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<DIV><SPAN class=892312613-12032007><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>ISO
639 </STRONG><SPAN class=198483021-02052007><STRONG>Registration
Authorities' Joint Advisory Committee</STRONG> has made the following
decision:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=892312613-12032007><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=892312613-12032007>The item
"<STRONG>arc</STRONG>", which <SPAN
class=198483021-02052007>ha</SPAN>s <SPAN class=198483021-02052007>been
</SPAN>encoded in ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3<SPAN class=198483021-02052007> with
the name "<STRONG>Aramaic</STRONG>" and "<STRONG>araméen</STRONG>" (English and
French), </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=892312613-12032007>is change<SPAN
class=198483021-02052007>d</SPAN> to "<STRONG>Official Aramaic; Imperial
Aramaic</STRONG>" and "<STRONG>araméen d'empire</STRONG>", with an addition of a
note indicating the time span <EM>700-300
BCE</EM>. </SPAN></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><SPAN class=198483021-02052007><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Additional Aramaic variants are encoded in ISO
639-3.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=198483021-02052007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best
regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=198483021-02052007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Håvard
Hjulstad</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=1><EM>Håvard
Hjulstad</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=1>secretary of ISO 639
RAs Joint Advisory Committee /JAC)</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=1> Standard Norge
/ Standards Norway</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=1> tel: (+47)
67838600 | faks / fax: (+47) 67838601</FONT></EM></DIV>
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