@@ -5580,18 +5580,20 @@ Identifying the Content Writing System</h2>
55805580 and should therefore be typeset similar to Chinese
55815581 rather than modern Korean.
55825582
5583+ <!-- Tagging the Writing System -->
5584+
55835585 In [[HTML]] or any other <a>document language</a> using [[BCP47]] to declare the [=content language=] ,
5584- authors can indicate the use of an atypical writing system
5586+ authors can disambiguate or indicate the use of an atypical writing system
55855587 with script subtags.
55865588 For example, to indicate use of the Latin writing system
55875589 for languages which don't natively use it,
55885590 the <code> -Latn</code> script subtag can be added,
55895591 e.g. <code> ja-Latn</code> for Japanese romaji.
5590- Other subtags exist for other writing systems:
5591- see [[BCP47]] , [[ISO15924]] , and the <a href="http://unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924-codes.html">ISO15924 script tag registry</a> .
5592- Some common/historical examples follow:
5592+ Other subtags exist for other writing systems,
5593+ see [[ISO15924]] and the <a href="http://unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924-codes.html">ISO15924 script tag registry</a> .
55935594
55945595 <div class="example">
5596+ Some common/historical examples of using [[BCP47]] tags with script subtags:
55955597 <dl>
55965598 <dt><code> zh-Latn</code>
55975599 <dd> Chinese, written in Latin transcription.
@@ -5611,6 +5613,8 @@ Identifying the Content Writing System</h2>
56115613 <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/">“Language tags in HTML and XML”</a>
56125614 and <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-choosing-language-tags">“Choosing a Language Tag”</a> .
56135615
5616+ <!-- Assuming the Writing System -->
5617+
56145618 When no writing system is explicitly indicated,
56155619 UAs should assume the most common writing system
56165620 of the declared <a>content language</a>
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