(last updated 2008-10-02) LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM 1. Name of requester: Ihar Mahaniok, Mark Davis 2. E-mail address of requester: mahaniok&google.com markdavis&google.com 3. Record Requested: Type: variant Subtag: 1959acad Description: "Academic" ("governmental") variant of Belarusian as codified in 1959 Prefix: be 4. Intended meaning of the subtag: To distinguish the "academic" (or "governmental") variant from the other forms of "be" (Belarusian). Currently, that is not possible to do, since "be" includes all varieties of Belarusian, including tarask ("classical"). The formal description of this orthography is commonly understood by users of the orthography as having been specified in 1959; the subtag covers at least the 1959, 1985, 2007 academic editions of the literary norm codification specifying the orthography. This orthography is sometimes known pejoratively as "narkamauka". 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article): * Правилы беларуская арфаграфии и пунктуацыи. АН БССР, Ін-т мовазнаўства. 1959. (Pravily belaruskaja arfagrafii i punktuatsyi. Institute of linguistics of Academy of sciences of BSSR, 1959.) * Беларуская граматыка. У 2-х ч. / АН БССР, Ін-т мовазнаўства імя Я. Коласа; [Рэд. М. В. Бірыла, П. П. Шуба]. – Мн. : Навука і тэхніка, 1985. (Belarusian grammar. In 2 volumes / Institute of linguistics of Academy of sciences of BSSR ; Edited by M. V. Biryla and P. P. Shuba, Minsk, Navuka i technika, 1985.) * "Short grammar of Belarusian language", Volume 1, Minsk, 2007, published under the auspices of Institute of linguistics. This represents the 1985 edition, abridged and updated. * Фанетыка беларускай літатурнай мовы / І. Р. Бурлыка, Л. Ц. Выгонная, Г. В. Лосік, А. І. Падлужны; Рэд. А. І. Падлужны. — Мн.: Навука і тэхніка, 1989. — 335 с. ISBN 5-343-00292-7. ('The phonetics of the Belarusian literary language'.) * Тлумачальны слоўнік беларускай мовы. ('Vocabulary of Belarusian language'. This is a normative vocabulary in 5 volumes (in 1980s). There is a later edition in 1 volume, 65 thousand words, abridged and updated, published Minsk, 2005. * [Compendium 2003] Belarusian language. Linguistic compendium — Плотнікаў Б. А., Антанюк Л. А. Беларуская мова. Лінгвістычны кампендыум. — Мн.: Інтэрпрэссэрвіс, Кніжны Дом, 2003. — 672 с. ISBN 985-482-033-5, ISBN 985-428-614-2. * [Potekhina 2003] Studying the Belarusian in the environment of Belarusian-Belarusian bilinguism — Е. А. Потехина (Минск — Ольштын). Обучение белорусскому языку в условиях белорусско-белорусского двуязычия (проблемы обучения белорусскому языку как иностранному) // Исследование славянских языков и литератур в высшей школе: достижения и перспективы: Информационные материалы и тезисы докладов международной научной конференции / Под ред. В. П. Гудкова, А. Г. Машковой, С. С. Скорвида. — М.: [Филологический факультет МГУ им. М. В. Ломоносова], 2003. — 317 с. С.170—173. * [Padluzhny 1999] Linguistical problematic in terminology — Мовазнаўчая праблематыка ў тэрміналогіі // Тэорыя і практыка беларускай тэрміналогіі / Арашонкава Г. У., Булыка А. М., Люшцік У. В., Падлужны А. І.; Навук. рэд. А. І. Падлужны. — Мн.: Беларуская навука, 1999. — 175 с. ISBN 985-08-0317-7. С.128—170. * [Klimaw 2004] Клімаў І. Два стандарты беларускай літаратурнай мовы [2004?] // Мова і соцыум. (TERRA ALBA. Том ІІІ). Магілёў, ГА МТ „Брама". http://mab.org.by/ materials/publ/klimau_standards.php 6. Any other relevant information: In the modern Belarusian language there are two literary norms (cf. [Compendium 2003], [Klimaw 2004]). The "academic" (normative, literary) form, existing in a relatively unchanged form for 75 years, is taught in the state school educational system. This norm is used for the official and state uses of Belarusian language. It is defined by an Institute of Linguistics of Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Another literary norm is the "Tarashkevitsa" (also referred to as a "classical") form, and has a registered variant in the language subtag registry already. The differences are mainly in the orthography, but also in morphology, syntax, vocabulary (cf. [Klimaw 2004], [Potekhina 2003], [Padluzhny 1999]). (file created 2008-10-02)