Hoi, <br>When you have a better look at Ethnologue you will find that Alemannic has its own space; <a href="http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=92157" target="_blank">http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=92157
</a>
it consists of four languages and gsw is one of those. Alsatian is
explicitly stated as a dialect spoken in France. Alemannisch is used as
an alternate name. This is probably because of the ambiguity of
Alemannisch. <br><br>The way it was explained to me once is that the names used in
standards are LABELS and consquently that I should not read to much in
it.<br><br>Thanks,<br><font color="#888888"> Gerard</font><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 8, 2008 12:57 PM, John Cowan <<a href="mailto:cowan@ccil.org">cowan@ccil.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Stephane Bortzmeyer scripsit:<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> IMHO, the description in the LSR is incomplete. It says:<br>><br>> Type: language<br>> Subtag: gsw<br>> Description: Swiss German<br>> Description: Alemannic
<br><br></div>All descriptions are incomplete. The next level of description can be<br>found at <a href="http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gsw" target="_blank">http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gsw
</a> , because<br>the gsw code is in ISO 639-3, and the encyclopedic resource for 639-3<br>is the Ethnologue.<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> Why is only "swiss german" (itself a group of dialects) mentioned and
<br>> not alsatian or other dialects of alemannic? I do not know.<br><br></div>The choice of the 639-2 and 639-3 Registration Authorities.<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>John Cowan <a href="mailto:cowan@ccil.org">
cowan@ccil.org</a> <a href="http://ccil.org/%7Ecowan" target="_blank">ccil.org/~cowan</a><br>Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos --Lithuanian proverb<br>Deus dedit dentes; deus dabit panem --Latin version thereof
<br>Deity donated dentition;<br> deity'll donate doughnuts --English version by Muke Tever<br>God gave gums; God'll give granary --Version by Mat McVeagh<br></font><div><div></div>
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