Hoi,
Linguistically it is the same language. There is no reason why it needs to
be a different code. The standard allows for a code that is different. The
code en-simple is not in conformance with the standard.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 25 August 2015 at 18:35, Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A question for the respected language code experts in the audience.
>
> Apparently, the Simple English Wikipedia uses "en" as its language code in
> the HTML lang attribute, etc.
>
> I never noticed it until recently, when it started causing various bugs
> with the ContentTranslation extension of which I am a developer. I somehow
> assumed that it uses something like "en-simple" without ever checking it,
> and that assumption was wrong - it's just "en".
>
> I believe that the code should be different from what is used by the
> English Wikipedia, like it is with other wikis in language variants, such
> as be-tarask.
>
> Do you have any suggestions about what code should it be?
> en-simple?
> en-x-simple?
> Something else?
> Should I register anything new with any standards organization? (If I
> recall correctly, this was done for be-tarask?)
> Can I reuse any existing code that would be appropriate?
> Is it a bad idea in general and it should be just "en"?
>
> Thanks!
>
> (PS: If you're curious what are the issues, see
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T110190 )
>
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