Script codes in RFC 3066

[Peter_Constable at sil.org]

John Cowan wrote on 04/09/2003 12:12:44 PM:

> > It sounds as if 3-character codes for languages would probably
> > suffice, especially if numbers were allowed ("en1" for "Old English;
> > "en3" for Middle English, etc?), but the lack of room in the codespace
> > would mean that in many cases they would not be very mnemonic.
>
> Agreed.  But there's not much mnemonic about existing Ethnologue codes.
> Who'd guess ZPH for Totomachapan Zapoteco, or XML for Malaysian
SignLanguage?

Because, as pointed out, you can't make everything mnemonic in a 3-letter
codespace.



- Peter


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