- From: Martin J. Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:20:59 +0900
- To: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
- Cc: www-international@w3.org
Forwarded. At 19:51 1999/11/28 -0500, Masataka Ohta wrote: > Michael; > > > > > 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. > > I know. > > FYI, "English" is not tied to any ISO 3166 code. > > Masataka Ohta > > > #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, World Wide Web Consortium #-#-# mailto:duerst@w3.org http://www.w3.org
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