You might register a subtag for it. It’s not a different language from English so you’d never get a 639=code for it.
> On 25 Aug 2015, at 17:35, Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 ) > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > “We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/ _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
