[Ietf-languages] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: language variant subtag "tongyong" addition request (for Chinese langugaes romanization)

I’m minded to approve this, though it should at leaast have this reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin

and state that it was official in Taiwan from 2002-2008.

> On 21 Dec 2018, at 09:29, Phake Nick <c933103@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 1. Name of requester: Phake Nick
> 2. E-mail address of requester: c933103@gmail.com
> 3. Record Requested:
> 
> Type: variant
> Subtag: tongyong
> Description: Tongyong Pinyin romanization
> Prefix: zh-Latn
> Prefix: hak-Latn
> Prefix: nan-Latn
> Comments: Former official transcription standard for Mandarin Chinese,
> Taiwanese Min-Nan, and variant of Hakka language in Taiwan.
> 
> 4. Intended meaning of the subtag: Indicate Romanized content that use
> Tongyong pinyin romanization
> 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or
> article): https://medium.com/@lovenery/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E7%9A%84%E6%8B%BC%E9%9F%B3%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%B0-acfe429c071d
> (Chinese article on medium, can be read via Google Translate, note
> that Google Translate currently translated "Tongyong pinyin" into
> "Universal pinyin" and translated "Wade-Giles" into Wittoma/Westin)
> 6. Any other relevant information: The transcription standard was
> official in Taiwan in the mid-2000s. It have now been displaced by
> Pinyin romanization as the official transcription rule for Chinese
> languages in Taiwan, however it is still continually being used to
> certain extent within Taiwan and thus it could/would be helpful to
> have a variant subtag to separate it from Pinyin romanization.
> 
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