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Re: [Ltru] ISO 639 language code addition rules...



> From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan at ccil.org]


> > Between 639-5 and 639-3, it looks like 639-2 would be redundant for
> > our purposes.
>
> Almost.  The four special code elements 'mis', 'mul', 'und', and 'zxx'
> are in -2 but not -5 or -3, and in principle new code elements of this
> type could be added to -2.  So we can't completely exclude adding
> subtags from -2.

They are in -3, actually, and I'd expect any added specials to be in both.

(The text of -3 is a bit inconsistent re this and could be improved.)



Peter
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