>Just an example fi or Finnish is actually called Suomi in Finland :)
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.meijs...@gmail.com> >To: BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbe...@yahoo.com>; Wikimedia India Community list ><wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >Cc: Oriya Wikipedia <wikipedia...@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. > >Just an example fi or Finnish is actually called Suomi in Finland :) >Thanks, > GerardM > > >On 24 March 2011 16:34, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbe...@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 <shijualexonl...@gmail.com> >>>To: Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. >>><wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>; Oriya Wikipedia >>><wikipedia...@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-approves-new-name-for-orissa/articleshow/7780000.cms >>> >>> >>>Shiju >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l