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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
Right you are, it is -2 not -1. I can never keep them straight 
In which language is it Lower Saxon? English? |
"Low Saxon" is an alternative name for
"Low German" in English, probabaly coined after Dutch usage. Also the abbreviation "nds" is a bit strange...
The list on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes is correct as far as I can see, also with regard to the native names. In German it would be "Plattdeutsch" or "Niederdeutsch".
As both native names translate to "Low German", "Low Saxon" is not what comes to mind for most native speakers and the term is also used ambigously cf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Saxon.
Sorry to keep you with side issues like that!