(last updated 2008-03-26) LANGUAGE SUBTAG MODIFICATION FORM 1. Name of requester: Karen Broome 2. E-mail address of requester: karen_broome&spe.sony.com 3. Record Requested: Type: Language Subtag: gsw Description: Swiss German Description: Alemannic Description: Alsatian Prefix: Preferred-Value: Deprecated: Suppress-Script: Latn Comments: 4. Intended meaning of the subtag: Not applicable 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article): Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gsw 6. Any other relevant information: This is a request to add Alsatian to the description list for Swiss German (gsw). This will not only clarify that this dialect is included in the gsw tag, but also improve search functions for users trying to find the correct tag for the French dialect of this language in the IANA registry. (file created 2008-03-26)