[sw-l] Re: Country and Language Codes, and standardization with ISO

[Signuno]

Hi again Val,

sgn-WO-epo seems fine to me.  I'll forward this
message to Mr Everson to see what he thinks about:
sgn-WO-epo OR sgn-WO-eo OR sgn-epo
sgn-WO-gestuno OR sgn-gestuno

I'll report back to the list with any conclusions.

Regards,
"Signuno".


 --- Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> a écrit :

> SignWriting List
> September 30, 2004
>
> Signuno wrote:
> > Esperanto has had a code for a long time (which
> isn't
> > surprising considering an ISO founder was I'm told
> an
> > Esperanto speaker).  The two letter code is "eo"
> and
> > the three letter code is "epo".  So I guess
> Everson
> > would suggest using sgn-epo as he uses 2 letters
> for
> > countries and 3 letters for languages.
>
> Thank you for your messages. sgn-epo seems fine to
> me!
>
> Regarding the Country-Code system that we have been
> using, like
> sgn-US....
>
> Esperanto, Gestuno and Signuno are languages, or
> attempted languages,
> that have no country...hence no Country Code!
> However, there is a
> country code WO that represents "the world" or
> gloablization. Funny but
> true!
>
> If the wo code is used as a language code, it
> represents this spoken
> language:
>
> -----
>
> WOLOF
>
> [WOL] Senegal. 3,170,200 in Senegal
> (1998). Population total all
> countries 3,215,000 or more first language speakers
> (1998); 7,000,000
> including second language speakers (1999 WA).
> Alternate names: OUOLOF,
> YALLOF, WALAF, VOLOF, WARO-WARO.  Dialects: BAOL,
> CAYOR, DYOLOF
> (DJOLOF, JOLOF), LEBOU (LEBU), JANDER.
> Classification: Niger-Congo,
> Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Senegambian,
> Fula-Wolof, Wolof.
>
>
> ---
>
> BUT - if the WO is used as a Country Code for
> patents and inventions,
> then it represents WORLD or GLOBE. See:
>
http://www.dialogselect.com/intranet/forms/PatentCodes.html
>
> That is why we temporarily used this code: sgn-WO,
> for international
> signs. If you go to this web page:
>
> http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle
>
> You will see the icon of the world, and it says
> International
> Signs...that was supposed to be for the names of
> countries that are
> becoming internationally used, but that could be
> used for Gestuno and
> Signuno maybe? The Signuno code could be:
> sgn-WO-epo!
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Thanks for the discussion of codes!
>
> Val ;-)
>


	

	
		
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