The ISO 639 RA-JAC has received the following proposal for a new entry in
the alpha-3 table:

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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 15:26:35 -0400
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Subject: New ISO 639-2 code

This data was submitted on: Friday, October 25, 2002 at 15:26:35

lang_in_eng = Adygei language
lang_in_fre =
ref_where_found_1 =
lang_in_vern =
ref_where_found_2 =
trans_lit =
evidence = Columbia University Libraries (156)
addinfo =
request_addition = ISO 639-2 only
2_code_suggestion =
3_code_suggestion = ADG
submit_name = Susan Summer
submit_email = [log in to unmask]
submit_status = Catalog Librarian, Columbia University Libraries

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CURRENT SITUATION:

ISO 639 encoding: cau = Caucasian (other)

Linguasphere: 42-AAA-aa = Adyghe

Ethnologue: ADY = Adyghe. There are some 125.000 speakers in Russia, 71.000
in Turkey, and some speakers in other countries.


COMMENTS:

I should think that the item should clearly be included. In the sources that
I have consulted, both Adyghe and Adygei are frequent forms of the name.
Both names should probably be included.

Both the proposed identifier (adg) and the Ethologue identifier (ady) are
available in ISO 639-2. I would recommend that we choose "ady".


Best regards,
Håvard Hjulstad
(acting chairman of ISO 639 RA-JAC)
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