Hi i agree with *Tommi, we should use a general name that can be used for more countries,that accepted by afghans iranians and tajiks and everybody who speak farsi. fa_af limits us to afghanestan.*
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Khalid Amiri Amarkhail < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Mazdak Kiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> My language ISO 639-3 code is prs: >>> >>> http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=prs >>> http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=prs >>> >>> >> >> When we can use ISO 639-1 language codes, we should use those. ISO >> 639-3 should only be used when a code does not exist. >> >> Locale projects, including Unicode CLDR, use fa_AF for Dari. For >> example, see here: >> >> http://unicode.org/cldr/apps/survey?_=fa_AF&x=languages >> >> The list of languages mentioned, for example, shows Afghan names of >> languages, like "hespaanavi" for Spanish (vs. Iranian Persian >> "espaaniaayi") and "dari" for Persian (vs. Iranian Persian "faarsi"). >> >> Same is true about the "Computer Locale Requirements for Afghanistan" >> project, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme and >> approved by Afghanistan's Ministry of Communications, which recommends >> the code fa_AF again (disclaimer: I'm a co-author of that report): >> >> http://www.evertype.com/standards/af/ >> >> Using fa_AF, your users will also have the benefit of seeing Iranian >> Persian translations when a Dari translation is not yet available, >> which helps the users a lot, as Iranian Persian is almost always >> legible to Afghans. >> >> Good luck, >> Roozbeh >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-i18n mailing list >> gnome-i18n@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n >> >> > Salaam, > > I support what Roozbeh says, cause Dari is not just a language but an > official language in Afghanistan (The only country where Dari is an official > language) so fa_AF is I think better than prs. > > Regards, > > -Khalid > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-i18n mailing list > gnome-i18n@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n >
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