Bengali vs. Bangla

[John Cowan]

Doug Ewell scripsit:

> That would be a "translation" field, and RFC 5646 pretty much rules out
> adding that to the Registry, at least on a systematic basis. (We do
> include RA-supplied translations, as for 'csc'.)

It's precisely RA-supplied translations or transliterations that the OP
referred to.  If ISO 639-3 starts to include those, I assume we will too,
since we include every name that 639 does.

> 4. Add a secondary Description field on our own.

Or wait until the RA does so.

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