Re: A code for standard Zhuang

David Starner wrote:

> Wikipedia currently implies there is a problem, by giving the ISO
> 639-3 tag of mis to Standard Zhuang,

The Wikipedia article on "Zhuang languages" says:

"Standard Zhuang is based on the northern Zhuang dialect of Wuming."

which, just by itself, without any additional research such as you and
John have considered, implies that Standard Zhuang should be coded
'zyb', including on the "Standard Zhuang" page.

Assigning a separate ISO 639 code element to Standard Zhuang might cause
issues similar to the assignment of separate code elements for Tagalog
and Filipino. While Filipino is called an "enriched and developed"
version of Tagalog, many people see the two names as equivalent, or at
best, see Filipino as a standardized dialect of Tagalog, and regard the
assignment of two different language code elements as confusing.
 
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