Language Variant subtags

[Peter Scharf]

Dear Philip,
	Thank you for your comments on my initial proposal of four variant  
subtags for the Sanskrit language.  I have revised the registration  
form as follows:

1.	Made the subtags five characters in length.
2.	Moved the Macrolanguage field value to the Prefix field
3.	Moved the Comments field value to the Description field

In India Sanskrit is written in any of the regional scripts of India  
as well as in Roman script (Latn) elsewhere in the world, so the  
script tag is not dispensable.

	Does the registration look adequate now?
	Thanks.
	Peter

I would like to submit the following four language subtag registration  
forms to register standard tags for recognized dialects of Sanskrit.   
I assume these would be used in an xml:lang attribute as follows:
xml:lang="sa-Deva-vedic" = Sanskrit in Devanagari script, in the Vedic  
dialect.
xml:lang="sa-Deva-class" = Sanskrit in Devanagari script, in the  
Classical dialect.
xml:lang="sa-Deva-epics" = Sanskrit in Devanagari script, in the Epic  
dialect.
xml:lang="sa-Deva-buddh" = Sanskrit in Devanagari script, in the  
Buddhist dialect.
Please let me know if the following forms are not correctly filled  
in.  Thank you.
Sincerely,
Peter Scharf

LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
    1. Name of requester: Peter M. Scharf
    2. E-mail address of requester: scharf at brown.edu
    3. Record Requested:

       Type:variant
       Subtag:vedic
       Description:The most ancient dialect of Sanskrit used in verse  
and prose composed until about the 4th century B.C.E.
       Prefix:sa
       Preferred-Value:
       Deprecated:
       Suppress-Script:
       Macrolanguage:
       Comments:

    4. Intended meaning of the subtag:Vedic Sanskrit
    5. Reference to published description
       of the language (book or article):Macdonell, Arthur A. A Vedic  
Grammar for Students. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1916.
    6. Any other relevant information:

LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
    1. Name of requester: Peter M. Scharf
    2. E-mail address of requester: scharf at brown.edu
    3. Record Requested:

       Type:variant
       Subtag:class
       Description:Classical Sanskrit
       Prefix:sa
       Preferred-Value:
       Deprecated:
       Suppress-Script:
       Macrolanguage:
       Comments:

    4. Intended meaning of the subtag:Classical Sanskrit
    5. Reference to published description
       of the language (book or article):Whitney, William Dwight.  
Sanskrit Grammar. Second edition. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University  
Press, 1989.
    6. Any other relevant information:

LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
    1. Name of requester: Peter M. Scharf
    2. E-mail address of requester: scharf at brown.edu
    3. Record Requested:

       Type:variant
       Subtag:buddh
       Description:Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit
       Prefix:sa
       Preferred-Value:
       Deprecated:
       Suppress-Script:
       Macrolanguage:
       Comments:

    4. Intended meaning of the subtag:Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit
    5. Reference to published description
       of the language (book or article):Edgerton, Franklin. Buddhist  
Hybrid Sanskrit grammar and dictionary. New Haven, Yale University  
Press, 1953.
    6. Any other relevant information:

LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
    1. Name of requester: Peter M. Scharf
    2. E-mail address of requester: scharf at brown.edu
    3. Record Requested:

       Type:variant
       Subtag:epics
       Description:Epic Sanskrit
       Prefix:sa
       Preferred-Value:
       Deprecated:
       Suppress-Script:
       Macrolanguage:sa
       Comments:

    4. Intended meaning of the subtag:Epic Sanskrit
    5. Reference to published description
       of the language (book or article):Oberlies, Thomas. A Grammar  
of Epic Sanskrit. Indian philology and South Asian studies 5. Berlin;  
New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2003
    6. Any other relevant information:

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Department of Classics             (401) 863-2123 dept.
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Providence, RI 02912                Scharf at brown.edu
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