LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM (R2): pinyin

Randy Presuhn randy_presuhn at mindspring.com
Sat Aug 2 20:08:45 CEST 2008


Hi -

> From: "Mark Davis" <mark.davis at icu-project.org>
> To: <ietf-languages at iana.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 10:29 AM
> Subject: LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM (R2): pinyin
...
> Description: Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese

I suggest replacing "Chinese" with "Mandarin" or "Mandarin Chinese".

> Prefix: zh-Latn

I agree with Gerard on waiting for cmn to become available.

> 4. Intended meaning of the subtag:
> 
> To distinguish Chinese content written in Latin characters using the Hanyu

s/Chinese/Mandarin Chinese/

Randy



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