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>>>>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019, Marek Szuba wrote: |
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>>> +dv - Dhivehi |
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>> IANA registry says: |
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>> | Subtag: dv |
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>> | Description: Dhivehi |
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>> | Description: Divehi |
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>> | Description: Maldivian |
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>> So maybe make it 'Dhivehi (Maldivian)'? |
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> Originally I had all three names here but then I noticed that for at |
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> least some of the existing entries which in the SIL database are |
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> described by multiple names, lb for instance, only the first one from |
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> the list is used. Personally I have got no opinion either way. |
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The reference I had originally used is (warning, large text file): |
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https://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry |
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If there are multiple descriptions for a language, use the first one. |
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So it's "Dhivehi" here. |
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>>> +to-TO - Tonga (Tonga Islands) |
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>> Why not just 'to'? |
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> Good point, "to" does specifically refer to Tonga Islands Tonga after |
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> all. I think I've been overly cautious here. |
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Right, this should be: |
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to - Tonga (Tonga Islands) |
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> +ps - Pashto (macrolanguage) |
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For this one, the first description in the IANA registry is "Pushto". |
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> +iu - Inuktitut (macrolanguage) |
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> +qu - Quechua (macrolanguage) |
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> +yi - Yiddish (macrolanguage) |
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Please omit "(macrolanguage)" from all of the above. It should be listed |
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only if it's part of the description. |
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Ulrich |
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