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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>As the boundary between what is a “language” and
what is a “dialect” is open to discussion, I imagine that the line
between “macrolanguage” and “language group” (=? “language
cluster”?) is hard to fix. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>My question in all of this is whether these changes alter how
these codes can be used in ICT. For instance, one could in theory write a
locale for znd (now “Zande languages”) or bin (Edo/Bini) –
not proposing that (and don’t speak these languages) but rather am asking
what the implications of these changes are for localization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>TIA…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Don Osborn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Bisharat.net<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>PanAfrican Localisation project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'> ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no
[mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Håvard
Hjulstad<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 05, 2007 9:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee; iso639@dkuug.dk; iso639-2@loc.gov;
IETF Languages Discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> ISO 639 name changes: a general correction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
have circulated a number of announcements with the following statement:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"The
implication of this change is that the item is considered a language group
rather than an individual language."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Instead
of "language group" I should have used the term
"macrolanguage".</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best
regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Håvard
Hjulstad</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(secretary
ISO 639 RA-JAC)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>--------------------</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Håvard
Hjulstad</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
Standard Norge / Standards Norway</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
direkte tel / direct tel: (+47) 67838645</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:hhj@standard.no"><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>mailto:hhj@standard.no</span></em></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></em><a href="http://www.standard.no/"><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.standard.no/</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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