Thread:Project:Translator/ acf acf – acf/reply (5)

Actually, I received an e-mail, some times ago, from Joan Spanne, working at SIL International, explaining me that the Registration Authority recognizes Guadeloupean Creole (gcf) and Martiniquean Creole as separate, and Martiniquean Creole as closer to acf (Saint Lucian Creole). So the "acf_MQ" tag should be used for Martiniquean Creole, instead of "gcf".

Here is a copy of the e-mail :

"Dear Maxime,

Thank you for sending the form to request a change to the code element for Guadeloupean Creole French [gcf]. There was a related request in 2009 treating these language varieties and others of the region, the documentation for which may be viewed at http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/chg_detail.asp?id=2009-069 In particular, please see the RA Comment file for the reason this request was rejected, and its relevance regarding varieties in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

In short, the Registration Authority recognizes that Guadeloupean Creole French and Martiniquean Creole French should be considered separate, and that the variety of Martinique should be more closely aligned with [acf] (known in the standard as St Lucia Creole French, but called by other names in neighboring island nations). This is not reflected in the current Ethnologue 16th edition record. The change request comment explicitly recommends that the Ethnologue should make this correction.

To be very explicit in designating all these language varieties, we recommend using both the ISO 639-3 language identifier and the appropriate Country identifier from ISO 3166, according to the scheme recommended in RFC 5646 (documentation may be found at http://www.rfc-archive.org/getrfc.php?rfc=5646 see especially page 13)

Specifically, and with no further request or application to any standards body, the following language tags may be used:

Guadeloupean Creole French (in Guadeloupe) gcf_GP

Martiniquean Creole French acf_MQ

Saint Lucian Creole French (in Saint Lucia) acf_LC

Dominican Creole French acf_DM

Grenadian Creole French acf_GD

Trinidadian Creole French acf_TT

I hope this is sufficient to make clear the distinctions required for the language varieties of concern.

Best regards,

Joan Spanne

SIL International, ISO 639-3 Registration Authority"

And for my level, I have had at the Martiniquean Creole test at Baccalauréat in 2011, the best mark of France, that is 19/20.