Re: Note on ISO 639-3 changes

Hugh Paterson <[email protected]> Tue, 9 Apr 2019 12:24:03 -0700
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Doug, it is my understanding that there should be no un-announced changes
in ISO 639-3, can you check with the registrar on this one and make sure
there wasn't human error in this case?

On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 8:37 AM Doug Ewell <[email protected]> wrote:

> There has been an unannounced change to ISO 639-3 involving the code
> element [dit].
>
> Instead of having its names changed to "Diyari" (reference) and
> "Dhirari" (additional), as described in January, the code element [dit]
> is being retired and the language is being included within [dif]
> ("Dieri"), with the name "Diyari" being added to [dif]. The name
> "Dhirari" appears to have been dropped.
>
> I could not find any documentation on this change on the ISO 639-3 site,
> only a new set of code tables.
>
> Please disregard the proposed Registry changes for subtag 'dit'. I will
> create new forms to deprecate 'dit' and add a Description to 'dif'. The
> other changes are still on track for next week.
>
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