FOR ARCHIVING: Registration form for 'vecdruka' --- LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM 1. Name of requester: Leonid Soshinskiy 2. E-mail address of requester: soshial+ietf€gmail.com 3. Record Requested: Type: variant Subtag: vecdruka Description: Latvian orthography used before 1920s ("vecā druka") Prefix: lv Comments: The subtag represents the old orthography of the Latvian language used during c. 1600s–1920s. 4. Intended meaning of the subtag: This orthography was first described in 1863 by August Bielenstein in his book "Die lettische Sprache, nach ihren Lauten und Formen". The orthography was official for the Latvian language until a new orthography was approved in 1908 and fully adopted in 1930. 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article): -- Pēteris Vanags. LATVIEŠU VALODA PIRMS LATVIJAS VALSTS (link: https://www.president.lv/storage/kcfinder/files/VVK_Raksti%2C_10._sejuma_fails.pdf) -- August Bielenstein. Die lettische Sprache, nach ihren Lauten und Formen -- Riga: 1863–1864 -- Rīgas Latviešu biedrības Zinību Komisijas Ortogrāfijas Komisija. «Uzaicinājums latviešu pareizrakstības reformas lietā» – 1908. – Nr. 263. – 12. (25.) nov. -- Ina Druviete. „Kārlis Mīlenbahs”, -- Riga: Zinātne, 1990 (chapter "Vienotai rakstībai un izrunai", link: http://www.vvk.lv/index.php?sadala=192&id=620) 6. Any other relevant information: