Martin Duerst <duerst at it dot aoyama dot ac dot jp> wrote: > 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. > > 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. I'd better go get the door. Someone is banging on it and shouting, "Montenegrin! Montenegrin!" -- Doug Ewell * Arvada, Colorado, USA * RFC 4645 * UTN #14 http://www.ewellic.org http://www1.ietf.org/html.charters/ltru-charter.html http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages ˆ _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru at ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru
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