Steenbergen van, J. Um?tne jezyky i ISO 639-3 (in English: Constructed languages and ISO 639-3) in: Slovjani.info, 2018, 3(1), pages 52-68. ISSN 2570-7108 (print), ISSN 2570-7116 (on-line). Available from [https://slovjani.info].

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summary: Although SIL explicitly states the intention to assign ISO 639-3 codes to constructed languages as well, the criteria it applies for inclusion are very unclear, and mostly pertaining to natural languages. The 21 constructed languages that currently have a code appear to have been selected rather haphazardly, and half of them do not even fulfil the criteria. Besides, there is little consistency in the arguments used for turning down change requests. Constructed languages have characteristics that require a specific approach, which until now SIL has been unable to provide. To cope with this problem, the author proposes four measurable criteria: completeness, literature, community and notability. Two additional factors, uniqueness and permanence, cannot really be used as criteria, but are still worth being taken into account. The second part of the article deals with Interslavic. Although Interslavic appears to fulfil both the criteria applied by SIL and the criteria proposed by the author, a request for a code has been turned down twice. The arguments used by the Registration Authority (that Interslavic is not one single language, that it does not have a well-developed or long history, that it is not sufficiently standardised, and that there is no substantial literature or user community) are refuted one by one.

keywords: ISO 639-3; SIL; constructed languages; Interslavic

Stojanovi?, T. (in English: Verbs as an example of interlingual homonyms in Serbian, Slovak and Czech) in: Slovjani.info, 2017, 2(2), pages 21-26. ISSN 2570-7108 (print), ISSN 2570-7116 (on-line). Available from [https://slovjani.info].

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keywords: Interlingual Homonyms; Slavic languages; Czech, Slovak, Serbian; verbs

Steenbergen van, J. (in English: Orthography of the Interslavic language) in: Slovanská unie, 2017, 2(1), pages 24-32. ISSN 2464-756X (print), ISSN 2464-7578 (on-line). Available from [https://slovjani.info].

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summary: The Interslavic language differs fundamentally from other languages, both natural and artificial, in that it consists of ranges of possibilies rather than a fixed set of rules. An official orthography seems out of reach, as it would go against the very nature of the language. But where standardisation fails, systematisation might succeed. The best way to ensure the necessary flexibility is a prototype orthography, consisting of a basic alphabet and an additional set of optional characters.

keywords: Interslavic; orthography; Latin script; Cyrillic script