Re: A code for standard Zhuang

On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 07:27:09PM +0000, David Starner wrote:
> Probably. However, that still leaves the question of what the ISO 639-3
> code (which, again, the Wikipedia page for Standard Zhuang gives as mis)
> should be used, even if that's not needed for Wikimedia (and a theoretical
> and currently unimportant question of whether za.WP and zyb.WP can coexist.)

  Actually, even the question of which tag to use is rather theoretical
because the answer depends on the context.  If you want to distinguish
Standard Zhuang from a generic Zhuang variety, the consensus of this
list is that [zyb] is appropriate; if you need to specifically
distinguish Standard Zhuang from Yongbei Zhuang, well, obviously, you
can’t today in ISO 639-3.  But in a BCP 47 context, you have other
options that tagging at the language level, for example one could
imagine variant subtags for different orthographies (which from the
little I’ve read seem more relevant than other factors).  Those subtags
would need to be registered, of course.

	Best,

		Arthur

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