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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Gosh, should we start the argument about whether the year goes
first or last now?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I totally prefer 1958hpin. Or, given what we’re identifying,
maybe it should be sort of “tone-mark-like”: h1p9i5n8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Addison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Addison Phillips<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Globalization Architect -- Lab126</span><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Internationalization is not a feature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It is an architecture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no
[mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Davis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 26, 2008 4:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tracey, Niall<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Randy Presuhn; ietf-languages@iana.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM (R4) - Pinyin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I've produced a modified version of my R3, with the
following changes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>- change of the subtag name for consistency with Michael's
approach on Belerusian<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>- addition of zh-Latn prefix (as discussed on the list)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>- some additional information on the letters used in this
system.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>====<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span>LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
(R4)</span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>1. Name of requester: </span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Mark Davis</span><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span>2. E-mail address of requester: </span><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span><a href="mailto:markdavis@google.com"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000CC'>markdavis@google.com</span></a></span><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span>3. Record Requested:</span><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span>Type: variant</span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Subtag: hpin1958</span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Description: Hanyu
Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese</span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Prefix: zh-Latn</span><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span>4. Intended meaning of the subtag:</span><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span>To distinguish Mandarin 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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class=apple-style-span>5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):</span><br>
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<span class=apple-style-span>Hanyu
Pinyin, the most commonly used system for Mandarin Chinese romanization, has been the national standard of China since 1958, and an international standard (ISO 7098:1991, 2nd ed.) since 1982.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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"><span
style='color:#0000CC'>http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html</span></a><br>
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6. Any other relevant information:<o:p></o:p></p>
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