Some of the Internet Archive's library partners are asking us about language metadata for regional languages that don't have standard codes. Is there a standard way of dealing with this situation?
Overall we use MARC codes https://www.loc.gov/marc/languages/ which were last updated in 2007. LOC also maintains ISO639-2 https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php last updated in 2014. The languages in question are regional languages which are currently lumped together in both standards. With the recent rise in interest and funding for regional languages, it's no surprise that some catalogers want to split these languages out into separate codes. Thanks! -- greg
