Re: New FAQ: Two-letter or three-letter language codes

> The latest Q&A published by the GEO task force is:
>
> Should I use two-letter or three-letter language codes?
>
> Find it at: http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-lang-2or3.html

There is a statement in there that isn't 100% accurate:

<quote>
The first subtag of an RFC 3066 language tag is either an ISO 639-1
two-letter language code or an ISO 639-2 three-letter code.
</quote>

The first subtag can also be "i" or "x". It is true, though, that the first
subtag of by far most tags is taken from ISO 639.



- Peter


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Received on Thursday, 14 August 2003 09:07:18 UTC