ISO 639 and sign languages

[Michael Everson]

Dear readers of SLLING-L.

With regard to the application for a language code for Sign Languages found
in the application by the Irish National Body and the Deaf Action Committee
for SignWriting, you can find it at
http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso639/sign-language.html (a different address
than what Valerie sent).

We believe that the scheme for identifying Sign Languages found in that
document is robust, extensible, and unambiguous, which, of course, is the
point. As the document states, the repertoire of languages was taken from
the Summer Institute of Linguistics' Ethnologue. If there are errors or
omissions, or useful URLs linking to sites dealing with individual
languages, I should be very grateful to receive such information.

To the SLLING-L list administrator: Please see the List of Language Lists
http://www.egt.ie/langlist.html and inform me of any required corrections.