George Boeree | Fwd: New ISO 639 request - Lingua Franca Nova - Discussion

Alo a tota!

Me ia envia un aplica a ISO per prende un sifra per LFN.  La eposta
de ISO no dona multe espera a me, ma ci sabe ce los va fa!

Jorj

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> From: Håvard  Hjulstad <HHj@...>
> Date: February 6, 2007 5:20:43 AM EST
> To: "ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee" <ISOJAC@...>
> Cc: <cgboeree@...>
> Subject: New ISO 639 request - Lingua Franca Nova - Discussion
>
> Dear members of ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee,
>
> This message is sent with a copy to the submitter, C. George Boeree.
>
> A request for encoding of this new item has been received. It was
> submitted after the publication date of ISO 639-3, and it would
> have to be processed according to the new procedures. I am
> submitting it now to initiate a discussion.
>
> I find it questionable whether the evidence is adequate to support
> encoding in ISO 639-2, nor indeed in ISO 639-3. Opinions?
>
> Best regards,
> Håvard
>
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> Håvard Hjulstad
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 19:57:01 -0500
> From: NDMSO <ndmso@...>
> To: iso639-2@..., jmangin@l...
> Subject: Request for new ISO language code
>
> Request for new ISO language code.
>
> English name of Language:   Lingua Franca Nova
> French name of Language:   Lingua Franca Nova
> Reference:   Wikipedia, various editions.  For example, http://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_Franca_Nova
> Vernacular name of Language:
> Transliteration:
> Evidence:   Lingua Franca Nova (LFN) is represented by an official
> website at http://lingua-franca-nova.net/ and a Wiki at http://
> lfn.esef.net/.
>
> National Evidence:   The members of the LFN group are at present
> not formally organized, but hope to in the near future.  The group
> is accessible at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinguaFrancaNova/.
>
> Size Evidence:   The official website has over 50 pages, including
> introductions to and examples of LFN in 11 languages.  The Wiki has
> over 650 articles in LFN of various lengths, including translations
> into LFN of texts originally in other languages. There are also
> several other pages on the internet by various members of the LFN
> group.
>
> Official Evidence:   Lingua Franca Nova has no official status.  It
> is an artificial language intended for international communication.
>
> Education Evidence:   Lingua Franca Nova is not used as a medium of
> education, other than by means of articles in its Wiki.  There is a
> tutorial available from either the official site or the Wiki.
>
> Additional Info:   The LFN group has approximately 160 members, of
> which about 30 are comfortable in the language. Most of the latter
> have contributed articles and translations to our online collections.
>
> ISO 639-2 only :   yes
> ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-1 :
> three_code_suggestion :   lfn
> two_code_suggestion :
> Submitter's name:   C. George Boeree
> Submitter's email :   cgboeree@...
> Submitter's status :   I am the creator of Lingua Franca Nova.
>
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