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I have no final opinion on what is a dialect of what; and I'm no expert on Germanic languages, but I still personally like the idea of using [gem] to temporarily tag Erzgebirgisch--<BR>
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as, until the [sxu] subtag comes out, isn't Upper Saxon ([sxu]) still classified under:<BR>
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[gem] (Germanic: other)? <BR>
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Even if it is determined that [sxu] is the correct prefix, won't documents tagged with [gem]--before the date ISO 639-3 comes out with the [sxu] subtag-- include languages that would be tagged with [sxu] later??<BR>
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--C. E. Whitehead<BR>
<BR>> Frank Ellermann nobody at xyzzy.claranet.de <BR>> Tue Mar 25 18:08:13 CET 2008 <BR>> And that point isn't obvious for cases like erzgeb, which<BR>> can be seen as "de" dialect, or as "sxu" dialect, assuming<BR>> that "sxu" is a language and not another "de" dialect.<BR>> An assumption I don't share, but as I'm not planning to use<BR>> this tag for an Accept-Language "de" audience this is not<BR>> relevant for the erzgeb registration <BR>
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--C. E. Whitehead<BR>
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