RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'grabar'
"Debbie Garside" <debbie@ictmarketing.co.uk> Mon, 25 September 2006 14:28 UTC
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Subject: RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'grabar'
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Hi Doug I support Peter's view. Best regards Debbie Garside > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no > [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces@alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of Doug Ewell > Sent: 25 September 2006 15:10 > To: ietf-languages@iana.org > Subject: Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'grabar' > > The request below was submitted on September 8 and has > completed its 2-week review period. So far, there has been > only one comment; Peter said that Classical Armenian was > sufficiently different from modern Armenian that it should be > proposed to ISO 639 RA/JAC as a language code element, not to > ietf-languages as a variant subtag. > > Does anyone else have any comment? Michael is in Tokyo at > the WG2 meeting and his e-mail availability is spotty, though > I suspect he'll respond at some point. > > -- > Doug Ewell > Fullerton, California, USA > http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/ > RFC 4645 * UTN #14 > > > > LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM > > 1. Name of requester: JFC Morfin > > 2. E-mail address of requester: jefsey@jefsey.com 3. Record > Requested: > > > > Type: variant > > Subtag: grabar > > Description: Classical written Armenian > > Prefix: hy > > Comments: Used for all Armenian writing, 5th-18th centuries > > > > 4. Intended meaning of the subtag: > > Specifies the written form of Classical Armenian, > > used for all purposes from the 5th century (the > > Armenian Bible) until the 18th century, and since > > then as the liturgical language of the Armenian > > Orthodox Church. > > > > 5. Reference to published description > > of the language (book or article): > > > > Dictionary of Grabar (Classical Armenian) by Ruben Ghazarian > > Language: Grabar > > Published by: Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, Lebanon, 2004 > > Format: Hardcover, 1330 pages > > Dimensions (in inches): 8.75 x 5.5 > > > > 6. Any other relevant information: > > > > St. Mesrop Mashtots in 405 invented the Armenian alphabet. > Classical > > Armenian (Grabar) dates from the 5th - 12th centuries, and is still > > employed as the scholarly and liturgical language, medieval > Armenian > > (12th - 17th centuries). Classical, medieval and modern > Armenian use > > the same alphabet, which originally had 36 letters but now has 39. > > There > > are two main spoken dialects, Western Armenian and Eastern Armenian. > > > > The Catholicos Sahak the Great and St. Mesrop, encouraged by King > > Vramshapuh formed a school of translators who were sent to > Edessa to > > procure and translate Syrian and Greek copies of the scriptures and > > other important works. Much of the literary activity of the 5th > > century, the golden age (oskedar) of Armenian literature, > was devoted > > to such translations and original works. The formation of national > > bibliography records is being dated to these times. > > > > Since the 5th century thousands of manuscripts and printed > materials > > have been created all over the world by Armenian writers. The > > Matenadaran is one of the oldest and richest > book-depositories in the > > world. Its collection of about 17,000 manuscripts includes > almost all > > the areas of ancient and medieval Armenian culture and sciences - > > history, geography, grammar, philosophy, law, medicine, > > mathematics-cosmography, theory of calendar, alchemy-chemistry, > > translations, literature, chronology art history, > miniature, music and > > theatre, as well as manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, Greek, Syrian, > > Latin, Ethiopian, Indian, Japanese and others. > > > > The Armenian Church fostered literature, and the principal > early works > > are religious or hagiographical, most of them translations. > The first > > major Armenian literary work is a 5th-century translation of the > > Bible; its language became the standard of classical > Armenian. Early > > Mesopotamian influence resulted in Syriac translations > (Aphraates and > > St. Ephraem Syrus). Armenia then turned to the West for literary > > inspiration, producing translations of many religious works > > (Athanasius, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory > Nazianzen, and > > John Chrysostom). > > Among > > secular works are renderings of Aristotle and of the romance of > > Alexander. The original writings of the Golden Age are confined to > > saints' > > lives and histories. The 5th-century history of Moses of Khorni > > contains practically all that is known of pre-Christian > Armenia, its > > folklore and epics. Later historians include Thomas Ardzruni (10th > > century), Matthew of Edessa, who described the Crusades, > and Stephanos > > Orbelian, who wrote of the Mongol hordes (13th century). A > tradition > > of nationalistic epic poetry, influenced by Muslim forms, > emerged; the > > best-known example is David of Sassoun. The principal figure of the > > 12th century is Catholicos Narses IV, a prelate and poet > notable for > > his literary style. > > > > > http://www.zdnet.fr/telecharger/windows/fiche/0,39021313,12108812s,00. > > htm ensemble d'outils (polices, pilote pour modifierle clavier, > > etc...) pour naviguer, communiquer et écrire le grabar (arménien > > classique). > > A set of tools (font, keyboard driver, etc.) to browse the > Internet, > > communicate and write Grabar (Classical Armenian) online since: > > 2004/04/18 > > 20:00:00 , downloaded 922 times by 2006/09/07 > > > > Note: This registration is to be reviewed by the Language > Subtags and > > Extensions Reviewer, Moderator of the > ietf-languages@iana.org mailing > > list according to the RFC draft-ietf-ltru-registry-14.txt. > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf-languages mailing list > Ietf-languages@alvestrand.no > http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages > > > >
- REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'graba… John Cowan
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Peter Constable
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Doug Ewell
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Debbie Garside
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Peter Constable
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Misha Wolf
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Doug Ewell
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Peter Constable
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Michael Everson
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Doug Ewell
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Peter Constable
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Peter Constable
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Mark Crispin
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… John Cowan
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Mark Davis
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Ned Freed
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Randy Presuhn
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Debbie Garside
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Michael Everson
- OT: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Frank Ellermann
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Debbie Garside
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Frank Ellermann
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Michael Everson
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Debbie Garside
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Debbie Garside
- RE: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Michael Everson
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Randy Presuhn
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Doug Ewell
- Re: REQUEST for registration of variant subtag 'g… Michael Everson