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'''Language code in locale name:''' | |||
Some of them are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolanguage macrolanguages]. | |||
(e.g. 'ar' for Arabic; 'zh' for Chinese) | |||
In some countries, languages under a macrolanguage must share (or compete for) the only one locale name. | |||
For the reason of equality, it would be better to use ISO 639-3 instead of ISO 639-1. | |||
(e.g. 'ar' becomes 'arb' but not 'ara'; 'zh' becomes 'cmn' but not 'zho') |
Revision as of 13:08, 2 December 2008
Language code in locale name:
Some of them are macrolanguages.
(e.g. 'ar' for Arabic; 'zh' for Chinese)
In some countries, languages under a macrolanguage must share (or compete for) the only one locale name.
For the reason of equality, it would be better to use ISO 639-3 instead of ISO 639-1.
(e.g. 'ar' becomes 'arb' but not 'ara'; 'zh' becomes 'cmn' but not 'zho')