<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have written to Ethnologue to inquire
about the proper classification of this language and have cc'ed the requestor
in case there are specific questions I cannot answer. I will report back
when we get an answer. Thanks for your help, Peter.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Karen Broome<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no wrote on 01/23/2008
05:57:28 PM:<br>
<br>
> > From: ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-<br>
> > bounces@alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Karen_Broome@spe.sony.com<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> > Ethnologue is ambiguous. It lists this dialect name under two
codes --<br>
> > one<br>
> > of them is "deu" which is labeled Standard German...<br>
> <br>
> True, though only in the Czech Republic.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> > Do we need Ethnologue to clarify or is Ethnologue not considered
the<br>
> > authority -- yet? The actual Erzgebirge Mountains are in
the region<br>
> > described in the SIL Standard German description, though Thomas
may be<br>
> > thinking of this dialect as occurring over a wider geographic
range<br>
> > than<br>
> > SIL.<br>
> <br>
> I think it would help to get clarification from Ethnologue.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Peter<br>
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