Dear Haavard

In message <[log in to unmask]> you wrote:

> Identifiers: be / bel
>
> English names in ISO/DIS 639-1: Byelorussian; Belarussian
> English name in ISO 639-2: Belarusian
> (French name in both parts: biélorusse)
>
> My proposal was to include the following English names: Belarusian;
> Byelorussian; White Russian... I maintain my origian proposal.

Byelorussian; White Russian are both outdated names.

I strongly support using only the single language name Belarusian.
I am strongly against using outdated names.

Best regards

John Clews

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