Re: Language subtags (aliases)

Why are we even having all these aliases? In most cases it should be
sufficient with the base language alone.

Language tags may contain all sorts of subtags, with the subtags
changing relatively frequently. Having each and every possible
combination listed isn't very realistic.

See
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-ltru-4646bis
and
http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry

An convoluted example (copy-pasted)

   en-Latn-GB-boont-r-extended-sequence-x-private

   English language
   in Latin script
   As used in the United Kingdom region
   With Boontling jargon
   With extension "r" "extended" & "sequence" properties
   With a application-defined private property "private"

which for most purposes is equal to

   en-GB

which for most purposes is satisfied by

   en

Regards
Henrik

ons 2009-08-05 klockan 18:36 +1200 skrev Amos Jeffries:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> revno: 9884
> committer: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
> branch nick: trunk
> timestamp: Wed 2009-08-05 18:36:33 +1200
> message:
> Author: Peter Pramberger <peter_at_pramberger.at>
> Languages: many more language dialects
> modified:
> errors/aliases
> vanligt textdokument-bilaga (r9884.diff)
> === modified file 'errors/aliases'
> --- a/errors/aliases 2009-07-29 02:21:06 +0000
> +++ b/errors/aliases 2009-08-05 06:36:33 +0000
> @@ -3,20 +3,21 @@
> bg bg-bg
> cs cs-cz
> da da-dk
> -de de-de
> +de de-at de-ch de-de de-li de-lu
> el el-gr
> -en en-au en-ca en-gb en-in en-nz en-sg en-tt en-uk en-us en-za
> -es es-ar es-pe es-es
> +en en-au en-bz en-ca en-gb en-ie en-in en-jm en-nz en-ph en-sg en-tt en-uk en-us en-za en-zw
> +es es-ar es-bo es-cl es-co es-cr es-do es-ec es-es es-gt es-hn es-mx es-ni es-pa es-pe es-pr es-py es-sv es-uy es-ve
> et et-ee
> +fa fa-fa fa-ir
> fi fi-fi
> -fr fr-fr
> +fr fr-be fr-ca fr-ch fr-fr fr-lu fr-mc
> he he-il
> hu hu-hu
> hy hy-am
> id id-id
> -it it-it
> +it it-ch it-it
> ja ja-jp
> -ko ko-kr
> +ko ko-kp ko-kr
> lt lt-lt
> lv lv-lv
> ms ms-my
> @@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
> ru ru-ru
> sk sk-sk
> sr sr-sp
> -sv sv-se
> +sv sv-fi sv-se
> th th-th
> tr tr-tr
> uk uk-ua
>
Received on Wed Aug 05 2009 - 09:26:28 MDT