Adding variant subtags 'aluku' and 'nduyka' and 'pamaka' for dialects
Michael Everson
everson at evertype.com
Thu Aug 20 10:13:00 CEST 2009
On 20 Aug 2009, at 07:57, Peter Constable wrote:
> For language subtags, the Description values come from names
> recorded in ISO 639: it's pretty clear in that case that the subtag
> is for a single thing. For variants, there is no external source and
> independent reference: the semantics of the subtag is determined
> solely by what is in the LSTR record. So, I think there's more
> potential for misinterpretation of the intent for variants than for
> language, region or script IDs.
In order to make this a *helpful* comment, rather than a pleasant
abstraction of your thinking that we can sit back and enjoy, would
you, Peter, like to offer a proposed edit?
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
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