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.