On 19/05/2015 08:05, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
>> In testing out various grammar and spell checkers, I've come across a >> couple of instances, where different languages/dialects share the sam e >> ISO-639-# code. > > Can you give an example ISO 639-1 is xo ISO 639-2 is xho ISO 639-3 is xho Glotolog is xhos1239 ISO 3166-1 ZA / ZAF / 710 ISO 3166-2 ZA-EC and ISO 639-1 is xo ISO 639-2 is xho ISO 639-3 is xho Glotolog is mpon1252 ISO 3166-1 ZA / ZAF / 710 ISO 3166-2 ZA-NL (Please skip the debate about whether or not the enclaves are KwaZulu, the Eastern Cape, or Lesotho.) For a slightly different example, I give you Koine Greek and Attic Greek . Linguist-List codes them as grc-koi & grc-att, respectively. ISO 639-2 code is GRC. ISO 639-3 is GRC. No ISO 639-1 code. I wish all dialects/languages were as accommodating as: Gottolog lush1251 ISO 639-1 none; ISO 639-2 none; ISO 639-3 LUT; ISO 639-3 SKA; ISO 639-3 SNO; ISO 639-3 SLH; (Note: AFAIK, there are no spell checkers or grammar checkers for those dialects, for any office suite.) jonathon
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