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Re: [Ltru] More about Description fields



Marion Gunn scripsit:

> As you can see, the only mismatch is Scotland, having a language  
> called "Gaelic" - ALL the other languages are called by names which  
> match the names of the countries to which they belong.  Deviating  
> from this simple rule causes offense to speakers and endless  
> difficulties to both teachers and learners.

Quite so.  But people *do* deviate from the rules, so a little
additional disambiguation doesn't hurt.  One approach would be
to follow "Ainu (Japan)" more closely and go with "Gaelic (Scotland)".

But this is a matter for the 639 RA/JAC and not for us.

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