Re: [Ietf-languages] LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM

It was not actually an exact date, since newspapers were very reluctant to
change the orthography to a new one. And some newspapers switched only in
20s.
I wouldn't prefer the "vecaa" tag, because it just makes it "the old" (if
translated) deconstructs the idiom "vecā druka". I think, the tag
"vecaadruka" would be 100% recognizable by any Latvian. Is it an accepted
convention to use words from the respective language for the subtags
("rozaj" for Resian, "arevmda" for Western Armenian, etc.)? Because in the
beginning I was thinking of using a subtag in English ("pre1910").

Another question:
* should a separate variant be created for the contemporary orthography of
the Latvian language?
* also, on 5 June 1946, some letters were removed from the alphabet by the
orthographic reform (CH replaced with H, Ō with O, Ŗ with R). Should the
types before and after reform to be registered as well?

On Tue, 1 Sep 2020, 18:37 John Cowan, <cowan@ccil.org> wrote:

> The applicability of the date seems a little vague, as if the transition
> happened in 1910.  How about "vecaa"?  The "aa" represents the long "a" of
> the proper "ā" letter, which cannot be used in subtags.  It also makes the
> subtag 5 letters long: "veca" would be incorrect because it looks like a
> script subtag (though there is currently no such subtag).
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 10:45 AM Lenny Soshinskiy <soshial@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 1. Name of requester: Leonid Soshinsky
>> 2. E-mail address of requester: soshial@gmail.com
>> 3. Record Requested:
>>
>>    Type:        variant
>>    Subtag:      pre1910
>>    Description: Latvian language in the old orthography used before 1910s
>> ("vecā druka" in Latvian)
>>    Prefix:      lv
>>    Comments:    The subtag represents the old orthography of Latvian
>> language used during c. 1600s–1920s. It was first described in 1863
>> by August Bielenstein in his book "Die lettische Sprache, nach ihren Lauten
>> und Formen". The orthography has been been official for Latvian language
>> till new orthography was approved in 1908 and fully adopted in 1930.
>>
>> 4. Intended meaning of the subtag:
>>
>>    The old orthography of Latvian language used during c. 1600–1920s
>>
>> 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):
>>     -- Pēteris Vanags. LATVIEŠU VALODA PIRMS LATVIJAS VALSTS (link:
>> https://www.president.lv/storage/kcfinder/files/VVK_Raksti%2C_10._sejuma_fails.pdf
>> )
>>     -- August Bielenstein. Die lettische Sprache, nach ihren Lauten und
>> Formen -- Riga: 1863–1864
>>     -- Rīgas Latviešu biedrības Zinību Komisijas Ortogrāfijas Komisija.
>> «Uzaicinājums latviešu pareizrakstības reformas lietā» – 1908. – Nr. 263. –
>> 12. (25.) nov.
>>     -- Ina Druviete. „Kārlis Mīlenbahs”, -- Riga: Zinātne, 1990 (chapter
>> "Vienotai rakstībai un izrunai", link:
>> http://www.vvk.lv/index.php?sadala=192&id=620)
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