- From: Martin J. Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:20:29 +0900
- To: "Michael Kaplan" <michka@trigeminal.com>
- Cc: <www-international@w3.org>
Forwarded. At 19:38 1999/11/28 -0500, Michael Kaplan wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> > > > Recently we have requested the ISO 639-2 RA to add a single 3-letter code > > > for Sign Languages (deaf and otherwise). This single code can be combined > > > with ISO 3166-1 country codes and ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes usefully. > > > > And it unnecessarily distinguish same Sign Languages in different countries. > > I do not agree. A friend of mine, who happens to be deaf, said that sign language is by no means a > universal thing.... although two "dialects" (for lack of a better word) have more in common than > English and Japanese (for example) there are differences, nevertheless. > > <DISCLAIMER> > I am relying on her opinion on this, as I do not know any form of sign language whatsoever. :-) > </DISCLAIMER> > > michka > > > > #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, World Wide Web Consortium #-#-# mailto:duerst@w3.org http://www.w3.org
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