FOR ARCHIVING: Registration form for 'vecdruka'

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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 ("vec¨¡ druka")
Prefix: lv
Comments: The subtag represents the old orthography of the Latvian
  language used during c. 1600s¨C1920s.

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):

-- P¨¥teris Vanags. LATVIE?U 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¨C1864
-- R¨©gas Latvie?u biedr¨©bas Zin¨©bu Komisijas Ortogr¨¡fijas Komisija.
?Uzaicin¨¡jums latvie?u pareizrakst¨©bas reformas liet¨¡? ¨C 1908. ¨C Nr.
263. ¨C 12. (25.) nov.
-- Ina Druviete. ?K¨¡rlis M¨©lenbahs¡±, -- Riga: Zin¨¡tne, 1990 (chapter
"Vienotai rakst¨©bai un izrunai", link:
http://www.vvk.lv/index.php?sadala=192&id=620)

6. Any other relevant information: