FOR ARCHIVING: Registration form for 'ny'

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LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM

1. Name of requester: Doug Ewell
2. E-mail address of requester: doug at ewellic.org

3. Record Requested:

Type: language
Subtag: ny
Description: Chichewa
Description: Chewa
Description: Nyanja
Suppress-Script: Latn

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:

5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):

6. Any other relevant information:

This registration tracks a change made to ISO 639 effective 2025-10-15,
changing the reference name for [nya] (which is represented by ISO 639
Set 1 [ny] in the Language Subtag Registry) to "Chichewa", retaining the
additional name "Chewa", and retaining the previous reference name
"Nyanja" as an additional name.

For more information on the ISO 639 change, refer to:
https://iso639-3.sil.org/sites/iso639-3/files/reports/Issue%2006%20October%202025%20ISO%20639%20MA%20Newsletter.pdf
https://iso639-3.sil.org/request/2025-028
https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/nya