Phillips, Addison 2008-05-10 21.01:
> If we need to indicate that a language is a macrolanguage in the registry, we should use a separate field. Presumably it would be something like:
>
> Subtag: zh
> Type: language
> Encompasses: cmn, yue, wuu, ... etc.
>
Sounds like a good way to do it.
[...]
> If we were to restore the use of 'extlang', perhaps the above wouldn't be necessary, since enclosed languages would not be of the same type and the 'cmn' record would look more like:
>
> Subtag: cmn
> Type: extlang
> Macrolanguage: zh
> Prefix: zh
>
> ... but we would have some enclosed languages grandfathered into the language slot:
>
> Subtag: nn
> Type: language
> Macrolanguage: no
>
For this reason, I prefer using
"Encompasses: cmn, yue, wuu, ... etc."
instead of going the extlang route. Treating all macrolanguages the same
way increases the chance the issue is looked at and understood, for all
the related languages.
--
leif halvard silli
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