Request for variant subtag: western

[Debbie Garside]

+1 

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> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no 
> [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of 
> Michael Everson
> Sent: 31 August 2006 10:23
> To: IETF Languages Discussion
> Subject: Re: Request for variant subtag: western
> 
> Armenian dialects cannot be simply subsumed under Eastern and 
> Western. Please do some more research. Start with the 
> Ethnologue article.
> 
> Mostly "Western" Armenian is "diaspora". Language differences 
> have to do with the dates of the split of the communities. 
> You might as well call US English "Western English".
> --
> Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com 
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