguage, Extlang. The Sami language situation as example

Leif Halvard Silli <lhs at malform dot no> wrote:

> In that regard: Do you think that it is possible that extlang in 
> itself could be misperceived by ISO? Could the ISO think that LTRU 
> *wants* them to define Macrolanguaes, which then would become extlang 
> tagged - or something like that? Or, could ISO begin wanting to 
> interfer with this group, or perhaps refrain from defining 
> macrolanguages, picking other methods for grouping languages, because 
> they don't like the extlang tagging that it leads to?

I think ISO 639-3/RA assigns code elements for 7700 languages in the 
best way they know how, and doesn't make a single decision -- not one --  
on the basis of what LTRU will or won't do.

I'm one of apparently few people who truly believe the ISO 639-3/RA 
definition of "macrolanguage," and don't think of it as some kind of 
cover story.

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