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   Ruud Harmsen to All   
   Re: European Day of Languages (26 Septem   
   28 Sep 24 10:33:14   
   
   From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:41:12 -0000 (UTC): Christian Weisgerber   
    scribeva:   
      
   >On 2024-09-27, Ruud Harmsen  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> https://edl.ecml.at/   
   >>   
   >> Perhaps they are mixing up ISO 639 (languages) and ISO 3166   
   >> (countries)?   
   >   
   >Apart from "ME" they are consistently using the language code.   
   >   
   >>>Why does that list have Nynorsk instead of Norwegian (NO), which   
   >>>covers both written standards?   
   >>   
   >> Yes, strange. The country code for Norway is NO, the languages are nn   
   >> or nno for Nynorsk, and nb of nob for BokmÃ¥l.   
   >   
   >Yes, but there is also "no" for Norwegian as a cover term for both.   
   >That might be a recent addition.  I think I've seen I18N message   
   >catalogs switch from "nb" to "no" over the last few years.   
      
   I see, a macrolanguage. Previously I overlooked that one in   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639_language_codes   
      
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