1Locale::Language(3)   User Contributed Perl Documentation  Locale::Language(3)
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NAME

6       Locale::Language - standard codes for language identification
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SYNOPSIS

9          use Locale::Language;
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11          $lang = code2language('en');        # $lang gets 'English'
12          $code = language2code('French');    # $code gets 'fr'
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14          @codes   = all_language_codes();
15          @names   = all_language_names();
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DESCRIPTION

18       The "Locale::Language" module provides access to standard codes used
19       for identifying languages, such as those as defined in ISO 639.
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21       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which
22       specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 639
23       two-letter codes will be used.
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SUPPORTED CODE SETS

26       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying
27       languages. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a
28       constant that is automatically exported by this module.
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30       For example, the two are equivalent:
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32          $lang = code2language('en','alpha-2');
33          $lang = code2language('en',LOCALE_LANG_ALPHA_2);
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35       The codesets currently supported are:
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37       alpha-2, LOCALE_LANG_ALPHA_2
38           This is the set of two-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 639-1,
39           such as 'he' for Hebrew.  It also includes additions to this set
40           included in the IANA language registry.
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42           This is the default code set.
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44       alpha-3, LOCALE_LANG_ALPHA_3
45           This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) bibliographic codes
46           from ISO 639-2 and 639-5, such as 'heb' for Hebrew.  It also
47           includes additions to this set included in the IANA language
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50       term, LOCALE_LANG_TERM
51           This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) terminologic codes from
52           ISO 639.
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ROUTINES

55       code2language ( CODE [,CODESET] )
56       language2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
57       language_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
58       all_language_codes ( [CODESET] )
59       all_language_names ( [CODESET] )
60       Locale::Language::rename_language  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
61       Locale::Language::add_language  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
62       Locale::Language::delete_language  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
63       Locale::Language::add_language_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
64       Locale::Language::delete_language_alias  ( NAME )
65       Locale::Language::rename_language_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
66       Locale::Language::add_language_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET]
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68       Locale::Language::delete_language_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
69           These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man
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SEE ALSO

73       Locale::Codes
74           The Locale-Codes distribution.
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76       Locale::Codes::API
77           The list of functions supported by this module.
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79       http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/
80           Source of the ISO 639-2 codes.
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82       http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-5/
83           Source of the ISO 639-5 codes.
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85       http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
86           The IANA language subtag registry.
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AUTHOR

89       See Locale::Codes for full author history.
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91       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).
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94          Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
95          Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
96          Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Sullivan Beck
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98       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
99       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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