FOR ARCHIVING: Registration form for 'ne'

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LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM

1. Name of requester: Doug Ewell
2. E-mail address of requester: doug at ewellic.org
3. Record Requested:

   Type: language
   Subtag: ne
   Description: Nepali (macrolanguage)
   Suppress-Script: Deva
   Scope: macrolanguage

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:

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

6. Any other relevant information:

   This registration tracks a change made to ISO 639-3 effective
   2012-02-06, reclassifying the ISO 639-3 code element 'nep' (Nepali,
   which is represented by ISO 639-1 'ne' in the Language Subtag
   Registry) as a macrolanguage encompassing 'dty' (Dotyali) and 'npi'
   (Nepali, individual language).

   For more information on the ISO 639-3 change, refer to
   http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/639-3_ChangeRequests_2011_Summary.pdf .