ISO 639-3 code for International Sign Language--a good idea? How to proceed?

[Valerie Sutton]

Does Esperanto have a code? If it does, then these International  
signing systems could have a unique code too. Each International  
signing system should have its own unique code...to lump them all  
together into one code representing "all International signing"  
doesn't make sense to me, because the codes are used to refer to a  
specific language, and the World Federation of the Deaf's  
International signing system is not the same as Signuno, for example...

So it is a matter of pinning down what systems are current today and  
assigning different language codes to each one...

Val ;-)

Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

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On Nov 2, 2007, at 1:31 AM, GerardM wrote:

> With Signundo having an active community, it can have its own  
> language code as well. When Gestuno has no active community, it is  
> unlikely that there is an immediate need for an ISO 639 code for it.\
>
> Thanks,
>      Gerard

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