Request for variant subtag: western

[Mark Davis]

And what does the Ethnologue say but:

"Eastern Armenian (4,341,000) is spoken in Armenia and its Turkish and
Iranian borderlands; Western Armenian (879,612) is spoken elsewhere.
Western Armenian is understood only by some in Iran."

Mark

On 8/31/06, Debbie Garside <debbie at ictmarketing.co.uk> wrote:
> +1
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> _______________________________________________
> Ietf-languages mailing list
> Ietf-languages at alvestrand.no
> http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ietf-languages mailing list
> Ietf-languages at alvestrand.no
> http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages
>