FOR ARCHIVING: Registration form for 'lws' (extlang)

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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: extlang
Subtag: lws
Description: Malawian Sign Language
Preferred-Value: lws
Prefix: sgn

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
2018-01-23, adding the code element 'lws' for Malawian Sign Language.
Both a primary language subtag and an extended language subtag were
added for this code element.

For more information on the ISO 639-3 change, refer to:
http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/639-3_ChangeRequests_2017_Summary.pdf