Re: New team for Dhivehi (dv)

["Christian Rose" <menthos gnome org>]

On 5/14/06, Sofwathullah Mohamed <smohamed wataniya-maldives com> wrote:
> Thank you for adding the entry. I would like to point out that we need
> to change the English language name for the language as "Dhivehi" as its
> spelled as Dhivehi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi)

While I know that the ISO 639 registration authority[1] isn't always
right, we've been rather strict in the past about using the
registration authority's English spelling of languages. So I think the
right course of action is for you to first get in contact with the
registration authority regarding the spelling in this case, and ask
for the spelling to be changed, or alternatively, ask for the
alternative spelling to be added in addition to the other one.

Other language groups have done this in the past and succeeded, so it
shouldn't be impossible. When the registration authority has issued an
update with the other spelling, then please let us know so that we can
change the GNOME listings.


Thanks,
Christian


[1] http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/