Distinguishing Greek and Greek

L.Gillam L.Gillam at surrey.ac.uk
Fri Apr 15 17:48:29 CEST 2005



On 15 April 2005 14:21 Jefsey Morfin declared:

> ISO 639-3 pet idea is reference name in any language, who 
> care ... hmm! if 
> in English ... or autonyms (autonym for French being ... 
> "french"). Where 
> do you find the terms?
> 
> Not really multitechnology: there are people here keeping 
> reminding that 
> most languages are not written. This is why you need an icon for them.

I'm not sure whether this is an argument for or against 639-3, or
for or against reference names. I wonder, however, if Jefsey can
think of a spoken language that cannot be named?

I think the "country flag" problem has been identified previously.


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