<div dir="ltr">LANGUAGE&nbsp;SUBTAG&nbsp;REGISTRATION&nbsp;FORM<br>1.&nbsp;Name&nbsp;of&nbsp;requester:&nbsp;<br><br>Mark&nbsp;Davis<br><br>2.&nbsp;E-mail&nbsp;address&nbsp;of&nbsp;requester:&nbsp;<br><br><a href="mailto:markdavis@google.com" target="_blank">markdavis@google.com</a><br>
<br>3.&nbsp;Record&nbsp;Requested:<br>
<br>Type:&nbsp;variant<br>Subtag:&nbsp;wadegile<br>Description:&nbsp;Wade-Giles&nbsp;romanization&nbsp;of&nbsp;Chinese<br>Prefix:&nbsp;zh-Latn<br><br>4.&nbsp;Intended&nbsp;meaning&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;subtag:<br><br>To&nbsp;distinguish&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;content&nbsp;written&nbsp;in&nbsp;Latin&nbsp;characters&nbsp;using&nbsp;the&nbsp;Wade-Giles&nbsp;romanization&nbsp;(transliteration/transcription)&nbsp;from&nbsp;other&nbsp;possible&nbsp;transcriptions,&nbsp;particularly&nbsp;from&nbsp;Pinyin<br>

<br>5.&nbsp;Reference&nbsp;to&nbsp;published&nbsp;description&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;language&nbsp;(book&nbsp;or&nbsp;article):<br><br>Wade-Giles&nbsp;developed&nbsp;from&nbsp;a&nbsp;system&nbsp;produced&nbsp;by&nbsp;Thomas&nbsp;Wade&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;mid-19th&nbsp;century,&nbsp;and&nbsp;reached&nbsp;settled&nbsp;form&nbsp;with&nbsp;Herbert&nbsp;Giles&#39;s&nbsp;Chinese-English&nbsp;dictionary&nbsp;of&nbsp;1892.&nbsp;<div>

<br>Krieger,&nbsp;Larry&nbsp;S.;&nbsp;Kenneth&nbsp;Neill,&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Edward&nbsp;Reynolds&nbsp;(1997).&nbsp;&quot;ch.&nbsp;4&quot;,&nbsp;World&nbsp;History;&nbsp;Perspectives&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;Past&nbsp;(in&nbsp;English).&nbsp;Illinois:&nbsp;D.C.&nbsp;Heath&nbsp;and&nbsp;Company,&nbsp;p.&nbsp;82.&nbsp;ISBN&nbsp;0-669-40533-7.&nbsp;&quot;This&nbsp;book&nbsp;uses&nbsp;the&nbsp;traditional&nbsp;system&nbsp;for&nbsp;writing&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;names,&nbsp;sometimes&nbsp;called&nbsp;the&nbsp;Wade-Giles&nbsp;system.&nbsp;This&nbsp;system&nbsp;is&nbsp;used&nbsp;in&nbsp;many&nbsp;standard&nbsp;reference&nbsp;books&nbsp;and&nbsp;in&nbsp;all&nbsp;books&nbsp;on&nbsp;China&nbsp;published&nbsp;before&nbsp;1979.&quot;&nbsp;<br>

<br><div>See&nbsp;also&nbsp;the&nbsp;LOC&nbsp;page for the relation between Pinyin and Wade-Giles:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html" target="_blank">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html</a><br><br>6.&nbsp;Any&nbsp;other&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;information:</div>

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