Locale::Language(3p)

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. 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_CODE_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::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::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@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT
   Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
   Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
   Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Sullivan Beck

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.