--- F J Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AbiWord was using "iw-IL" for Hebrew which, as far > as I can tell, is > invalid. I've changed it to "he-IL" - will this > break anything?
That's odd. A quick Google search tells me that ISO 639 does state "IW" for Hebrew. Here is one page: sunsite.berkeley.edu/amher/iso_639.html BUT... This page tells me it was changed in 1989: www.oasis-open.org/cover/iso639a.html Are we going to find systems that still use IW? We should at least put in a comment in case we do run across such a system and then maybe support both... > Alan: Is "Irish" the same as "Irish Gaelic" or...? > > o language code "ga" is Irish not Gaelic - my > mistake "Irish" and "Gaelic" generally refer to the same language. When referring to the Scottish or Welsh languages the usual terms are "Scots Gaelic" and "Welsh". But the Irish usually call the language "Irish" when talking about it in English. Am I right here Alan? (: Andrew Dunbar. > CVS:---------------------------------------------------------------------- > CVS: Enter Log. Lines beginning with `CVS:' are > removed automatically > CVS: > CVS: Committing in . > CVS: > CVS: Modified Files: > CVS: src/af/xap/xp/xap_String_Id.h > CVS:---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > o language code for Hebrew is "he" not "iw" - why > was it iw? > > CVS:---------------------------------------------------------------------- > CVS: Enter Log. Lines beginning with `CVS:' are > removed automatically > CVS: > CVS: Committing in . > CVS: > CVS: Modified Files: > CVS: src/af/util/xp/ut_Language.cpp > src/af/xap/xp/xap_String_Id.h > CVS:---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Francis James Franklin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "No, she really likes me. She told me I look like > Britney Spears, and why > would you say that to somebody you don't like?" > > --- Elle Woods > > ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net http://www.abisource.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
