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Re: [Ietf-languages] Language tag for Han pinyin

Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org> Tue, 31 May 2022 14:18 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ietf-languages] Language tag for Han pinyin
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Richard Wordingham wrote:

> (In the application that prompted this question, English Wiktionary,
> the contrast within Chinese to be conveyed by the language tag is Han
> Pinyin v. Wade-Giles.  Script is mostly autodetected, generally using
> language as a cue.  I suggested using BCP 47 tags rather then non-
> compliant application-specific tags such as 'cmn-py' and 'cmn-wg'.)

I read this as saying there are actual examples in English Wiktionary of non-compliant application-specific tags such as 'cmn-py' and 'cmn-wg'. If so, that is disappointing.

Can you post a specific example from Wiktionary where such tags are being used?

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