On 31 May 2004 16:31 GMT, Andre Engels <engelsag(a)t-online.de> wrote:
Even without those objections, the best thing to do
seems not to be to
drop 639-2, but look at SIL and 639-2 for different purposes. 639-2 is
more applicable when the question is whether the language is large enough
to beincluded. SIL is more applicable when the question is whether a
language is enough separate to allow such. Still, I very much have the
impression that the criteria are not consistent in their application.
Well, gmail helps in mailing list discussions! This is just a link it
gave me right to your message:
Criteria for ISO 639-2
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/criteria2.html
roozbeh