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Re: [Ltru] Editor's copy of draft-4645bis-06



Doug Ewell scripsit:

> >Subtag:bh Description:Bihari Added:2005-10-16 Scope:collection
> >Subtag:him Description:Himachali Added:2005-10-16 Scope:collection
> 
> As you said, this isn't an LTRU issue; we use the exact ISO 639 names, 
> and document where we don't.  I checked, and both 639-2 and 639-3 call 
> these "Bihari" and "Himachali".  I wonder if this is one reason why 
> 639-5 missed them.

Probably.  It was the 639-3 analysis (in fact, Peter Constable's) who
showed that these names represented not languages but collections.
See http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_iso639.asp?code=bih and
http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_iso639.asp?code=him for details.
This set of URLs is an excellent set of resources showing the (sometimes
obsolete) 639-3 view of various 639-2 codes.

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