> > I agree about the probability of further registrations in 639-1. > But my guess is that if anybody manages to get a 'new' language > registered is 639-1, they will have a big interest to be able > to use this two-letter code on the Internet. The big problem is to get a language code that isn't already a three-letter code. > > Actually, I think the main reason for new 639-1 registrations > will not be discoveries of new languages with big populations > of speakers, but politically motivated splits and changes such > as the Kroatian/Serbian case. I don't think it is possible to > call such cases absurd. Even if we don't see such a case on > the horizon, things can change quite quickly when they change. > So I don't want to rule out further 639-1 registrations. That's a very good point: "never" being, on average, a very long time. Addison _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru at ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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