LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM (R5r2): pinyin
Michael Everson
everson at evertype.com
Mon Oct 6 19:18:04 CEST 2008
Ergo:
To be used to indicate transcriptions in a system of romanization
approved by the Chinese government. The first such transcription, for
Mandarin Chinese, was adopted by the Chinese government in 1958 and by
the International Organization for Standardization in 1982. The
salient features of Pinyin as applied to Mandarin Chinese are the use
of <b p d t g k j q x zh ch sh> for [p pʰ t tʰ k kʰ tɕ tɕʰ ɕ
ʈʂ ʈʂʰ ʂ] respectively. The subtag zh-Latn-pinyin refers to Hanyu
Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese. The subtag bo-Latn-pinyin
refers to Tibetan Pinyin romanization of Tibetan.
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
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