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Re: [Ltru] 639-5 (was RE: ISO 639 language code addition rules...)



>
> > Leif Halvard Silli scripsit:
> >
> >> +1 one for "Type: macrolanguage" and "Type: language collection".
> >>
> >> Being explicist is good. For example, the "no" code cannot be
> used
> >> for spell-checking unless you assume that it means either "nn"
> or
> >> "nb".
> >
> > The same is true of "en" and "de".
>
>
> You mean that you cannot use "en" to spellcheck "de" unless you
> assume that "en" means "de".

No: he means that you cannot spellcheck "en" until you know if it is "en-US", "en-GB", "en-CA", etc. Similarly, there are German differences.

>
> However, with 'no' there is a very likely risk that someone thinks
> that 'no' is spesific enough. And that, or similar risks, exist
> for all macrolanguages.

That or similar risks exist for many, many languages. It is not at all inherent to macrolanguages. It isn't even necessarily a feature of macrolanguages.

>
> The same is not true of "en" and "de".

Which of these is spelled correctly: jail, gaol? How about: tire, tyre? Or: color, colour?

Addison
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