Dear JAC members,
The request below is
actually for adding an alpha-2 identifier (ISO 639-1) to an item which already
has an alpha-3 identifier in ISO 639-2. The Malayo-Polynesian language
Tetum has had the identifier tet since
publication of ISO 639-2 in 1998.
The reason for requesting an alpha-2
identifier is that the language has official status in East Timor.
The
requested alpha-2 identifier (tu) is
available.
Discussion please (until 2005-12-02).
Best
regards,
Hĺvard Hjulstad
(secretary ISO 639
RA-JAC)
********** Submission: ***********
This data
was submitted on: Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 11:01:31
lang_in_eng =
Tetum
lang_in_fre = tetum
ref_where_found_1 = ISO 639-2
lang_in_vern =
tetun
ref_where_found_2 =
trans_lit =
evidence = As this language is
already in ISO 639-2, it is clear that there is sufficient evidence to introduce
it in ISO 639-1, which is necessary because it has an official status in East
Timor (see Ethnologue for axample)
addinfo = See Ethnologue for
example
request_addition = ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2
2_code_suggestion =
tu
3_code_suggestion = tet
submit_name = Lang Gérard
submit_email =
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submit_status = Convenor of ISO/TC 46/WG
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