LANGUAGE SUBTAG MODIFICATION FORM

[Karen_Broome at spe.sony.com]

LANGUAGE SUBTAG MODIFICATION FORM

1. Name of requester:  Karen Broome
2. E-mail address of requester:  karen_broome at spe.sony.com
3. Record Requested:

Type: Language
Subtag: gsw
Description: Swiss German
Description: Alemannic
Description: Alsatian
Prefix:
Preferred-Value:
Deprecated:
Suppress-Script: Latn
Comments:
 

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:

Not applicable

5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):

Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 
Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gsw


6. Any other relevant information: 

This is a request to add Alsatian to the description list for Swiss German 
(gsw). This will not only clarify that this dialect is included in the gsw 
tag, but also improve search functions for users trying to find the 
correct tag for the French dialect of this language in the IANA registry.



Karen Broome
Metadata Systems Designer
Sony Pictures Entertainment
310.244.4384