Generic variant subtags in RFC 3066bis
Marion Gunn
mgunn at egt.ie
Tue Apr 19 11:04:30 CEST 2005
Scríobh Peter Constable :
> ...
>
> Note that ISO 639 does distinguish historic varieties at a low level of
> granularity. E.g.,
>
> ang = Old English (ca. 450 - 1100)
> enm = Middle English (1100 - 1500)
> eng = (Modern) English (1500 - present)
Fine. (Useful.)
> ...
>
> > -highreg, -midreg, and -lowreg
> > for sociolinguistic registers.
>
> Is this really a commonly-used basis for distinction between
> sociolinguistic registers?
No.
mg
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