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This discussion is about where to find information about
a. BSA uniform interpreter strips
c. What and where different languages (native and morse code) are spoken, written or signed in the United States of America (and by BSA overseas units)
d. What are the United Nations official and working languages?
e. What ISO codes are used to identify the language of a web page or a web page division identified:
Scoutstuff has frequently ordered interpreter strips. Any language may be ordered as a custom order (provided the order is for a minimum number of the same language) per our local national BSA Scout Shop. Thus, any menu of languages interpreter strips is likely to be incomplete.
The Scoutstuff listing is also misleading it that it states interpreter strip is for Boy Scouts. Guide to Awards and Insignia , http://www.scouting.org/f…ction3.pdf. Skills section, p. 67, states strip is for “youth member and Scouter”.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION - This is going to take a while. It has been about 50 years since I studied ethnic and language grouping and coding in college. Feel free to add comments.
ISO 639 provides three language code sets: one is a two-letter code (ISO 639-1) and two others are three-letter codes (ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3) for the representation of names of languages. - Relationships and registration authorities for ISO 639:
* International Information Centre for Terminology, ISO 639-1/RA
* Library of Congress, ISO 639-2/RA; ISO 639.2 code list
* Library of Congress, ISO 639-5/RA
* SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), ISO 639-3
Kandersteg International Scout Centre is the WOSM Scout center in Switzerland. The the 2019 center’s board includes representatives from Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Did you know at the 2017 world jamboree, over 100 Scouts earned Interpreter strips in up to twelve languages at the International Scouting Exhibit at Summit Point. Languages available included “Arabic, Cantonese, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai.”
United Nations
There are six official languages of the UN. These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
English and French are the working languages of the Secretariat.
official languages and working, faq. The U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library “Ask DAQ” FAQ service is available in English, French and Spanish. (2019)
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that a person can contact the BSA supply group and order a blank strip (item #396), and they’ll put the language name requested onto the strip.
