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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sometimes you are right, sometimes you are wrong in thinking that you are wrong...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am very sorry for any confusion that I may have caused. Please disregard the message below.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>The items that this concerns, are considered language groups by the Joint Advisory Committee. As most things in the context of language identification, there are no absolute distinctions. We are, however, trying to be as consistent as we can. There will be coming up some items that relate to macrolanguages as well. What we are doing right now, is to "cleen up" some details before the official release of ISO 639-3, which is pretty much ready for publication as International Standard.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I shall try to keep the terminology straight in the future.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Håvard</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Håvard Hjulstad</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Standard Norge / Standards Norway</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Fra:</B> Håvard Hjulstad<BR><B>Sendt:</B> fr 2007-01-05 15:12<BR><B>Til:</B> 'ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee'; 'iso639@dkuug.dk'; 'iso639-2@loc.gov'; 'IETF Languages Discussion'<BR><B>Emne:</B> ISO 639 name changes: a general correction<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=912502517-02012007>I have circulated a number of announcements with the following statement:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=912502517-02012007>"The implication of this change is that the item is considered a language group rather than an individual language."</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=912502517-02012007>Instead of "language group" I should have used the term "macrolanguage".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=912502517-02012007>Best regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=912502517-02012007>Håvard Hjulstad</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=912502517-02012007>(secretary ISO 639 RA-JAC)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Håvard Hjulstad</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2> Standard Norge / Standards Norway</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2> direkte tel / direct tel: (+47) 67838645</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2> <A href="mailto:hhj@standard.no"><EM>mailto:hhj@standard.no</EM></A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM> </EM></FONT><A href="http://www.standard.no/"><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>http://www.standard.no/</EM></FONT></A></DIV>
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