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Re: [Ltru] Re: Extlang stability



Frank Ellermann scripsit:

> Wrt the resources, I've no clue why e.g. (no, nb, nn) or (bs, hr, sr,
> sh) are recognized sets, while (de, gsw, nds) or similar groups aren't
> identified as related.  It appears to be inconsistent.  But as long as
> those sets are only identified in the registry, not in the tags, it's
> no serious problem to split, join, add, or remove sets later.

Which is why I agree that the Macrolanguage: header is a Good Thing.
The argument for extlang subtags (other than sign languages) is as a
shim between 639-2 and 639-3 and nothing else.

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