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List:       abiword-dev
Subject:    Re: Kelabit
From:       Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan <sharuzzaman () myrealbox ! com>
Date:       2003-10-08 10:18:39
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On Wednesday 08 October 2003 9:16 am, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> I just got a message from printf scanf saying that the Kelabit po file is
> ready. What should it be called?
>
> phma

Kelabit is a subset of Borneo language, which have some similarities with 
Malay (ms). The SIL code is KZI. It does not have direct ISO code, but is 
grouped together with Malay. See 
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=KZI and 
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_iso639.asp?code=map

As the language is commonly used in Malaysia, can it be called kzi_MY, copying 
the pattern of ms_MY?

I have suggested to "printf scanf" before, in order to test the translation, 
he must set the OS language to Malay (ms_MY) and rename the kelabit strings 
file to ms_MY.strings

Maybe this kind of simple hack can be included in a special text file, so that 
if anybody is interested to use Kelabit language, must perform the name 
conversion themselves.

It might not be necessary in the future if Kelabit language has a proper ISO 
code.

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Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan

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