ISO codes?

[pouncer]

i use a chat server where we can set iso codes for our rooms, so

 

en-gb is English great britain

 

but how do i set other languages like french, or spanish or something, the format must be like

 

xx-yy

[Daniel0]

Are you looking for the ISO 639-1 codes?

[pouncer]

Thanks but theres something i don't understand

 

en-gb

 

that means, english-great britain?

 

so we specfiy like this?

 

language-country

 

so is it possible to have

 

fr-gb

 

french/great britain?

 

i'm a bit confused about the syntax and stuff guys!

[Daniel0]

No, there is no such thing as fr-gb or es-de or ja-fr or whatever...

 

Or perhaps you're looking for the IETF language code and not ISO? It has the syntax you are requesting... first a required ISO-639(-1) language code optionally followed by a dash and a ISO-3166 country code. It's mentioned in RFC 2612 Section 3.10 Language Tags and in the HTML specification.

[neylitalo]

Thanks but theres something i don't understand

 

en-gb

 

that means, english-great britain?

 

so we specfiy like this?

 

language-country

 

so is it possible to have

 

fr-gb

 

french/great britain?

 

i'm a bit confused about the syntax and stuff guys!

 

When you have a ISO code xx-yy, the first two are the abbreviation for the name of the language, and the second two is an abbreviation for the country that particular dialect is used in. In the case of English, there's en-us and en-gb, since they're two different "forms" of the English language, one in the US and one in Great Britain.