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--></style></head><body><div data-externalstyle="false" style="font-family:Calibri,'Segoe UI',Meiryo,'Microsoft YaHei UI','Microsoft JhengHei UI','Malgun Gothic','Khmer UI','Nirmala UI',Tunga,'Lao UI',Ebrima,sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Forwarding some answers to Bob’s questions from Andrew Glass...</div><div> </div><div>
<p>Ok, so what is the purpose of the
N'Ko -> N’ko change -- just to lowercase the 'k'? But the ISO name for
this language is N'Ko (uppercase K).</p><p>[Andrew Glass] My
understanding is that N’Ko with upper case is the script name, and N’ko with
lowercase is the language name. However, this may not be a consistent
distinction. I’m following up with an N’Ko expert to clarify.</p><p data-focusfrompointer="true"> </p><p data-focusfrompointer="true">Also, I was curious about the
proposed Swahili -> Kiswahili change -- do most people look under
"K" to find the name of this language? </p><p data-focusfrompointer="true">
[Andrew Glass] Kiswahili is the form of the name we [Microsoft]
have been asked to use. While English speakers may be more familiar with the
name Swahili, the expectation here is that people who are providing
functionality that targets this language will not be surprised to find it under
Kiswahili.</p><p> </p><p>Fundamentally: the proposal claims
that the changes are to "more universally accepted" -- what authority
is being used to identify such? <br><br>
Lacking any information on the authority in use, I turned to iso639 and with
just a cursory glance found some of the proposed names are not there -- so
presumably some other authority is being referenced?</p><p>[Andrew Glass] ISO 639
names are intended to be descriptive, so that consumers of the standard know
which language a code refers to. The names themselves are not normative. The
recommendations we have for changing the names for languages is based on
experience of shipping software that is used by members of these language
communities. Community members sometimes have a different opinion of the name
for their language than linguists who enumerated languages and reported them to
the standards body. This is an attempt to bring this list of language names
into alignment with our data.</p><p> </p>
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