Locale::Language(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Locale::Language(3pm)NAME
Locale::Language - standard codes for language identification
SYNOPSIS
use Locale::Language;
$lang = code2language('en'); # $lang gets 'English'
$code = language2code('French'); # $code gets 'fr'
@codes = all_language_codes();
@names = all_language_names();
DESCRIPTION
The "Locale::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. The ones currently supported are:
alpha-2
This is the set of two-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 639, such
as 'he' for Hebrew.
This code set is identified with the symbol "LOCALE_LANG_ALPHA_2".
This is the default code set.
alpha-3
This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) bibliographic codes
from ISO 639, such as 'heb' for Hebrew.
This code set is identified with the symbol "LOCALE_LANG_ALPHA_3".
term
This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) terminologic codes from
ISO 639.
This code set is identified with the symbol "LOCALE_LANG_TERM".
ROUTINES
code2language ( CODE [,CODESET] )
language2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
language_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
all_language_codes ( [CODESET] )
all_language_names ( [CODESET] )
Locale::Language::rename_language ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Language::add_language ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Language::delete_language ( CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Language::add_language_alias ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
Locale::Language::delete_language_alias ( NAME )
Locale::Language::rename_language_code ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Language::add_language_code_alias ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET]
)
Locale::Language::delete_language_code_alias ( CODE [,CODESET] )
These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes man page.
SEE ALSO
Locale::Codes
Locale::Constants
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/
Source of the ISO 639 codes.
AUTHOR
See Locale::Codes for full author history.
Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
Copyright (c) 2010-2011 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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