Michael's comments to the request <http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/PastComments/CR_Comments_2015-046.pdf> summarize the issues with the previous language code much better than I can, you should give it a read if interested.
2017-01-29 13:51 GMT+01:00 Jon Harald Søby <[email protected]>: > It seems they have completely switched to the Latin alphabet now (the > language is being actively standardised) so I don't think using a Runic > alphabet for the modern version of the language makes sense. For an > eventual Wikisource, though, the Runic alphabet has valid use. > > The code issue here is an interesting one. In the first request, 10 years > ago, they used the code "dlc", which was included in the draft of ISO > 639-3, but not in the final version. I don't have any sources for this > (it's a long time ago), but what I heard then was that Elfdalian and > Scanian (skånska, code scy) were supposed to be in ISO 639-3, but were not > included because the Swedish authorities would refuse to ratify (/accept?) > ISO 639-3, ostensibly for political reasons. Now that it has a code, > however, I'm more than happy to give this eligible status. The fact that it > doesn't (yet) have an Ethnologue page doesn't matter at all. > > I'll contact WMSE to see if they would be interested in supporting this > language edition. As far as I can tell, there are still no native speakers > who have signed up for the proposal. > > 2017-01-29 9:27 GMT+01:00 Milos Rancic <[email protected]>: > >> On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Amir E. Aharoni >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Mmm... no _Ethnologue_ entry, but ovd is the code, isn't it? >> > >> > There's another curiosity here, however: The request page suggests an >> > autonym in runes, and the Wikipedia page about the language indeed says >> that >> > runes were used for writing this language until very late, but nowadays >> the >> > Latin alphabet is used. >> >> We should see what's the most realistic writing system to them. It's >> possible that runic script is indeed quite fine; or they could have a >> transliteration engine. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> > > > > -- > mvh > Jon Harald Søby > -- mvh Jon Harald Søby
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