(iso639.2708) RE: ISO 639-2 decision: "mis"

[CE Whitehead]

I sort of thought that mis was always used to cover languages identified as 
languages but not having a collection code.  Someone else might want to 
comment on this, as I am new, but this was my understanding.

--C. E. Whitehead
cewcathar at hotmail.com

Kent Karlsson kent.karlsson14 at comhem.se
Sat Jun 16 08:52:34 CEST 2007
>Yes, but from a coverage point of view, 'und' covers all languages
>as well as 'zxx' and 'mul'. Not a far cry from what 'mis' used to
>cover (namely all (natural, and natural-like) languages). And you
>have not given any other option than 'und' (and private use codes)
>as a replacement for what 'mis' used to cover (as a collection).

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