4 Jul
2005
4 Jul
'05
10:02 a.m.
Shall we have a separate root for each and every ethnic group in the world?
We could always create a gTLD in which the second level uses the ISO 639 codes for languages. That would have the same effect as giving each ethnic group a "root" especially if we require that each linguistic group establish a non-profit association to manage their 2LD. Unfortunately the Flemish would still have to settle for being grouped in with the Dutch. Unless they can convince the ISO that Flemish really is a separate language. Compare this to the situation with Serbian and Croatian. One language became two because the catholics decided to use a latin alphabet, the orthodox decided to use a cyrillic alphabet and they did lots of shooting. --Michael Dillon