Re: Ganda / Luganda (forms)
Michael Everson <[email protected]> Sat, 17 Nov 2018 20:31:05 +0000
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I approve. > On 13 Nov 2018, at 20:05, Doug Ewell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Comments are still welcome. This just starts the 2-week clock in case > there are no objections. > > -- > > LANGUAGE SUBTAG MODIFICATION > File-Date: 2018-xx-xx > %% > Type: language > Subtag: lg > Description: Ganda > Description: Luganda > Added: 2005-10-16 > %% > > -- > > LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM > > 1. Name of requester: Doug Ewell > 2. E-mail address of requester: doug at ewellic.org > > 3. Record Requested: > > Type: language > Subtag: lg > Description: Ganda > Description: Luganda > > 4. Intended meaning of the subtag: > > The meaning of the existing primary language subtag 'lg' is unchanged. > > 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article): > > 6. Any other relevant information: > > The name "Luganda" is used widely to refer to the language called > "Ganda" in ISO 639-2 and 639-3, not only as an endonym but in English- > language contexts. > > Ethnologue lists "Luganda" as the autonym and "Baganda, LùGáànda, > luGanda" as alternate names. > > The Wikipedia article on "Luganda" (renamed from "Ganda language" in > 2010) begins, "The Ganda language, or Luganda..." and then refers to the > language exclusively as "Luganda." Reference: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luganda > > A CLDR ticket has been written to rename Ganda to Luganda. Adding this > Description field in the Registry may facilitate the decision on whether > to do this in CLDR. Reference: http://unicode.org/cldr/trac/ticket/11004 > > > -- > Doug Ewell | Thornton, CO, US | ewellic.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf-languages mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages _______________________________________________ Ietf-languages mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages