Proposal: Language code "de-DE-trad"

[Peter_Constable@sil.org]

>The same could also be possible for simplified Chinese too, which
>again might allow more specificity than just "trad" and "simp."
>For example
>zh-cn-1962
>could be deputed to have just that meaning (probably it's a different
>date, but I'm sure that you get my drift).
>
>What pros and cons are there for that?

The fact that simplified is not used only in CN. The country is orthogonal 
to the script variant in this case, and the two should not get confused.



- Peter


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