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From:
Michael Everson Date: Fri Mar 10, 2000 6:59 pm Subject: The 3-letter code for Sign Languages | ||||||||
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Dear colleagues, Last month the Registration Authority for ISO 639-2 (Code for the representations of names of scripts) accepted the proposed three letter code for Sign Languages, "sgn". I am grateful to the DAC for sending me as envoy to the RA-JAC meeting in Washington. See https://www.egt.ie/standards/iso639/iso639-en.html We are now working on extensions to this code for registration under RFC 1766 to specify individual Sign Languages. Four of these have already been proposed, but remain provisional until the RFC is revised (currently it only allows ISO 639-1, not ISO 639-2). However, it is under revision. See https://www.egt.ie/standards/iso639/sgn.html for these and the list of other Sign Languages which are potential candidates for registration. If you have specific comments about that document or any of the Sign Languages there, please get in touch with me directly. You have to be specific. Assertions like "there are 11 different Sign Languages in South Africa" don't immediately help us improve the taxonomy, but they are a place to start. Best regards, Michael Everson ** Everson Gunn Teoranta ** https://www.egt.ie 15 Port Chaeimhghein Íochtarach; Baile Átha Cliath 2; Éire/Ireland Vox +353 1 478 2597 ** Fax +353 1 478 2597 ** Mob +353 86 807 9169 27 Páirc an Fhéithlinn; Baile an Bhóthair; Co. Átha Cliath; Éire | ||||||||
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