<br><tt><font size=2>Frank wrote:</font></tt>
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> gsw is rather new, maybe there are also old de-FR emulations<br>
> of Alsatian. An old de-FR would be broader than a new gsw-FR,<br>
> like gsw-FR might be broader than gsw-alsatian. In the worst<br>
> case gsw-FR is not only broader but simply different.<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Note: Prior to the establishment of the "gsw"
tag, the best "broad" tag for Schwyzerdütsch and other Germanic
variants spoken in Europe was "gem" not "de" though
I realize this content could have previously been tagged as either "de-FR"
or "gem-FR" depending on the classifier. </font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Regards,</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Karen Broome</font></tt>