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New language proposal :
I have a decent language proficiency in arabic and I'm currently learning hebrew and syriac.
Is it possible to have a new language called semitic ? (ISO 639-2/5 : sem). The alphabet used would be the Imperial Aramaic alphabet since it's the father of the hebrew alphabet and the grand father of the arabic alphabet. But we could stick to the hebrew alphabet since it's very close to it.
For those who would prefer to type in a different alphabet, I coded a transliterator that could easily be integrated into tatoeba. The transliterator also allows to display the sentences in the desired user's choice (arabic or musnad alphabet for instance).
Example :
'God hears' translated to hebrew and arabic would give (first is hebrew, second is arabic):
ישמע אל
ישמע אללה
In the arabic script (first is hebrew, second is arabic) :
يسمع ال
يسمع الله
As you can see, there are minor differences between the two senctences, I'm fairly convinced we can create a rich and prosporous community around the revival of proto semitic (aka unification of semitic languages).
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New languages added to Tatoeba must be listed in ISO 639-3.
'sem' is not listed in ISO 639-3, so it doesn't look like we can add this.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639:s
@sabretour,
Berber (ISO 639-2 / 5, ber) is not listed in ISO 639-3 either but it's on Tatoeba. Seems there was an exemption for that case, how is it possible to have it for Semitic?
There was no exemption, as that was from before we enforced the ISO 639-3 policy. You will notice we also have some constructed languages that are not covered under the ISO 639-3 specification.
@sabretou
He's just trying to make fun of the thing :-)