Interesting. Some exonyms just stick, I suppose. :) - Sundar "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture >________________________________ >From: Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> >To: BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse(a)yahoo.com>om>; Wikimedia India Community list <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >Cc: Oriya Wikipedia <wikipedia-or(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 12:12 AM >Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Odia and Odisha > > >Hoi, >The or code is from the ISO-639-1, the code in the ISO-639-3 is ori. The codes are meant as a unique identifier and making them easy to remember is in some way helpful in others it is problematic. It is problematic because all the existing expressions in a language will still be known by the old code. > >Consequently the codes stay the same and the new name is added with the old name as a valid synonym.  To understand this, these names and codes are used internationally and the rest of the world does often find it hard to change. > >Thanks, >      GerardM > > >On 24 March 2011 16:34, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbecse(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >If ISO code also changes correspondingly from or to od, we should perhaps move wiki projects as well? >> >> >>- Sundar >>  >>"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." >>- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture >> >> >>>________________________________ >>>From: Shiju Alex <shijualexonline(a)gmail.com> >>>To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. <wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>; Oriya Wikipedia <wikipedia-or(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >>>Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:59 PM >>>Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Odia and Odisha >>> >>> >>> >>>Indian Parliament approves new name for Oriya language and Orissa state. >>> >>>Now onwards the Oriya language will be called as Odia and the Orissa state will hereafter be called Odisha. >>> >>>More detailed news here: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/parliament-approve… >>> >>> >>>Shiju >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > >