Last call: Latvian (and Bontok) extlang subtags

[Michael Everson]

On 7 Feb 2010, at 20:05, Doug Ewell wrote:

> I would like to ask the Reviewer to make a final decision on the  
> following two questions:
>
> (1) Whether two new extended language subtags shall be created for  
> Latgalian ("lv-ltg") and Standard Latvian ("lv-lvs"), which are new  
> ISO 639-3 code elements encompassed by Latvian ('lav'), recently  
> reclassified as a macrolanguage, and

I do not like this new "lav", I really do not. However, I approve the  
two extended subtags.

> (2) Whether three new extended language subtags shall be created for  
> Northern Bontok ("bnc-rbk"), Central Bontok ("bnc-lbk"), and
> Southwestern Bontok ("bnc-vbk"), which are new ISO 639-3 code  
> elements encompassed by Bontok ('bnc'), recently reclassified as a  
> macrolanguage and renamed from "Central Bontoc."

Logically I must also approve this.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/