[Ltru] Alemanic & Swiss German
Karen_Broome at spe.sony.com
Karen_Broome at spe.sony.com
Fri Dec 1 02:55:04 CET 2006
Are we reading the same Ethnologue page? Ethnologue seems to include the
Austrian forms and mentions that certain dialects within this language
family may not be intelligible to speakers of other dialects.
I'm not trying to be difficult -- today :) -- and certainly appreciate
your previous help in sorting out these issues, but I have circulated the
codes gsw-CH and gsw-AT to a fairly wide audience based on assumptions
that seem to be fairly well-documented on Ethnologue, my application,
ISO's approval, and various other resources that lump these regional
dialects together. Does 639-3 should have a macrolanguage for this? If
not, should it?
I'd appreciate it if you could review your notes before acting on this
suggested change.
Best regards,
Karen
Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft.com>
11/30/2006 05:34 PM
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RE: [Ltru] Alemanic & Swiss German
I’ll have to check email to be sure, but my recollection was that I had
suggested to you that the category that was already in the draft table for
639-3 might meet your need, and that category was the one coded “gsw” with
semantics defined in Ethnologue. Definitely the JAC was incorporating into
part 2 the item in the draft code table for part 3; I believe that all
along the JAC understood that to have the semantics of “Swiss German” (or
“Schwyzerdütsch”) – certainly I did, but again I’d need to review
discussions to be more certain.
Peter
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Subject: RE: [Ltru] Alemanic & Swiss German
Peter,
I'm not quite sure your take on this represents what was on my ISO
application. The application draws attention to other regions where
Alemanic dialects can be found (see: "addinfo" section). I believe the
French name typically indicates a broader range of dialects as well:
> > This data was submitted on: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 19:08:00
> >
> > lang_in_eng = Swiss German, Alemanic
> > lang_in_fre = alémanique
> > ref_where_found_1 = http://www.ethnologue.com
> > lang_in_vern = Schwyzerdütsch, Schweizerdeutsch, Schwiizerdütsch,
> Schwyzertütsch, Schwizertitsch
> > ref_where_found_2 = ISO 639-3 DIS, http://www.ethnologue.com,
http://www.wikipedia.com
> > trans_lit =
> > evidence = AGICOA, the Association of International Collective
> Management of Audiovisual Works (Association de Gestion Internationale
> Collective des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles); 428 documents (audiovisual)
> >
> > http://www.agicoa.org
> > addinfo = 4,215,000 in Switzerland (1990 census). Population total all
> countries: 6,044,000. Central, south central, north central, northeast,
> and eastern cantons. Also spoken in Austria, France, Germany,
> Liechtenstein.
Regards,
Karen Broome
Metadata Systems Designer
Sony Pictures Entertainment
310.244.4384
Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft.com>
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11/30/2006 02:59 PM
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Subject
RE: [Ltru] Alemanic & Swiss German
I can tell you that the intent of “gsw” is specifically Swiss German, and
that the assumption of having “Alemanic” listed as a name is that some
people use that label to refer to specifically to Swiss German. If the
latter assumption is incorrect (which appears to be what Mark is saying,
then that is a change that the JAC should consider.
But if Martin’s comment is the supporting evidence, then I still find
Martin’s comment to be unclear. It’s clear to me what Mark is saying; it’s
not clear to me if Martin is saying the same thing.
Peter Constable
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Behalf Of Mark Davis
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:07 AM
To: Peter Constable
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Subject: Re: [Ltru] Alemanic & Swiss German
Alemanic refers to a broader group of dialects than "Swiss German" (aka
Schwyzertuesch) does. So listing them as it does is problematic; it's like
listing
ar Arabic; Egyptian Arabic
Personally, I don't care whether it is resolved to be
Alemanic (including Swiss German)
// which is what 639-3 seems to be pointing to
or
Swiss German (a particular variant of Alemanic)
// which is what the code (gsw) seems to be pointing to
But we need some clarity as to what is meant by the code.
Mark
On 11/30/06, Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft.com> wrote:
Martin's comment is somewhat vague: varieties spoken on either side of the
border are very similar, et "as soon as you cross the border it's very
clearly no longer Swiss German". Does that mean that what is spoken across
the border is clearly a different language, or that the label "Swiss
German" is clearly not used?
Peter
From: Mark Davis [mailto:mark.davis at icu-project.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:00 AM
To: Håvard Hjulstad; iso639-2 at loc.gov
Cc: LTRU Working Group; zaiitov at gmail.com; ISO 639 Joint Advisory
Committee; ietf-languages at iana.org; iso639 at dkuug.dk
Subject: [Ltru] Alemanic & Swiss German
ISO 639-2 (on http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php)
lists the following:
gsw Alemani; Swiss German alémanique
However, there is a "c" missing from Alemanic, and Swiss German is not the
same as Alemanic: Swiss German is a type of Alemanic, but there are other
types that are not the same as Swiss German.
Quoting Martin Duerst:
"Yes, Swabian is clearly Alemanic. Alemanic and Swiss German are not
the same. There are very close similarities between some dialects in
the north of Switzerland and across the border in Germany, but as
soon as you cross the border, it's very clearly no longer Swiss
German. A label such as "Alemanic; Swiss German", assuming that
both are the same, is clearly wrong. If it's something like
"Alemanic; includes Swiss German", that would be okay."
Can this be corrected so that it does not continue to mislead people?
Mark Davis
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