I agree as well.
Margaret
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Sent: April-18-11 10:54 AM
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Subject: Re: Subject: Tetum, tet - French name
I also agree. We can add this form to the ISO 639-2 code list.
Rebecca
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Dear Colleagues,
Håvard’s suggestions are reasonable and I think we do not need a formal vote.
I agree with the modification of the name in French.
Best regards
Christian
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On Behalf Of Håvard Hjulstad
Sent: Donnerstag, 14. April 2011 09:05
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Subject: Tetum, tet - French name
Dear members of ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee,
Below is a request relating to the language
Tetum (alpha-3 identifier in ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3: tet). The main request was for an alpha-2 identifier. We have already informed the submitter that it would be against our policy to assign an alpha-2 identifier in this case. The main “problem”
seemed to be that their software required alpha-2 identifiers for languages, which is an entirely different issue that we recommended her to discuss with their software manufacturer.
But: The request uses the French
form “tétoum”, while our database has the French form “tetum” only. Having looked at various sources I have found three French forms: tétoum, tetum, and tetun. I have also found English forms Tetum and Tetun. While the name forms ending with -n seem to be
closer to the indigenous name of the language (given as “tetun”), forms ending with -m are probably more common both in English and French.
My proposal is that we don’t
do anything with the English name, but that the French name is changed
FROM “tetum”
TO “tétoum; tetum”.
Any comments or objections? Does anyone want a formal ballot?
Best regards,
Håvard
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Håvard Hjulstad
(prosjektleder / Project Manager)
Standard Norge / Standards Norway