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I see Irish, but what about Scots Gaelic? --Dweir

  • If you feel the need to start such a page the ISO 639-1 code for Scots Gaelic is gd Eclecticology

Shouldn't this be using the 3-letter codes rather than 2-letter codes for the languages?

  • A look at the list will show that at this stage of things very few of the existing languages with two letter codes have Wikipedias started. The three letter codes are helpful when you have a large number of languages, and necessary if that number goes over 676. At the risk of seeming like a big language chauvinist, the languages which would require the use of three letter codes tend to have a very small number of literate native speakers. The critical mass of population needed to make a Wikepedia functional in those languages just isn't there. If the moving forces behind this project are pleasantly pleased enough to find a situation where the use of the three letter codes would be unavoidable, I'm confident that they would make the necessary accomodations. Eclecticology
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