Record and registration form for 'unifon'

[Gordon P. Hemsley]

Maybe others disagree, but it doesn't seem right to me to introduce a
subtag for a script that is not yet in Unicode. Is there precedent for
that?

These images demonstrate the alphabet, including a number of
characters unique to Unifon (i.e. not just traditional Latin script):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unifon-alphabet.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lords-prayer-unifon.gif

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Doug Ewell <doug at ewellic.org> wrote:
> Here are the record and registration form for the 'unifon' variant
> subtag, slightly revised to relocate the Prefix fields as outlined in
> RFC 5646, Figure 5, and to reword item 4 in the registration form.
>
> As per Section 3.5, these can be submitted to IANA after one week.
>
> ---
>
> LANGUAGE SUBTAG MODIFICATION
> File-Date: 2013-10-01
> %%
> Type: variant
> Subtag: unifon
> Description: Unifon phonetic script
> Added: 2013-10-01
> Prefix: en
> Prefix: hup
> Prefix: kyh
> Prefix: tol
> Prefix: yur
> %%
>
> ---
>
> LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
> 1. Name of requester: Daniel Eliot Boese
> 2. E-mail address of requester: datapacrat at datapacrat.com
> 3. Record Requested:
>
> Type: variant
> Subtag: unifon
> Description: Unifon phonetic script
> Prefix: en
> Prefix: hup
> Prefix: kyh
> Prefix: tol
> Prefix: yur
>
> 4. Intended meaning of the subtag:
> To indicate transcriptions in the Unifon phonetic script.
>
> 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):
> Rátz, Margaret S. (1966). Unifon: A design for teaching reading.
> Western Pub. Educational Services.
>
>
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>
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