On 12/09/12 10:02, LIVINE Christin wrote:
I added many points with multiple languages with name:fr, name:en,
name:ja, name:ja_rm, name:ja_kana.
I would like to add names in languages of French Polynesia. How to do ?
ISO code for writing and speaking is the same ?
That's not a simple question, but in generally I think they are mostly
about writing and I'm not sure how well they can differentiate between
different pronunciations of the same language.
- Tahitian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahitian_language. ISO 639-1:
ty. ISO 639-2: tah. ISO 639-3: tah.
Personnally, I prefer use tah from ISO 639-3, but can I arbitrarily use
ISO 639-3 instead of ISO 639-1 ?
I would have thought it was generally better to use the two letter tag
from ISO 639-1 where one exists and only use the three letter tag when
that is actually necessary.
What is your reason for preferring the 639-3 three letter tag?
Until recently, historically, because of religious influences, there
were two ways of writing tahitian language :
- one from protestants
(http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A9gorie:Syst%C3%A8me_graphique_de_l%E2%80%99%C3%89glise_Protestante_Maohi),
- one from catholics which could be the standard
(http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A9gorie:Syst%C3%A8me_graphique_de_l%E2%80%99Acad%C3%A9mie_tahitienne).
How to differentiate the two writing systems ?
Are there not script subtags or something that will differentiate
between these? There usually are where multiple orthographies exist for
a language.
- Marquesan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquesan_language. Two
dialects. ISO 639-3: mrq – North Marquesan, mqm – South Marquesan.
- Tuamotuan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuamotuan_language. ISO 639-3:
pmt.
- Mangareva. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangareva_language. ISO 639-3:
mrv.
- Austral. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral_language. ISO 639-3: aut.
- Rapa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapa_language. ISO 639-3: ray.
If these only exist in 639-3 then I would say the three letter tag is fine.
Tom
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