On 17 May 2017, at 15:23, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> wrote: >>> BTW, it's about ISO-639-3, not ISO-639-6 code. >> >> It is an ISO 639-2 code. > > Even worse! They don't want to change the least sensible set of codes.
What are you on about? It is the same code, in both ISO 639-2 and 639-3. > On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Michael Everson <[email protected]> wrote: >> I received a response from a member of the JAC regarding “arn": >> >>> We received and considered a request for this about 5 years ago. I don't >>> believe there was a formal vote, but it was generally disfavored by all on >>> the JAC. I do not expect it would be approved in a second round of >>> discussion, but they are welcome to submit it. > > Fine. I don't think that one 80% white male 80% WASP institution should be in > charge for something that affects the whole world. The membership of the ISO 639 JAC is specified in the standardization documents and has nothing to do with skin colour, sex, or religion. This sort of rhetoric is just bullshit in the present context. The code was assigned a long time ago. Standardizers are reluctant to change codes because the stability of standards is important. Your trying to whip this up into some sort of institutional or cultural prejudice against the speakers of Mapuche is unacceptable. Michael Everson _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
