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Re: [Ltru] Capitalization of "Sign Languages"



Doug Ewell scripsit:

> (c) Strict consistency with the other "X languages" entries in ISO 
> 639-2, -5, and the Registry would yield "Sign languages".  The 
> comparison isn't perfect since "Sign" isn't a proper noun like the 
> others, but no other Descriptions for language subtags in the Registry 
> begin with a lowercase letter (except "tlhIngan-Hol" which I guess has 
> semantic significance).

Let's go with this one.

The Klingon romanization uses the letters D, I, S, H, and Q (but not
d, i, s, or h), but does not capitalize in the usual Latin-script sense.

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