Record and registration form for 'unifon'

[Doug Ewell]

I think Gordon has a good point about "Unifon phonetic alphabet."

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Gordon P. Hemsley" <gphemsley at gmail.com>
Sent: ‎9/‎23/‎2013 18:45
To: "Doug Ewell" <doug at ewellic.org>
Cc: "ietf-languages at iana.org" <ietf-languages at iana.org>
Subject: Re: Record and registration form for 'unifon'

Doug and John have convinced me that there is possible use for this
subtag even if its characters are not encoded in Unicode (though,
FWIW, I'm not fully convinced that it's notable enough to warrant
inclusion).

However, it seems everyone was quick to "correct" me that this is a
variant subtag, not a script subtag. I realize that. The description
is listed as "Unifon phonetic script"; what else should I have called
it?

This is clearly a source of confusion. As with IPA and UPA, Unifon is
not strictly a script; it is a Latin-based alphabet. Perhaps it should
be described as "Unifon phonetic alphabet" instead?

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Doug Ewell <doug at ewellic.org> wrote:
> Here are the record and registration form for the 'unifon' variant
> subtag, slightly revised to relocate the Prefix fields as outlined in
> RFC 5646, Figure 5, and to reword item 4 in the registration form.
>
> As per Section 3.5, these can be submitted to IANA after one week.
>
> ---
>
> LANGUAGE SUBTAG MODIFICATION
> File-Date: 2013-10-01
> %%
> Type: variant
> Subtag: unifon
> Description: Unifon phonetic script
> Added: 2013-10-01
> Prefix: en
> Prefix: hup
> Prefix: kyh
> Prefix: tol
> Prefix: yur
> %%
>
> ---
>
> LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
> 1. Name of requester: Daniel Eliot Boese
> 2. E-mail address of requester: datapacrat at datapacrat.com
> 3. Record Requested:
>
> Type: variant
> Subtag: unifon
> Description: Unifon phonetic script
> Prefix: en
> Prefix: hup
> Prefix: kyh
> Prefix: tol
> Prefix: yur
>
> 4. Intended meaning of the subtag:
> To indicate transcriptions in the Unifon phonetic script.
>
> 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):
> Rátz, Margaret S. (1966). Unifon: A design for teaching reading.
> Western Pub. Educational Services.
>
>
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