Attn: New language code at Ethnologue/SIL!

[Uladzimir Katkouski]

Good news in my mailbox today!

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Subject: Ethnologue Code for Belrusian is now "bel"!
From: xxxxxxxx at sil.org

Dear Uladzimir,
Thanks for your comment on the SIL Wikipedia page
about the Ethnologue code for Belarusian. The 15th
edition has just been published with "bel" as the new
code. This reflects a process where SIL and ISO have
worked together to produce the new (and not yet
formally adopted) ISO 639-3 standard. Details at
http://www.ethnologue.com/codes/

Best regards,
Dave Pearson
Permanent Representative to UNESCO
SIL International

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PS. The previous code was "RUW", which was obviously
an acronym "Russia White" or something along these
lines (Russian Western, Russian White
). Now, this
obsolete and misleading acronym will have to go.
That's great news.

More comments at my blog:
* http://www.livejournal.com/users/rydel23/384318.html
* http://www.livejournal.com/users/rydel23/

Regards,
Uladzimir Katkouski aka rydel





		
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