Ar 10:01 -0800 2000-09-18, scríobh John Cowan:
>1) A language with a 639-1 tag has and will always have a 639-2 tag as well.
>E.g. English has tags "eng" and "en".
Yes.
>2) A language which currently has a 639-2 tag but not a 639-1 tag will not
>get a new 639-1 tag in future. E.g. Arapaho has tag "arp" but will never
>have a 639-1 tag.
Well, things are a little in flux until the current 639-1 DIS is finalized;
some new 2-letter tags are being added. Then anything with a 3-letter code
but not with a 2-letter code is stuck without a 2-letter code forever and
ever.
>3) Therefore, the only future 639-1 tags are those assigned to new (i.e.
>not in 639-2) languages, simultaneously with a 639-2 tag. E.g. Lojban,
>a currently untagged language, might get the tags "loj" and "lj".
>(When Hell freezes over.)
No, just after Klingon gets them.
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