We have a proposal for Morisyen language on an upcoming monthly list, and if approved hopefully MARC will give it its own code too. It has its own ISO 639-3 code.
From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Robert J. Rendall <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:59:16 AM To:[log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Any experts on Haitian materials out there?
The code cpf is for "other" French-based creoles that don't have their own code. Haitian has hat, so you use that, but you would use cpf for Mauritian Creole, Seychelles Creole, etc.
Robert Rendall
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On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Benjamin A Abrahamse
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I’m always nervous when I see what looks like a mistake to me, twice, in two different records. Maybe I’m the one making the mistake?
I thought the MARC language code for works written in Haitian Creole was “hat”:
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But I’ve now seen two different records (one of which is a pcc record) that use “cpf”:
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Is this a mistake, am I mistaken about “hat”, or is this perhaps an artefact from a time before “Haitian French Creole” was established in the MARC code list for languages? Both of the records date from around the year 2000.
