ISO 639 language list wanted

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3 total messages Started by Dominic Dunlop Fri, 04 Sep 1992 11:33

#115

Author: Dominic Dunlop
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 11:33

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Does any kind soul out there feel like sending me or pointing me at an
on-line version of the codes from ISO 639:1988, Code for the
representation of names of languages?  I need the information, but
laziness prompts me to write a begging letter before keying or
scanning the stuff in.

Also, while I'm here, is anyone aware of a list more comprehensive
than ISO 639 (covering many archaic or dead languages, for example)?
-- 
Dominic Dunlop

Re: ISO 639 language list wanted

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Author: Keld J|rn Simonsen
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 14:25

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There is a copy off ISO 639 in dkuug.dk:i18n/ISO_639

There is a more comprehensive list forthcoming in a new ISO standard,
I do not have the number right here.

Keld Simonsen

Re: ISO 639 language list wanted

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Author: Anders Thulin
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 07:38

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In article <1992Sep4.113300.5807@onionsnatcorp.ox.ac.uk> dominic@natcorp.ox.ac.uk (Dominic Dunlop) writes:
>Also, while I'm here, is anyone aware of a list more comprehensive
>than ISO 639 (covering many archaic or dead languages, for example)?

ISO 639 is being revised. I believe the new revision will use (or
permit) three-letter names.

For a list of languages, see Ethnologue: Languages of the World, ed.
Barbara grimes, 11th ed, Dallas, TX: Summer Instititute of
Linguistics, 1988.

It is fairly comprehensive - more than 6000 languages are identified.

-- 
Anders Thulin       ath@linkoping.trab.se 
Telia Research AB, Teknikringen 2B, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden

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