When we first discussed adding variant names, we said we would not choose
a "preferred" name. I don't think we should get into that detail-- it
could result in a lot of political issues. We could have some criteria for
when to include these variants, but I wouldn't want to codify this.
Rebecca
On Sun, 21 May 2006, Christian Galinski wrote:
> I do not mind to include "dhivehi" as additional English name - without ballot, just by common consent (or absence of dissent).
> However, (as repeatedly émphasized in the past) we need a policy for qualifying different names and for the sequence in which they are listed, because th latter represents priority to the user!
> If we would have a number of qualifiers, such as: - preferred (by
> whom) - obsolete (why) - also occurs (where) - only used in /region/,
> /community/, ... - deprecatory (why) - old/traditional - new/modern -
> ... we would have a method for our own judgement (now - and even more
> important in the future, when same questions INEVITABLY crop up
> again!), for the user and for a good data management.
> A user - in the future - could see the preferred name(s) and, if
> there are more names existing, an indication/symbol leading to further
> names/forms with qualifiers...
>
> Best regards
> Christian
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Håvard Hjulstad
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 1:52 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Divehi, Dhivehi (was: RE: Error Report (fwd))
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>
> (1) In the Thaana script (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaana <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaana> & http://www.omniglot.com/writing/thaana.htm <http://www.omniglot.com/writing/thaana.htm> ) the name seems to be:
>
> Øދިވެހި
>
> (letters dhaalu+ibifili vaavu+ebefili haa+ibifili)
>
> That is Romanized "dhivehi" according to the system given in the Wikipedia.
>
> So the Romanized form of the indigenous name seems to be clearly "dhivehi".
>
> The question, however, is not the indigenous name. Looking up "Divehi" and "Dhivehi" in English returns more hits for the former, but a significant number also for the latter. And since the "daviyani" letter ("d") represents a spirant sound, while the "dhaalu" letter ("dh") actually represents the "d sound", there is every good reason to retain the English form Divehi.
>
> However, I don't have any objection to adding the other form, in effect changing the English name from "Divehi; Maldivian" to "Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian".
>
> The French name is just "maldivien". Should it remain unchanged?
>
> The indigenous name is already correct.
>
> (2) Do we need to vote on changing the English name from "Divehi; Maldivian" to "Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian"?
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>
> Håvard
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee [mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ] On Behalf Of Rebecca S. Guenther
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 8:24 PM
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> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Subject: Error Report (fwd)
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> It seems to me that we should add the alternate spelling to the language name(s). Is there any objection to that?
>
> Rebecca
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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> Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 00:41:49 -0400
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> From: [log in to unmask]
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> To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
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> Subject: Error Report
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> Resent-Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 07:46:01 -0400 (EDT)
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> Resent-To: "Rebecca S. Guenther" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Resent-Subject: Error Report
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> This data was submitted on: Monday, May 15, 2006 at 00:41:49
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> name = Sofwathullah Mohamed
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> client_email = [log in to unmask] url_title = http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html <http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html>
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> general_error =
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> misspelledword = Divehi
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> word_location = The Language Name (English)is wrong for div (iso 632-2) is wrong. It should be spelled as Dhivehi. Please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divehi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divehi> and other Maldivian sites such as http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/ <http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/> , http://www.dhivehinet.net.mv/ <http://www.dhivehinet.net.mv/> typo = typo_location = link_text = link =
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