Missing some language names?

Mark Davis ☕️ mark at macchiato.com
Mon Sep 14 13:56:09 CDT 2015


There is no requirement that all language codes that are used in any CLDR
file have translations.

English names are always available as a backup in the language subtag
registry, should one desire.


Mark <https://google.com/+MarkDavis>

*— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —*

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Chapman, Christopher <
Christopher.Chapman at monotype.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
>
>
> I’m just starting to use the CLDR and I apologize if this is a naïve
> question, but should I be able to find mappings of all the language tags
> used in the CLDR to their full names in the <Languages> sections of the
> files in core/common/main (e.g. core/common/main/en.xml)?  I ask, because I
> found only some of them there, not all of them.
>
>
>
> For example, in core/common/supplemental/supplementalData.xml, I see
> entries like this:
>
>                                 <territory type="AF" gdp="45300000000"
> literacyPercent="28.1" population="31822800">           <!--Afghanistan-->
>
>                                                 <languagePopulation
> type="fa" populationPercent="50" officialStatus="official"/>
> <!--Persian-->
>
>                                                 <languagePopulation
> type="ps" populationPercent="43" officialStatus="official"
> references="R1055"/>  <!--Pashto-->
>
>                                                 <languagePopulation
> type="haz" populationPercent="5.9"/>     <!--Hazaragi-->
>
>                                                 <languagePopulation
> type="uz_Arab" populationPercent="4.7"
> officialStatus="official_regional"/>          <!--Uzbek (Arabic)-->
>
>                                                 <languagePopulation
> type="tk_Latn" populationPercent="1.7"
> officialStatus="official_regional"/>          <!--Turkmen (Latin)-->
>
>                                                 <languagePopulation
> type="prd" populationPercent="1.2"/>     <!--Parsi-Dari-->
>
>                                                 <languagePopulation
> type="bal" populationPercent="0.67"
> officialStatus="official_regional"/>          <!--Baluchi-->
>
>                                                 <languagePopulation
> type="ug_Arab" populationPercent="0.0094"
> references="R1165"/>                <!--Uyghur (Arabic)-->
>
>                                                 <languagePopulation
> type="kk_Arab" populationPercent="0.0063"
> references="R1119"/>                <!--Kazakh (Arabic)-->
>
>                                 </territory>
>
>
>
> …and in core/common/main/en.xml, I see some (but not all) of those
> language tags mapped to their English names, e.g.:
>
>                         <language type="fa">Persian</language>
>
>                         <language type="ps">Pashto</language>
>
>                         <language type="uz">Uzbek</language>
>
>                         <language type="tk">Turkmen</language>
>
>                         <language type="bal">Baluchi</language>
>
>                         <language type="ug">Uyghur</language>
>
>                         <language type="kk">Kazakh</language>
>
>
>
> Missing from that file (and missing from all the files in
> core/common/main) are entries for “haz” and “prd”.  Should they be there?
> If not, where should I find them?
>
>
>
> In case it helps, here’s the version info. from the
> core/common/main/en.xml that I’m using:
>
>                                 <version number="$Revision: 11348 $"/>
>
>                                 <generation date="$Date: 2015-03-05
> 01:15:52 -0600 (Thu, 05 Mar 2015) $"/>
>
>
>
> …and here’s the version of core/common/supplemental/supplementalData.xml
> that I’m using:
>
>     <version number="$Revision: 11318 $"/>
>
>     <generation date="$Date: 2015-02-25 23:47:56 -0600 (Wed, 25 Feb 2015)
> $"/>
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christopher
>
>
>
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