Op ma 07-06-2004, om 11:51 schreef Christian Rose: > mÃn 2004-06-07 klockan 06.20 skrev santiago j ruano rincon: > > I would like to start a project for translate gnome to the "Nasa Yuwe > > language", which is the mother tongue of the some native comunities of > > Colombia, which are located in poor regions of my country. > > > > Please, tell me what is(are) the next step(s)? > > Do you know if the language has an official ISO 639 language code (see > the http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/ homepage)? > > If not, the first step would be to go through the process of registering > a language code. We use the language codes extensively in the process of > translating GNOME, and it's also used in the locale system in glibc > which we have no control over, so without an official language code > getting your translations officially registered and used would probably > be impossible. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=PBB gives more information. There's a collective ISO 639-2 code (sai) for several languages, among which PÃez/Paezan (==Nasa Yuwe). It does have a unique SIL code (PBB), but I don't know whether that counts. Kind regards, Elros
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