ISO 639-3 changes

[Kent Karlsson]

Den 2015-01-19 23:29, skrev "Phillips, Addison" <addison at lab126.com>:

>> There are a couple of new issues this year. One involves the use of "click"
>> letters ǀ, ǁ, ǂ, and ǃ for certain African languages instead of ASCII
>> fallbacks.
>> The RA has added a code element for ǂUngkue, using the real letter ǂ
>> instead of a fallback like =/Ungkue, because the database used by the RA
>> now supports them. The RA is not changing the spelling of any existing
>> names for now. We have always used the ASCII fallbacks in the Registry
>> because they were what the RA used; now may be the time to reopen the
>> question of whether to use the real letters uniformly, use ASCII fallbacks
>> uniformly, or include both.
> 
> I tend to favor the use of the real letters, with my second choice being
> including both.

I agree. Here's a list:

Subtag: oun
Description: !O!ung
Description: ǃoǃung
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C3 (ǃ) LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK

Subtag: nmn
Description: !Xóõ
Description: ǃxóõ
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C3 (ǃ) LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK

Subtag: hnh
Description: //Ani
Description: ǁani
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C1 (ǁ) LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK

Subtag: gnk
Description: //Gana
Description: ǁgana
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C1 (ǁ) LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK

Subtag: xeg
Description: //Xegwi
Description: ǁxegwi
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C1 (ǁ) LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK

Subtag: gwj
Description: /Gwi
Description: ǀgwi
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C0 (ǀ) LATIN LETTER DENTAL CLICK

Subtag: xam
Description: /Xam
Description: ǀxam
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C0 (ǀ) LATIN LETTER DENTAL CLICK

Subtag: huc
Description: =/Hua
Description: ǂhua
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C2 (ǂ) LATIN LETTER ALVEOLAR CLICK

Subtag: aue
Description: =/Kx'au//'ein
Description: ǂkx'auǁ'ein
Description: ǂkxʼauǁʼein
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C2 (ǂ) LATIN LETTER ALVEOLAR CLICK, U+01C1 (ǁ) LATIN LETTER LATERAL
CLICK
The apostrophes should probably be fixed as well (ʼ).

Subtag: hgm
Description: Hai//om
Description: Haiǁom
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C1 (ǁ) LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK

Subtag: ktz
Description: Ju/'hoan
Description: Juǀ'hoan
Description: Juǀʼhoan
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C0 (ǀ) LATIN LETTER DENTAL CLICK
The apostrophe should probably be fixed as well (ʼ).

Subtag: gfx
Description: Mangetti Dune !Xung
Description: Mangetti Dune ǃxung
Added: 2012-08-12
U+01C3 (ǃ) LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK

Subtag: ngh
Description: N/u
Description: Nǀu
Added: 2009-07-29
U+01C0 (ǀ) LATIN LETTER DENTAL CLICK

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