I approve the registration of de-CH-1996 (German, Swiss variant,
orthography of 1996)
Michael Everson
everson@evertype.com
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:49:21 +0100
LANGUAGE TAG REGISTRATION FORM
(2002-04-23)
Name of requester : Torsten Bronger
E-mail address of requester: bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de
Tag to be registered : de-CH-1996
English name of language : German, Swiss variant, orthography of 1996
Native name of language (transcribed into ASCII): Deutsch,
schweizerische Form, neue Rechtschreibung
Reference to published description of the language (book or article):
Duden -- Die deutsche Rechtschreibung, 22nd 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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