Request: Language Code "de-DE-1996"

Torsten Bronger bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:41:36 +0200


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    LANGUAGE TAG REGISTRATION FORM

    Name of requester          : Torsten Bronger

    E-mail address of requester: bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de

    Tag to be registered       : de-DE-1996

    English name of language   : German, orthography of 1996

    Native name of language (transcribed into ASCII):
                                 Deutsch, neue Rechtschreibung

    Reference to published description of the language (book or article):
       Duden -- Die deutsche Rechtschreibung,
       22th edition,
       Dudenverlag, Mannheim, 2000
       ISBN 3-411-04012-2
       (normative)

    Any other relevant information:
       Due to the German orthography reform of 1996, which introduced
       significant changes, it's necessary to make a distinction
       between German texts using the new and the traditional
       orthography.

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