CLDR mysteries solved!
John Cowan
cowan at ccil.org
Thu Sep 28 04:57:57 CEST 2006
Mark Davis scripsit:
> In particular, I had asked on this list if anyone knew anything about
> the couple of dozen purported languages at the end for which Magda
> couldn't find 639-3 language codes. Hearing no response, we will
> probably just remove them from the Unicode site as bogus.
Google search of www.ethnologue.com is your friend.
> ??? ; Aisor ; [Cyrl]
> ??? ; Assyrian (modern) ; [Syrc]
Synonyms for Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (syr-aii).
> ??? ; Bahasa ; [Latn]
This is the Malay/Indonesian word for "language", so it's
probably a synonym for either one (they are very similar
but not identical).
> ??? ; Balear ; [Latn]
Dialect of Catalan spoken in the Balearic islands.
> ??? ; Balkar ; [Cyrl]
Dialect of Karachay-Balkar (krc).
> ??? ; Bugis ; [Bugi]
Synonym for Buginese (bug)
> ??? ; Buryat ; [Cyrl]
Synonym for Russia Buriat (bxr)
> ??? ; Cham ; [Cham]*
Could be Western Cham (cja) in Cambodia or Eastern Cham (cjm) in Vietnam.
> ??? ; Chhattisgarhi ; [Deva]
Code hne.
> ??? ; Chukchi ; [Cyrl]
Should be Chukot (ckt). "Chukchi" is the ethnonym.
> ??? ; Dungan ; [Cyrl]
Code dng. Linguistically part of the Mandarin Chinese dialect
continuum, but sociolinguistically separate because written in
Cyrillic and spoken in Russia.
> ??? ; Edo ; [Latn]
Code bin.
> ??? ; Garshuni ; [Syrc]
Apparently means ar-Syrc. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garshuni .
> ??? ; Gascon ; [Latn]
Code oc-gsc (part of the Occitan macrolanguage).
> ??? ; Judezmo ; [Hebr]
Synonym for Ladino (lad).
> ??? ; Kankan ; [Deva]
Synonym for Eastern Maninkakan (emk)
> ??? ; Khakass ; [Cyrl]
Spelling error or synonym for Khakas (kjh)
> ??? ; Koryak ; [Cyrl]
Code kpy.
> ??? ; Lapp ; [Latn]
One of the Saami languages ("Lapp" is derogatory).
See http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90977 .
> ??? ; Mordvin ; [Cyrl]
A genetic grouping comprising Erzya (myv) and Moksha (mdf).
> ??? ; Naga ; [Latn]; [Beng]
A genetic grouping comprising 25 languages, most called "X Naga";
see http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=92044 .
Also Naga Pidgin (nag).
> ??? ; Riang ; [Beng]
Code ril.
> ??? ; Swadaya ; [Syrc]
Dialect of syr-aii (see above).
> ??? ; Tamazight ; [Tfng], [Latn]
Probably Central Atlas Tamazight (tzm), but might be intended to include
two other Tamazight languages (tjo, tia).
> ??? ; Tsalagi ; (see Cherokee)
Synonym for Cherokee (chr).
> ??? ; Tuva ; [Cyrl]
Tuvin (tyv); "Tuva" is the locality name.
> ??? ; Udekhe ; [Cyrl]
Synonym for Udihe (ude).
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