LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM (R4) - Pinyin

[Mark Davis]

I've produced a modified version of my R3, with the following changes:
- change of the subtag name for consistency with Michael's approach on
Belerusian
- addition of zh-Latn prefix (as discussed on the list)
- some additional information on the letters used in this system.

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LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM (R4)
1. Name of requester:

Mark Davis

2. E-mail address of requester:

markdavis at google.com

3. Record Requested:

Type: variant
Subtag: hpin1958
Description: Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese
Prefix: zh-Latn

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:

To distinguish Mandarin Chinese content written in Latin characters
using the Hanyu
Pinyin romanization (as adopted by China in
1958) from the other possible transcriptions. It uses the Latin
letters [aáàǎā b-d eéèěē f-h iíìǐī j-n oóòǒō p-t uúùǔū üǘǜǚǖ w-z]: that is,
a-z, minus v, plus ü and 4 additional accented versions of each of the
vowels.

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

Hanyu Pinyin, the most commonly used system for Mandarin
Chinese romanization, has been the national standard of China since
1958, and an international standard (ISO 7098:1991, 2nd ed.) since
1982.
See also the LOC page for the relation between Hanyu Pinyin and Wade-Giles:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html

6. Any other relevant information:
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