Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 23:07:48 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Julian Howard Stacey <jhs@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> Cc: CVS-commiters@time.cdrom.com, cvs-user@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall/help/sv.SV.ISO8859-1 usage.hlp Message-ID: <199505072107.XAA02269@grumble.grondar.za>
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> This is reinventing wheels ! > We did this stuff back in '85 at Siemens, Munich, just for 7 European Langs., > > What abbreviation do you propose for the xhosa click language of africa ? > Will it collide with any others ? Do they always spell it the same ? > > I urge you to adopt an existing international standard: > The international dial code prefix, such as 1 for usa, 44 for britain, > or the international car registration number plate system: > D for Deutschland, ESP for Spain (I think) etc > > No doubt there are problems with existing systems, > but at least we count on other world bodies to sort those out for us :-) I thought there was an ISO code for languages, kind of like the 2- and 3-letter country codes. I'll have a look. (A few minutes later) http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/catman.html has some intersting stuff. There is a list of Germanic/Slavic languages that includes a _bunch_ of catalogued languages. Maybe this is a good start? M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200
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