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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=000073215-08082007>The ISO 639
Registration Authorities' Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) has decided to approve
the following item to be included in the ISO 639-2 and the ISO 639-3 code
tables:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=000073215-08082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=000073215-08082007>Alpha-3 identifier:
<STRONG>zbl</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=000073215-08082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=000073215-08082007>No alpha-2
identifier assigned</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=000073215-08082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=000073215-08082007>English names:
<STRONG>Blissymbols; Blissymbolics; Bliss</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=000073215-08082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=000073215-08082007>French names:
<STRONG>symboles Bliss; Bliss</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=000073215-08082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=000073215-08082007>This is an
artificial language. It is a written language only; by its nature it has no
spoken form.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=000073215-08082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=000073215-08082007>The indigenous name
is "a symbol like a reversed Z", but since Blissymbols are not yet encoded in an
ISO standard, this is not formally registered.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=000073215-08082007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=000073215-08082007>Best
regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=000073215-08082007>Håvard
Hjulstad</SPAN></FONT></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>
<DIV align=left><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=1> direkte tel /
direct tel: (+47) 67838645</FONT></EM></DIV>
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href="mailto:hhj@standard.no"><EM><FONT face=Arial color=#808080
size=1>hhj@standard.no</FONT></EM></A></DIV>
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