<div dir="ltr">I've produced a modified version of my R3, with the following changes:<div><br><div>- change of the subtag name for consistency with Michael's approach on Belerusian</div><div>- addition of zh-Latn prefix (as discussed on the list)</div>
<div>- some additional information on the letters used in this system.</div><div><br></div><div>====<br><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="border-collapse: collapse; ">LANGUAGE SUBTAG <span>REGISTRATION</span> FORM (R4)<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" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">markdavis@google.com</a><br><br>3. Record Requested:<br>
<br>Type: variant<br>Subtag: hpin1958<br>Description: Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese<br>Prefix: zh-Latn<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 (as adopted by China in 1958) from the other possible transcriptions. It uses the Latin letters [aáàǎā b-d eéèěē f-h iíìǐī j-n oóòǒō p-t uúùǔū üǘǜǚǖ w-z]: that is, a-z, minus v, plus ü and 4 additional accented versions of each of the vowels.</span></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><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" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html</a><br>
<br>6. Any other relevant information:</div></span></span><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>