ISO 639 Ballot -- New item: Dargwa

Please vote by Friday 2003-01-24.

Please see additional information below the ballot form.

Submitted by (your name, please):Anila Angjeli

(A) -- Inclusion:
(1)
_X_ I am in favour of including the individual language "Dargwa" in 639-2
(alpha-3 code)
___ I am opposed to including the individual language "Dargwa" in 639-2
(alpha-3 code)

(B) -- Identifier:
(Please vote even if you are opposed to the inclusion of the item)
(2)
_X_ I accept the alpha-3 identifier "dar" for Dargwa (if to be included)
___ I do not accept the identifier "dar" -- Comment:

(C) -- Language names:
(3)
_X_ I accept the English name "Dargwa" (if to be included)
___ I do not accept the English name "Dargwa" -- Comment:

(4)
_X_ I accept the French name "dargwa" (if to be included)
___ I do not accept the French name "dargwa" -- Comment:

(5)
_X_ I accept the indigenous name "aqqusha midz" (if to be included)
___ I do not accept the indigenous name "aqqusha midz" -- Comment:
I propose to add also another script variant "acusa"[with latin small
 letter s with caron]- "Les langues du monde" referres to as a form of
dargwa, promoted to the rank of litterary langue.

Other comments:

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Background and additional information:

This is based on a proposal submitted on 2002-10-11 and circulated to the
JAC for comments on 2002-10-30. Feedback has been received from Michael
Everson only.

Please note that the proposed identifier is identical with the Ethnologue
identifier, but that it is NOT based on the indigenous name of the language.
(Potential identifiers like "aqq" and "aqa" are available.)

The source of the French name is http://www.eurominority.org/.
- I consider it as correct

The source of the indigenous name is http://www.evertype.com/alphabets/
- See comment above

The source of the indigenous name is http://www.evertype.com/alphabets/