sl-rozaj-lipa LANGUAGE TAG REGISTRATION FORM

Peter Constable petercon at microsoft.com
Wed Oct 15 11:36:38 CEST 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no [mailto:ietf-languages-
> bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Doug Ewell


> > We could side-step the question of a tag for IPA transcription at
this
> > point if the tag for this request was revised to something lik
> >
> > sl-rozaj-lipawski
> 
> I suggest sl-rozaj-lipv as an alternative.  It stays with Han's
pattern
> of assigning 4-character subtags, and by avoiding the 'a', it is
neutral
> between the names "Lipavac" and "Lipovaz."

But if at some future time Lipv is given some meaning in ISO 15924,
sl-rozaj-lipv might become ambiguous. Thus, as you observed,

> Of course, if 4-letter subtags are to be discouraged as a matter of
> policy for fear of colliding with script tags (now or in the future),
> then all of Han's subtags except -1994 will have to be revised anyway.

Right.


Peter
 
Peter Constable
Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies
Microsoft Windows Division



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