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Hi,<BR>
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Yes thanks Kent, I now see the code tables: [pes] is described as 'Western Farsi' and [prs] as 'Dari'. (At ethnologue.com [pes] is' Western Farsi' and [prs] is 'Eastern Farsi'). [fas] is a macrolanguage in the ISO 639-3 code tables and its description is Persian. [per] is not in the code tables but is considered identical in referent to [fas].<BR>
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Still I feel I bit more some clarification to understand this thread:<BR>
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What exactly is being requested? To use the subtags [pes] and [prs] as extension languages--with [fas]?<BR>
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And to the other topic, which description field should be changed (that for [pes], that for [prs], both?)?<BR>
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Thanks.<BR>
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--C. E. Whitehead<BR>
<A href="mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com">cewcathar@hotmail.com</A> <BR>
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(Personally it makes sense to me to have both Western Farsi and Western Persian in the description field for [pes] [because both names are used to indicate that language--in English today] but I am unsure still whether there can be multiple description fields in the code tables--if not then I personally prefer not to discuss the name further; I prefer to leave it to native speakers to decide. As for the code [prs], I am not sure about changing the description field for Dari/Eastern Farsi/Eastern Persian; it seems o.k. as it is, but I am not a speaker, so it's not my call.)<BR><BR>Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:45:44 +0100<BR>From: Kent Karlsson <kent.karlsson14@comhem.se><BR>> Which has nothing to do with making them extlangs (which I take this thread<BR>> is about given the subject...).<BR>> <BR>> As for the entirely separate issue of description change, I see no need for<BR>> *ietf-languages*, as a group, to act on this towards the 639-3 RA. Indeed<BR>> there are several much worse description naming problems in 639-3...<BR>> <BR>> B.t.w. the primary description for "prs" in 639-3 is "Dari".<BR>> <BR>> /kent k<BR><BR></body>
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