The ISO 639 RA-JAC has received the following proposal for a new entry in the alpha-3 table: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 15:24:45 -0400 From: WWW generic account <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: New ISO 639-2 code This data was submitted on: Friday, October 25, 2002 at 15:24:45 lang_in_eng = Kabardian language lang_in_fre = ref_where_found_1 = lang_in_vern = ref_where_found_2 = trans_lit = evidence = Columbia University Libraries (186) addinfo = request_addition = ISO 639-2 only 2_code_suggestion = 3_code_suggestion = KBD submit_name = Susan Summer submit_email = [log in to unmask] submit_status = Catalog Librarian, Columbia University Libraries ---------- End forwarded message ---------- CURRENT SITUATION: ISO 639 encoding: cau = Caucasian (other) Linguasphere: 42-AAA-ac = Qaberdey Ethnologue: KAB = Kabardian. Spoken by some 650.000 people in Russia and Turkey. COMMENTS: It seems like a straight-forward issue. The name form "Kabardian" seems to be clearly the most common in English. (As for all proposals, we also need French name(s), and preferably also indigenous name(s).) The Ethnologue identifier (kab) is NOT available in ISO 639-2 (used for Kabyle), while the proposed identifier (kbd) is available. Best regards, H�vard Hjulstad (acting chairman of ISO 639 RA-JAC) ------------------------- H�vard Hjulstad mailto:[log in to unmask] Chairman ISO/TC37 (Terminology and other language resources) Chairman ISO/TC207/TCG (Environmental management - Terminology coordination group) Solfallsveien 31 NO-1430 �s, Norway tel: +47 64963684 & +47 64944233 mob: +47 90145563 http://www.hjulstad.com/havard/ -------------------------