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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>In what I've read, Signuno and
"International Sign" are generally regarded as distinct. The relationship
of Gestuno to International Sign is less clear--sometimes they are talked about
as if they are different names for the same thing, sometimes they are talked
about as different. Not having personal experience with either, I'm in
doubt. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Is there anyone on this list who uses one
or both on a regular basis who could comment?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Albert</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gerard.meijssen@gmail.com
href="mailto:gerard.meijssen@gmail.com">GerardM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=slling-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
href="mailto:slling-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">A list for linguists
interested in signed languages</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> November 2, 2007 9:27 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SLLING-L] ISO 639-3 code
for International Sign Language--a good idea? How to proceed?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Hoi,</DIV>
<DIV>Esperanto does have a code and it does not make sense to lump all
distinct international sign languages together in one ccode. When there is
sufficient clarity what distinct languages exist and to what extend they are
used, they can get their own codes. </DIV>
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<DIV>I am quite happy to help where I can.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV> Gerard<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 11/2/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Valerie
Sutton</B> <<A
href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Does
Esperanto have a code? If it does, then these International<BR>signing
systems could have a unique code too. Each International <BR>signing system
should have its own unique code...to lump them all<BR>together into one code
representing "all International signing"<BR>doesn't make sense to me,
because the codes are used to refer to a<BR>specific language, and the World
Federation of the Deaf's<BR>International signing system is not the same as
Signuno, for example...<BR><BR>So it is a matter of pinning down what
systems are current today and<BR>assigning different language codes to each
one... <BR><BR>Val ;-)<BR><BR>Valerie Sutton<BR><A
href="mailto:Sutton@SignWriting.org">Sutton@SignWriting.org</A><BR><BR>----------<BR><BR><BR>On
Nov 2, 2007, at 1:31 AM, GerardM wrote:<BR><BR>> With Signundo having an
active community, it can have its own <BR>> language code as well. When
Gestuno has no active community, it is<BR>> unlikely that there is an
immediate need for an ISO 639 code for it.\<BR>><BR>>
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