>> In the case of Tonga, there may perhaps be a legitimate doubt whether
    >> to equate
    >> the "to" (Tonga) code with "tog" (Tonga (Nyasa)) or with "ton" (Tonga
    >> (Tonga Islands)), or with both.

    Peter> This relates to one of the problems with ISO 639-x that I'll be
    Peter> discussing in my presentation. Interesting, essentially the same
    Peter> point was raised in the official ballot within TC37/SC2/WG1 on DIS
    Peter> 639-1.

It isn't a problem.  Just use markup to distinguish them :-)
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