From owner-cvs-user Sun May 7 14:08:40 1995 Return-Path: cvs-user-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id OAA00886 for cvs-user-outgoing; Sun, 7 May 1995 14:08:40 -0700 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.223.46]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA00879 ; Sun, 7 May 1995 14:08:34 -0700 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA16565; Sun, 7 May 1995 14:08:08 -0700 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA00971; Sun, 7 May 1995 23:07:51 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA02269; Sun, 7 May 1995 23:07:49 +0200 Message-Id: <199505072107.XAA02269@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Julian Howard Stacey 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 Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 23:07:48 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: cvs-user-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > 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