Problems deciding if az- should have multiple registrations...

[Michael Everson]

At 12:27 -0700 2003-04-11, Addison Phillips [wM] wrote:

>1. Is 'az' the official or national language of 'AZ'? If yes then 
>register 'az-AZ'...

We don't register languages because they are official or national. We 
register them because they are languages.

>2. Is there a distinction between 'az-latn' and 'az-cyrl'? If yes, 
>then register 'az-latn' and 'az-cyrl'.

We also may register things that are distinguishable in various ways. 
Orthography is one such feature that this discussion is about -- 
based on CJK requirements, initially, at least.
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