21 Dec
2010
21 Dec
'10
12:23 p.m.
Yes, we should make grc a synonym of agr. el-polyton is, AFAIK, modern polytonic Greek, which is not the same.
Obviously so. Amusingly, ISO states that "el" is meant for the Greek language after the Fall of Constantinople(*), which assigns a rather long period to Ancient Greek. Note that for all I know, there is no way to distinguish katharevousa from demotic; but it would certainly be added to the IETF registry if someone applied for it. Arthur (*) Of course it doesn't say "after the Fall of Constanople" that way, it says "from 1453 onwards" (http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/documentation.asp?id=ell) but that's clearly what is meant.