LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM (R2): pinyin
John Cowan
cowan at ccil.org
Sat Aug 2 20:55:22 CEST 2008
Randy Presuhn scripsit:
> 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".
I'm for "Mandarin Chinese".
> > Prefix: zh-Latn
>
> I agree with Gerard on waiting for cmn to become available.
It's beyond anyone's power to say how long that wait must be,
and in the meantime zh-Latin-pinyin is not in fact ambiguous.
> > 4. Intended meaning of the subtag:
> >
> > To distinguish Chinese content written in Latin characters using the Hanyu
>
> s/Chinese/Mandarin Chinese/
Agreed.
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