ISO 639-3 Registration Authority
Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3
This form is to be used in conjunction with a “Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code” form
Date:
Name of Primary Requester:
E-mail address:
Names, affiliations and email addresses of additional supporters of this request:
Associated Change request number : (completed by Registration Authority)
Tentative assignment of new identifier : (completed by Registration Authority)
PLEASE NOTE: This completed form will become part of the public record of this change request and the history of the ISO 639-3 code set. Use Shift-Enter to insert a new line in a form field (where allowed).
1. NAMES and IDENTIFICATION -
Preferred name of language for code element denotation:
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Autonym (self-name) for this language:
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Common alternate names and spellings of language, and any established abbreviations:
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Reason for preferred name:
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Name and approximate population of ethnic group or community who use this language (complete individual language currently in use):
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Preferred three letter identifier, if available:
Your suggestion will be taken into account, but the Registration Authority will determine the identifier to be proposed. The identifiers is not intended to be an abbreviation for a name of the language, but to serve as a device to identify a given language uniquely. With thousands of languages, many sets of which have similar names, it is not possible to provide identifiers that resemble a language name in every case.
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Is this a Living language
Nearly extinct/secondary use only (includes languages in revival)
Recently extinct language
Historical language
Ancient language
Artificially constructed language
Macrolanguage
(Select one. See explanations of these types at http://www.sil.org/iso639%2D3/types.asp)
For individual languages, also complete:
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Countries where used:
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Region within each country: towns, districts, states or provinces where used. Include GPS coordinates of the approximate center of the language, if possible:
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For an ancient or historical language, give approximate time frame; for a recently extinct language, give the approximate date of the last known user’s death
3. MODALITY AND LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION -
This language is: Signed Spoken Attested only in writings
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Language family, if classified; origin, if artificially constructed:
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Closest language linguistically. For a Macrolanguage, list the individual languages (adopted and/or proposed) to be included in its group. For signed language, note influence from other signed or spoken languages:
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What written literature, inscriptions or recordings exist in this language? Are there newspapers, radio or television broadcasts, etc.?:
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Is this language officially recognized by any level of government? Is it used in any levels of formal education as a language of instruction (for other subjects)? Is it taught in schools?:
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Comment on factors of ethnolinguistic identity and informal domains of use:
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
You do not need to repeat sources previously identified in the form, “Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code”
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First-hand knowledge. Describe:
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Knowledge through personal communication. Describe:
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Knowledge from published sources. Include known dictionaries, grammars, etc. (please give complete bibliographical references):
Please return this form to:
ISO 639-3 Registrar
SIL International, Office of Language Information Systems
7500 West Camp Wisdom Road
Dallas, Texas 75236 USA
ISO 639-3/RA web site: http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/default.asp
Email: iso639-3@sil.org
An email attachment of this completed form is preferred.
Further information:
If your request for a new language code element is supported by the Registration Authority as a formal proposal, you may be contacted separately by researchers working with the Ethnologue or with LinguistList asking you to provide additional information.
Sources of documentation for ISO 639-3 identifiers:
Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/ .
LinguistList. Ancient and Extinct Languages. http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/GetListOfAncientLgs.html
LinguistList. Constructed Languages. http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/GetListOfConstructedLgs.html
Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3, page
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