Archive of Notifications

Jan
2024
Change request decisions for ISO 639-3 in 2023 did not include CRs submitted in that year because 2023 CRs were held for processing according to the terms of the revised 639 standard. The CRs that were decided in 2023 included 7 change requests submitted to the Registration Authority in prior years...
Feb
2023
Decisions on the 2022 change requests have been made. Altogether 35 Change Requests were posted. One was withdrawn by the submitter and one is still pending awaiting further information. One informative change was implemented immediately and 32 requests were considered, totaling 57 explicit changes...
Sep
2022
The full list of proposed changes to language codes and names for 2022 is now posted on our list of Current Change Proposals . The decisions on these proposals will be made in December. Please email iso639-3@sil.org with comments either in favor of or opposed to any proposal, with the relevant...
Mar
2022
Several proposed changes to language codes and names for 2022 are now posted on our list of Current Change Requests . The decisions on these proposals will be made in December. If you would like to submit a comment, either for or against any proposal, please send it by email to iso639-3@sil.org ...
Jan
2022
Decisions on the 2021 change requests have been made. Altogether 44 requests were considered, recommending 72 explicit changes in the code set. Of the 44 change requests, 4 were rejected, 36 were fully approved, one was changed and approved, and 3 were deferred to be decided by the Maintenance...
Sep
2021
The full list of proposed changes to language codes and names for 2021 is now posted on our list of Current Change Proposals. The decisions on these proposals will be made in December. If you would like to submit a comment, either for or against any proposal, please send it by email to iso639-3@sil...
Jun
2021
The Part 1 code [bh] for Bihari languages has been deprecated per ballot of the Joint Advisory Committee for ISO 639. There is still a part 2 code [bih] which can be used for this language group. The code tables have been updated to reflect this change. The Registration Authority for ISO 639-3 is...
Jan
2021
The 2020 decisions of the 639-3 Registration Authority have now been posted and the download tables are available on our website. Altogether 45 requests were considered, which recommended 69 explicit changes in the code set. Of the 45 change requests, 8 have been rejected, 33 have been fully...
Sep
2020
The list of 2020 proposed changes is now posted as the list of current changes on our website. The Registrar will receive comments on the proposed changes at iso639-3@sil.org . Final decisions on these changes will be made in December. If you have any questions about the proposed changes, feel free...
Aug
2020
Change Request Period Closing Soon The list of proposed changes for 2020 will be updated this week. There are still several changes that are in process. Further changes for 2020 must be submitted by August 31, 2020 to be considered this year. Please write to the registrar at iso639-3 if you have...