request for subtag for Elfdalian

[Anthony Aristar]

I must admit I entirely agree with Michael.  I don't speak Swedish, but I have close relations with Swedish linguists.  And there's not a one who doesn't say that Elfdalian is about as comprehensible to them as Frisian is to Dutch.  Sociolinguistics should have nothing to do with it. The decision is clearly wrong.

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Anthony Aristar

> On Feb 29, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Michael Everson <everson at evertype.com> wrote:
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>> On 29 Feb 2016, at 16:48, Peter Constable <petercon at microsoft.com> wrote:
>> 
>> What the Elfdalian case has encountered is questions as to whether there is a set of criteria that apply in exactly the same way in all sociolinguistic contexts, or if there should be some adjustment in the criteria for different sociolinguistic contexts
> 
> Sociolinguistics? Bosh. This is a matter of simple grammar. Elfdalian is not a dialect of Swedish. 
> 
> Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
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