Proposal:Standardize Sinitic language tags including Mandarin based on IETF BCP 47 standard

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Standardize Sinitic language tags including Mandarin based on IETF BCP 47 standard
Proposal status: Draft (under way)
Proposed by: 快乐的老鼠宝宝
Tagging: name:zh=*
Applies to:
Definition: Sinitic/Chinese/Mandarin language tags
Statistics:
  • Use name:zh-Hans=*, name:zh-Hant=* for names that used across different Sinitic/Chinese languages
  • Use name:zh-Hans-REGION=*, name:zh-Hant-REGION=* and replace the old name:zh-REGION=*, name:zh-REGION=*
    • This part should already be done for most nodes, ways, and relations.
  • Use name:cmn-Hans=*, name:cmn-Hant=* for names that used in Mandarin languages (mostly Modern Standard Mandarin)
    • The name:cmn-Hans=*, name:cmn-Hant=* would be a supplement tag instead of the main tag. Always fill zh-* tags when filling cmn-* tags.
  • Introduce name:cmn-Latn-variant=*, name:cmn-Latn-REGION-variant=* as supplement tags for names that used in Mandarin languages (mostly Modern Standard Mandarin) in romanizations. The old name:zh-Latn-variant=*, name:zh-Latn-REGION-variant=* tags will still be the main tag for Mandarin romanizations.

WIP

Old titles

  • Improve Chinese Language Code Conformity to BCP47 Standards
  • Standardize transliteration language tag of Mandarin language based on IETF BCP 47 standard
  • Standardize Mandarin language tags based on IETF BCP 47 standard

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