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Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration

John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> Thu, 10 December 2015 18:15 UTC

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From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
To: Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: Simple: Language Subtag Registration
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Peter Constable scripsit:

> Small insertion (also inline below): "Simplification of language can
> also be used for other purposes, such as providing source content that
> can be more easily translated into multiple languages."

I would also add "This tag does not apply to varieties that use morphology
or syntax considered ungrammatical in the root language."

That excludes LsF/IdP.

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