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I agree with Peter. 

On 7 Apr 2014, at 19:54, Peter Constable <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I�m not in favour of encoding �Shikomor� in any part of ISO 639.
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> This term refers to a fictional language of convenience: Comoros refers to it in their constitution as though it were a language, but in reality there is not a single Comorian language. This is a bit like Filipino, a desire by the government to have a single unifying language, except that in the case of Filipino there actually was some progress and some measure of success in engineering a unifying language. From what I understand, that has not at all happened in Comoros.
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> That means, for instance, that there will not be any documents, Web pages or other kinds of content that need to be described as being in �Shikomor�. Even the government that asserts a �Shikomor� language does not appear to publish anything claiming to be in �Shikomor�.
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> To encode in any part, it would need to qualify for inclusion in 639-3, the part that has is the most comprehensive. Even there, I don�t see a need to encode. But even if it were decided that there were some value in encoding the notion �Shikomor� in 639-3, I don�t think it would qualify for inclusion in 639-2 due to lack of documents. Also, I would not support encoding in 639-1 under any condition as there is no benefit to be gained, but costs to be incurred by many.
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> G�rard�s interest appears to be to fill in a table in ISO 3166 pertaining to administrative languages. I think this is a good example of why it is a bad idea for ISO 3166 to have included such a table in the first place � which the JAC advised TC46 against doing in DIS ballot comments.
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> From: ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Zagas, John
> Sent: April 7, 2014 6:32 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: ISO 639-1 language code request for "Shikomor"
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> Dear JAC colleagues,
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> I recently received a request from G�rard Lang (see below) proposing that a code be created in ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2 for the language, "Shikomor".  I submit this request to the JAC for review and discussion.  I should note that though the request is for creating the code in both Parts 1 and 2 (new language codes cannot be defined in Part 1 without a Part 2 counterpart), the requester's primary objective is to have the code defined in ISO 639-1.  As there have recently been long discussions on the ISOJAC Listserv concerning the advisability of creating new codes in ISO 639-1, the discussion for this request will be limited to a brief time span (a week to ten days at the most).  I look forward to your comments.
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> John Zagas
> JAC Chair
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> >> Request for new ISO language code.
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> >> English name of Language:   Shikomor
> >> French name of Language:   Comorien
> >> Reference:
> >> Vernacular name of Language:   Shikomor
> >> Transliteration:
> >> Evidence:   All federal laws of Comoros
> >> All local laws in each of the three federated islands Treaties with other countries
> >> National Evidence:   Government of Comoros
> >> Size Evidence:   national literature
> >> Official Evidence:   National language by article 1 of the Constitution
> >> Education Evidence:   In the three federated islands of Comoros
> >> Additional Info:   500 000
> >> ISO 639-2 only :
> >> ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-1 :   yes
> >> three_code_suggestion :   coi
> >> two_code_suggestion :   cm
> >> Submitter's name:   G�rard LANG
> >> Submitter's email :   [log in to unmask]
> >> Submitter's status :   Liaison officer from ISO/TC 46 to ISO/TC 37
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