I do like all of the ideas except the religion one. Is there a
particular reason why *gismu* should be used to represent religions? I
would think that fu’ivla should be used for religions, as they would
be with cultures, languages, nations, and continents. This is my
biggest qualm.
I have no strong feelings about this either way.
Another, less important question: why should language fu'ivla be
directly based on the ISO codes rather than their *native* names?
Well, the ISO codes *are* based on native names, as far as I can tell,
but I don't know what advantage this would give. In addition, there
could be a disadvantage in that the fu'ivla will resemble the
language's native name less, which I think is important. But…I *am*
fine with using the ISO codes, if there's a good reason.
You can end up with stuff that is pretty close (barring having to switch things around to fit the syllable structure), so Afaraf, with ISO code aar, could be something like fra'afa (with the "afa" bit representing that it is an Afro-Asiatic language, which the closeness somewhat coincidental, but it still looks good :p).
Thirdly, will the language fu'ivla cover *languages* specifically? As
in, will it be "x1 pertains to language …" or "x1 is in language …",
etc.?
One more thing: let's include oceans and major water bodies too if
we're dealing with continents/major landmasses. :)
Indeed. Someone want to track down an oceanographer??