LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM (R3): wadegile

Mark Davis mark at macchiato.com
Fri Sep 26 16:17:16 CEST 2008


Yes. I'm happy to omit it if you want.
Mark


On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Michael Everson <everson at evertype.com>wrote:

> Mark, I don't understand what you've written here. Is the first part a
> citation of some sort?
>
> > 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or
> > article):
> >
> > Wade-Giles developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade in the
> > mid-19th century, and reached settled form with Herbert Giles's
> > Chinese-English dictionary of 1892.
> >
> > Krieger, Larry S.; Kenneth Neill, Dr. Edward Reynolds (1997). "ch.
> > 4", World History; Perspectives on the Past (in English). Illinois:
> > D.C. Heath and Company, p. 82. ISBN 0-669-40533-7. "This book uses
> > the traditional system for writing Chinese names, sometimes called
> > the Wade-Giles system. This system is used in many standard
> > reference books and in all books on China published before 1979."
> >
> > 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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