Name changes in ISO 639-2

[Don Osborn]

Hi Doug. I assume the page you are referring to is http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_changes.php ? If so, thanks for going to the trouble to list the old names along with the new. I am not sure what the RA's practice is, but if this has not gone out to the Linguist list, it could be forwarded - recalling here the recent exchange with Elizabeth Pyatt on involvement of linguists in the process of adopting and keeping codes for languages. In fact, I'd be happy to do that (once I'm past a couple of major items today).

Don

(NB, I added the second n in Alemannic in the text below per your other email)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-
> bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Doug Ewell
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 2:37 AM
> To: ietf-languages at iana.org
> Subject: Name changes in ISO 639-2
> 
> While I was apparently not paying attention, a whole slew of name
> changes were posted on the official ISO 639-2 Web site.  All of these
> will likely require the new names to be added to the Registry as
> Description fields.  In some cases, existing names should probably be
> removed, particularly where the word "languages" was added to indicate
> a collection code.
> 
> Comments are solicited on exactly what to do about each of these.
> 
> In the order they appear on the ISO 639-2 change page:
> 
> Code element: gsw
> Was: Swiss German; Alemanic
> Now: Swiss German; Alemannic
> 
> Code element: bin
> Was: Bini
> Now: Bini; Edo
> 
> Code element: car
> Was: Carib
> Now: Galibi Carib
> 
> Code element: bad
> Was: Banda
> Now: Banda languages
> 
> Code element: btk
> Was: Batak (Indonesia)
> Now: Batak languages
> 
> Code element: day
> Was: Dayak
> Now: Land Dayak languages
> 
> Code element: ijo
> Was: Ijo
> Now: Ijo languages
> 
> Code element: kar
> Was: Karen
> Now: Karen languages
> 
> Code element: kro
> Was: Kru
> Now: Kru languages
> 
> Code element: nah
> Was: Nahuatl
> Now: Nahuatl languages
> 
> Code element: son
> Was: Songhai
> Now: Songhai languages
> 
> Code element: znd
> Was: Zande
> Now: Zande languages
> 
> Code element: kac
> Was: Kachin
> Now: Kachin; Jingpho
> 
> Code element: km
> Was: Khmer
> Now: Central Khmer
> 
> Code element: arn
> Was: Araucanian
> Now: Mapudungun; Mapuche
> 
> Code element: rm
> Was: Raeto-Romance
> Now: Romansch
> 
> --
> Doug Ewell  *  Fullerton, California, USA  *  RFC 4645  *  UTN #14
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