Thesauri:Languages and scripts
From TEI-XML in Egyptology and Coptic Studies
In TEI, languages and scripts need to be encoded by a standardized abbreviation. [1]
Abbreviation scheme
The abbreviation scheme is "[LANGUAGE CODE]-[SCRIPT CODE]", [2]
e.g. "copt-Copt", "egy-egym-Egyp-Egypcs".
Language codes
| Language | Language code (no capitals!) |
References |
|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | akk | [3] |
| Arabic | ar | [3] |
| Aramaic, Imperial | arc | [3] |
| Egyptian-Coptic | egx | [3] |
| Egyptian, pre-Coptic Egyptian | egy | [3] |
| Egyptian, Older Egyptian | egy-egyor | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Later Egyptian | egy-egylr | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Old Egyptian | egy-egyo | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Middle Egyptian, Classic | egy-egym | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Late Egyptian | egy-egyl | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Égyptien de tradition / Neo-Middle Egyptian | egy-egyn | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Ptolemaic | egy-egyp | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Demotic | egy-dem | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Demotic, Early Demotic | egy-deme | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Demotic, Ptolemaic Demotic | egy-demp | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Demotic, Roman Demotic | egy-demr | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Coptic | cop | [3] |
| Egyptian, Coptic, Akhmimic | cop-copa | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Coptic, Old Coptic | cop-copo | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Coptic, Bohairic | cop-copb | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Coptic, Fayumic | cop-copf | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Coptic, Middle Egyptian / Oxyrhynkhitic | cop-copm | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Coptic, Sahidic | cop-cops | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Coptic, Sub-Akhmimic | cop-copa2 | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| German | de | [3] |
| English | en | [3] |
| Greek, Ancient | grc | [3] |
| Hebrew, Ancient | hbo | [3] |
| Latin | la | [3] |
| Meroitic | xmr | [3] |
| Nubian | nub | [3] |
| Nubian, Old Nubian | nbw | [3] |
| Syriac | syr | [3] |
Script codes
| Script [4] | Script code (with capitals!) |
References |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Arab | [3] |
| Aramäisch, Imperial | Armi | [3] |
| Coptic | Copt | [3] |
| Coptic, Coptic cursive | Copt-Coptcs | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Coptic, Coptic half uncial script | Copt-Copthu | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Coptic, Coptic uncial script | Copt-Coptu | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Hieroglyphs | Egyp | [3] |
| Egyptian, Hieroglyphs, classical | Egyp-Egypreg | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Hieroglyphs, Cryptographic spelling | Egyp-Egypcr | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Hieroglyphs, Ptolemaic | Egyp-Egyppt | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Cursive Hieroglyphs | Egyp-Egypcs | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Hieratic | Egyh | [3] |
| Egyptian, Archaic Hieratic | Egyh-Egyhar | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Old Hieratic | Egyh-Egyhol | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Middle Hieratic | Egyh-Egyhmd | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Middle Hieratic, Book Script | Egyh-Egyhmdb | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Middle Hieratic, Chancery script | Egyh-Egyhmdc | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Late Hieratic/Neuhieratisch | Egyh-Egyhlt | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Late Hieratic/Neuhieratisch, Book script | Egyh-Egyhltb | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Late Hieratic/Neuhieratisch, Chancery script | Egyh-Egyhltc | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Latest(?) Hieratic/Späthieratisch | Egyh-Egyhlst (?) | (Rubensohn DB/D.W.: Egyh-Egyhlr) |
| Egyptian, Latest(?) Hieratic/Späthieratisch, Book script | Egyh-Egyhlstb (?) | (Rubensohn DB/D.W.: Egyh-Egyhlrb) |
| Egyptian, Abnorm Hieratic | Egyh-Egyhab | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Demotic | Egyd | [3] |
| Egyptian, Early Demotic | Egyd-Egydol | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Middle Demotic | Egyd-Egydmd | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Egyptian, Late Demotic | Egyd-Egydlt | Rubensohn DB/D.W. |
| Greek | Grek | [3] |
| Latin | Latn | [3] |
| Meroitic Cursive | Merc | [3] |
| Meroitic Hieroglyphs | Mero | [3] |
| Syriac | Syrc | [3] |
References
- ↑ Languages and Writing Systems http://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/MS.html#mslangs
- ↑ Tags for Identifying Languages http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5646
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 Language Subtag Registry http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/ (accessed March 2013)
- ↑ Based on a list from the TLA database.
Bibliography
- TEI P5: Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange, Version 2.2.0 (Update: 25. Okt.
2012) / Version 2.3.0 (Update: 17. Jan. 2013) http://www.tei-c.org/Guidelines/P5/, ed. by the TEI Consortium.
- Language Subtag Registry http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/, in: http://www.iana.org/protocols.