FOR ARCHIVING: Registration form for 'slepe'

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LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM

1. Name of requester: Michael Wolf
2. E-mail address of requester: milupo&sorbzilla.de
3. Record Requested:

Type: variant
Subtag: slepe
Description: Sorbian dialect of Schleife
Prefix: dsb
Comments: Spoken in the Free State of Saxony in Germany

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:

The Sorbian dialect of Schleife is one of the Sorbian transitional
dialects between Upper Sorbian (hsb) and Lower Sorbian (dsb), but nearer
to Lower Sorbian. The native name of this dialect is "Slěpjańšćina"; the
subtag value is derived from the short form "Slěpe."

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

Article about the Schleifer dialect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleifer_dialect

Article about the village Schleife:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleife

6. Any other relevant information: