Maintenance discrepancies
There are apparent discrepancies between two ISO 639-related
websites, and possibly also with the standard ISO 639-1, which is on
the ISO/TC37/SC2/WG1 website.
I'd be grateful for accurate comments on the following.
1. The ISO 639-2/RA Change Notice
<http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/codechanges.html>
ISO 639: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages
lists
Additions/Changes to ISO 639 Codes as published in:
ISO 639-1: 1988 (Alpha-2 code)
ISO 639-2: 1998 (Alpha-3 code)
It lists the changes as follows:
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639-1 639-2 Name of Language Date added/changed Category of Change
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ast Asturian 2001-09-24 Add
-jaw jv jav Javanese 2001-08-13 CC [Dep: -jaw withdrawn]
nds German/Saxon, Low 2000-05-31 Add
ae ave Avestan 2000-02-18 Add
bs bos Bosnian 2000-02-18 Add
ch cha Chamorro 2000-02-18 Add
ce che Chechen 2000-02-18 Add
cu chu Church Slavic 2000-02-18 Add
cv chv Chuvash 2000-02-18 Add
hz her Herero 2000-02-18 Add
ho hmo Hiri Motu 2000-02-18 Add
ki kik Kikuyu 2000-02-18 Add
kj kua Kuanyama 2000-02-18 Add
kv kom Komi 2000-02-18 Add
mh mah Marshall 2000-02-18 Add
mnc Manchu 2000-02-18 Add
nv nav Navajo 2000-02-18 Add
nr nbl Ndebele, South 2000-02-18 Add
nd nde Ndebele, North 2000-02-18 Add
ng ndo Ndonga 2000-02-18 Add
nn nno Norwegian Nynorsk 2000-02-18 Add
nb nob Norwegian Bokmål 2000-02-18 Add
ny nya Chichewa;Nyanja 2000-02-18 Add; NA
oc oci Occitan (1500-) 2000-02-18 NA
os oss Ossetian; Ossetic 2000-02-18 Add; NA
pi pli Pali 2000-02-18 Add
sgn Sign languages 2000-02-18 Add
-sh Serbo-Croatian 2000-02-18 Dep [Dep: -sh]
se sme Northern Sami 2000-02-18 Add
smi Sami languages 2000-02-18 NC
sc srd Sardinian 2000-02-18 Add
ty tah Tahitian 2000-02-18 Add
kw cor Cornish 1998-08 Add
gv glv Manx 1998-08 Add
lb ltz Letzeburgesch 1998-08 Add
-iw he heb Hebrew 1989 CC [Dep: -iw withdrawn]
-in id ind Indonesian 1989 CC [Dep: -in withdrawn]
iu iku Inuktitut 1989 Add
ug uig Uighur 1989 Add
-ji yi yid Yiddish 1989 CC [Dep: -ji withdrawn]
za zha Zhuang 1989 Add
Category of Change Key
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Code Meaning
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Add Newly added
Dep Deprecated
CC Code change
NC Name change
NA Variant name(s) added
2. However, there are additional changes not noted by the ISO 639
Joint Advisory Committee but which are noted in ISO 639-1, Table B.1:
Additions from ISO 639:1988 to ISO 639-1:2001, on the
ISO/TC37/SC2/WG1 website:
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639-1 639-2 Name of Language Date added/changed
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ve Venda Added to ISO 639-1:2001
oj Ojibwa Added to ISO 639-1:2001
lu Luba-Katanga Added to ISO 639-1:2001
lg Luganda; Ganda Added to ISO 639-1:2001
kg Kongo Added to ISO 639-1:2001
ig Igbo Added to ISO 639-1:2001
ff Fulani; Fulfulde Added to ISO 639-1:2001
ee Ewe Added to ISO 639-1:2001
cr Cree Added to ISO 639-1:2001
dv Divehi; Maldivian Added to ISO 639-1:2001
ak Akan Added to ISO 639-1:2001
av Avar; Avarish Added to ISO 639-1:2001
bm Bambara Added to ISO 639-1:2001
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I'd be very grateful to know what changes should result to either
website, and/or to ISO 639-1.
Many thanks in advance
Best regards
John Clews
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John Clews,
Keytempo Limited (Information Management),
8 Avenue Rd, Harrogate, HG2 7PG
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tel: +44 1423 888 432;
Committee Member of ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC22/WG20: Internationalization;
Committee Member of ISO/TC37: Terminology
