[Tibeto-burman-linguistics] pending changes to TB languages in ISO 639-3

[Nathan & Carey Statezni]

Just to clarify, these language change requests are in a period for public
comment until the end of December.

On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM Nathan & Carey Statezni <
nathan_statezni at sil.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> Here is a heads-up that there are some Trans-Himalayan/Tibeto-Burman
> changes pending in ISO 639-3 right now. Note that I am not part of the ISO
> 639-3 team, but I'm just letting you all know since I have been involved
> with two of the change requests.
>
> You can always see currently pending changes on this page:
> https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_changes/change_request_index/data/current
>
> Here are the current requests:
>
>    - Eastern and Western Magar - https://iso639-3.sil.org/request/2025-005
>       - I'm not involved and don't know anything about this request
>       - [image: image.png]
>    - changing Ekai Chin [cey] name to Laöktü Chin -
>    https://iso639-3.sil.org/request/2025-035
>
>
>    - I'm one of the requesters
>       - *reason: *Outsiders requested the [cey] code and used the name of
>       one of the varieties in a dialect chain. The community is starting to
>       develop literature using a common name Laöktü (stream people) and would
>       like that name used for their language in ISO 639-3.
>       - [image: image.png]
>
>       - changing Mara Chin [mrh] name to Mara
>    https://iso639-3.sil.org/request/2025-034
>       - I'm one of the requesters
>       - *reason:* Chin was applied to all of the languages in Chin State,
>       Myanmar, but this group has a significant population in India, where the
>       term Chin is not used. Community leadership does not want Chin in their
>       name.
>       - [image: image.png]
>       - *change coming soon:* Shendu [shl] will be deprecated, since it
>    is just an outsider name for Mara [mrh]
>
>
> Nathan
>
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