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Locale::Codes::Language(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Locale::Codes::Language(3perl)
NAME
Locale::Codes::Language - standard codes for language identification
SYNOPSIS
use Locale::Codes::Language;
$lang = code2language('en'); # $lang gets 'English'
$code = language2code('French'); # $code gets 'fr'
@codes = all_language_codes();
@names = all_language_names();
DESCRIPTION
The "Locale::Codes::Language" module provides access to standard codes used for
identifying languages, such as those as defined in ISO 639.
Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to
use. If not specified, the default ISO 639 two-letter codes will be used.
SUPPORTED CODE SETS
There are several different code sets you can use for identifying languages. A code set
may be specified using either a name, or a constant that is automatically exported by this
module.
For example, the two are equivalent:
$lang = code2language('en','alpha-2');
$lang = code2language('en',LOCALE_LANG_ALPHA_2);
The codesets currently supported are:
alpha-2, LOCALE_LANG_ALPHA_2
This is the set of two-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 639-1, such as 'he' for
Hebrew. It also includes additions to this set included in the IANA language
registry.
This is the default code set.
alpha-3, LOCALE_LANG_ALPHA_3
This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) bibliographic codes from ISO 639-2 and
639-5, such as 'heb' for Hebrew. It also includes additions to this set included in
the IANA language registry.
term, LOCALE_LANG_TERM
This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) terminologic codes from ISO 639.
ROUTINES
code2language ( CODE [,CODESET] )
language2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
language_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
all_language_codes ( [CODESET] )
all_language_names ( [CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Language::rename_language ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Language::add_language ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Language::delete_language ( CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Language::add_language_alias ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
Locale::Codes::Language::delete_language_alias ( NAME )
Locale::Codes::Language::rename_language_code ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Language::add_language_code_alias ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Language::delete_language_code_alias ( CODE [,CODESET] )
These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.
SEE ALSO
Locale::Codes
The Locale-Codes distribution.
Locale::Codes::API
The list of functions supported by this module.
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/
Source of the ISO 639-2 codes.
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-5/
Source of the ISO 639-5 codes.
http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
The IANA language subtag registry.
AUTHOR
See Locale::Codes for full author history.
Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck AT cpan.org).
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Sullivan Beck
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.
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