<div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">LANGUAGE SUBTAG <span class="nfakPe">REGISTRATION</span> FORM<br>1. Name of requester: <br><br>Mark Davis<br><br>2. E-mail address of requester: <br><br><a href="mailto:markdavis@google.com" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">markdavis@google.com</a><br>
<br>3. Record Requested:<br><br>Type: variant<br>Subtag: pinyin<br>Description: Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese<br>Prefix: zh<br><br>4. Intended meaning of the subtag:<br><br>To distinguish </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Mandarin </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Chinese content written in Latin characters using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization (transliteration/transcription) from the other possible transcriptions.<br>
<br>5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):<br><br>Hanyu Pinyin, the most commonly used system for </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Mandarin </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">Chinese romanization, has been the national standard of China since 1958, and an international standard ( ISO 7098:1991, 2nd ed.) since 1982.<div>
<br></div><div>See also the LOC page for the relation between Hanyu Pinyin and Wade-Giles: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);" target="_blank">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html</a><br>
<br>6. Any other relevant information:</div></span><br>
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