wadegile and pinyin LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORMs

[John Cowan]

Frank Ellermann scripsit:

> True, but I think that is a problem with "zh" in ISO 639-2,
> not with the registration request for "zh-pinyin".  Out of
> curiosity, why is "cmn" no ISO 639-2 language, when it is
> used by roughly 1/6 of the human population on the planet ?

Because 639-2 is designed for use by bibliographers, who can't
be bothered with the difference between Classical Chinese,
Modern Standard Mandarin, Cantonese, and whatever.


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