(last updated 2012-04-24)

LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM

1. Name of requester: Tomaž Erjavec

2. E-mail address of requester: tomaz.erjavec@ijs.si
3. Record Requested:

Type: language
Subtag: sl
Description: Slovenian
Description: Slovene
Suppress-Script: Latn

6. Any other relevant information:

The purpose of this registration is to add the Description "Slovene"
to the 'sl' language tag. "Slovenian" is used more often but "Slovene" is
also quite frequent: Google search on "Slovenian language" gives 18,6
million hits, while "Slovene language" gives 8,7.

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LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
1. Name of requester: Tomaž Erjavec

2. E-mail address of requester: tomaz.erjavec@ijs.si
3. Record Requested:

Type: variant
Subtag: bohoric
Description: Slovene in Bohorič alphabet

Prefix: sl
Comments: The subtag represents the alphabet codified by Adam Bohorič
in 1584 and used from the first printed Slovene book and up to the
mid-19th century.

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:

The subtag marks texts written in Slovene using the Bohorič alphabet
which is distinguished from the contemporary norm by using the long s,
digraphs, etc.

5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohori%C4%8D_alphabet

Bohorič, Adam, and Branko Berčič. Arcticae Horulae. Ljubljana:
Mladinska knjiga, 1970. Print.

6. Any other relevant information:

The tag "sl-bohoric" is relevant as a possible value of the @xml:lang
attribute to be used by language technology applications for modernising
such texts, e.g. for text search in cultural heritage digital libraries.

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LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
1. Name of requester: Tomaž Erjavec

2. E-mail address of requester: tomaz.erjavec@ijs.si
3. Record Requested:

Type: variant
Subtag: dajnko
Description: Slovene in Dajnko alphabet
Prefix: sl
Comments: The subtag represents the alphabet codified by Peter Dajnko
and used from 1824 to 1839 mostly in Styria (in what is now Eastern
Slovenia).

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:

The subtag marks texts written in Slovene using the historical Dajnko
alphabet, which is distinguished from the contemporary norm by new
letters.

5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dajnko_alphabet

Stabej, Marko. Peter Dajnko in njegova Dajnčica. In (Janez Cvirn, ed.) 
Slovenska Kronika XIX. stoletja. (2001). Print.

6. Any other relevant information:

The tag "sl-dajnko" is relevant as a possible value of the @xml:lang
attribute to be used by language technology applications for
transcribing and modernising such texts, e.g. for text search in
cultural heritage digital libraries. E.g. the National and University
Library of Slovenia has plans to digitise about 4,000 pages of books
written in the Dajnko alphabet.

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LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
1. Name of requester: Tomaž Erjavec

2. E-mail address of requester: tomaz.erjavec@ijs.si
3. Record Requested:

Type: variant
Subtag: metelko
Description: Slovene in Metelko alphabet
Prefix: sl
Comments: The subtag represents the alphabet codified by Franc Serafin
Metelko and used from 1825 to 1833.

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:

The subtag marks texts written in Slovene using the historical Metelko
alphabet, which is distinguished from the contemporary norm by
borrowing (and modifying) letters from Cyrillic.

5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metelko_alphabet

Stabej, Marko. Franc Serafin Metelko in Metelčica. In (Janez Cvirn, ed.) 
Slovenska Kronika XIX. stoletja. (2001). Print.

6. Any other relevant information:

The tag "sl-metelko" is relevant as a possible value of the @xml:lang
attribute to be used by language technology applications for
transcribing and modernising such texts, e.g. for text search in
cultural heritage digital libraries. E.g. the National and University
Library of Slovenia has plans to digitise about 5,000 pages of books
written in the Metelko alphabet.

(file created 2012-04-21)