Request for variant subtag: western

[Michael Everson]

At 16:11 +0200 2006-09-01, Frank Ellermann wrote:
>Michael Everson wrote:
>
>>  arevemda has 8 characters
>
>Yes, the word I found was "arevm'tian" (or "arevmutk" for west)
>Only 2 Google hits for "arevmda", no hit at all for "arevemda".

Western Armenian, in transliteration of the Armenian term using 
Western habits, is "arevmdahayeren". The generic adjective 'western' 
is "arevmdyan". 'West' per se is "arevmudk". "Hayeren" is 'Armenian'. 
"Arevmdahayeren" gets 178 hits. "Arevmdahayeren" (using the Eastern 
"t" gets 230 hits. "Arevm'tahayeren" gets 900 hits.

Eastern Armenian, in transliteration of the Armenian term using 
Western (1) habits, is "arevelahayeren". The generic adjective 
'eastern' is "arevelyan". 'East' per se is "arevelk". "Hayeren" is 
'Armenian'. "Arevelahayeren" gets 1290 hits.
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