On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 4:02 AM, khaled habhoub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i am trying to translate GNOME to general berber but ihave not found it's > iso code
Don't use "tzm" then. "tzm" is only for Central Moroccan Tamazight. The situation is like this: ISO 639-2 considers Berber to be a family of languages, not one language. It has codes for the following three languages in the family: * kab: Kabyle * tmh: Tamashek * zen: Zenaga Then, for the rest, it has "ber", for "Berber (Other)". ISO 639-3 has codes for some of the languages in this "(Other)" part. I guess I can help you in finding the best code for your target language. I have a few questions: Do you plan to provide a single Berber/Tamazight translation of GNOME to be used by all Kabyle, Tamashek, Zenaga, Tashelhiyt, Tarifit, Chaouia, etc speakers? Something that would be usable by Berber speakers all over North Africa? If yes, please tell me a little about it. Is there a standard Berber language? Is it understandable in written form by all educated people speaking the above langauges/dialects? Would it be written in Tifinagh, Latin, or Arabic? It would also be great if you tell me which Berber language/dialect you speak yourself. Best, Roozbeh _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
