As I was saying about Hawaiian and 2-letter codes...
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Håvard Hjulstad <havard@hjulstad.com>
Sent by: owner-iso639@dkuug.dk
08/02/2002 06:04 AM
Please respond to havard
To: "IETF-languages list" <ietf-languages@eikenes.alvestrand.no>, "ISO639
list" <iso639@dkuug.dk>, "ISO639 JAC list" <isojac@loc.gov>, "Keola
Donaghy" <keola@leoki.uhh.hawaii.edu>
cc:
Subject: (iso639.646) ISO 639 identifier for Hawaiian
The ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee has decided the following:
English name: Hawaiian
French name: hawaïen
Indigenous name: 'olelo Hawai'i (Macron over first "o")
Alpha-3 identifier has previously been approved: haw
The Joint Advisory Committee decided to reject the request to include even
an alpha-2 identifier
Best regards,
Håvard Hjulstad
Acting chairman of the ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee
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