Language Subtag Registration Form: variant "signed"

[Peter Constable]

> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-
> bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Michael Everson


> 1) Do Sign Language tags *have* to be rushed?

I have no particular reason to rush signed languages in IETF language tags. I very much wish you hadn't rushed a bunch of tags through five years ago.


> 2) Do the Sign Language tags in 639-3 *have* to be accepted at this
> stage, or is there scope for further work on this (by pulling them
> out before publication)?

I know of no reason for the signed languages identified in Ethnologue 15 not to be included in ISO 639-3.



Peter Constable