Updates to script and language tags
John Hopkins
jdhopkins8791 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 17 21:17:21 CET 2013
[Please forgive the duplication. I wanted this to appear as part of this
conversation. Thanks.]
Dear MPEG-OTspec Group:
In reviewing the Microsoft draft of changes to the OTSpec, I was very glad
to see most of the changes and additions, especially the adding of the
language tag for Marshallese. Thank you! However, I noticed that the codes
added for Papiamentu and Shona conflict with existing OTSpec language tags
for Palpa and Sena respectively. Although the nonprofit company I work for
does not publish in these latter languages presently, for those that do, we
may want to use something like 'PAP2' for Papiamentu and 'SNA2' for Shona
instead, to avoid the conflict. Also, the Kongo language tag addition in
the proposal already exists in the current OTSpec as Kikongo, and is the
same language.
Since Microsoft is proposing to add so many more OpenType language tags, we
would like to propose a few more also. The first set of additions are
languages my company is actively translating and publishing in. The second
set are presently on hold for various reasons, but we have published items
for these languages in the past. I have added a '2' as the fourth character
of a few proposed language tags because they would otherwise conflict with
existing language tags in the OTSpec. Hopefully the subsequent tables will
appear satisfactorily in the online group list.
*Actively Translated and Published*
Language System
Proposed Language System Tag
Corresponding ISO 639-3 ID
Cakchiquel
CAK
cak
Chuukese
CHK2
chk
Fante
FAT
fat
Hmong
HMN
hmn
Iban
IBA
iba
Kekchi
KEK
kek
Kiribati (Gilbertese)
GIL2
gil
Kosraean
KOS
kos
Mam
MAM
mam
Navajo
NAV
nav
Palauan
PAU
pau
Pohnpeian
PON
pon
Quechua (Bolivia)
QUH
quh
Quechua (Peru)
QWH
qwh
Quichua (Ecuador)
QVI
qvi
Tshiluba
LUA
lua
Yapese
YAP
yap
*Previously Published*
Language System
Proposed Language System Tag
Corresponding ISO 639-3 ID
Banda
BAD2
bad
Basque
EUS
eus
Crioulo
CPP
cpp
Fang
FAN2
fan
Kiwai
KJD
kjd
Kuna
CUK
cuk
Maya
MYN
myn
Pocomchi
POB
pob
Rabinal Achi
ACR
acr
Rarotongan
RAR
rar
Rotuman
RTM
rtm
Sotho, Northern
NSO
nso
Turkmen
TUK
tuk
Tuvaluan
TVL
tvl
Tzotzil
TZO
tzo
Yupik
ESU
esu
Best regards,
John D. Hopkins
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