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Lingua Libre uses nor ISO 639-3 nor BCP47 but '''Wikidata Qids''' as internal identifier for a language. Currently, ISO639-3 codes are used in two cases: | Lingua Libre uses nor ISO 639-3 nor BCP47 but '''Wikidata Qids''' as internal identifier for a language. Currently, ISO639-3 codes are used in two cases: | ||
* For the name of pages containing lists in the list namespace (in the format [[List:ISO/List name]], with ISO the iso6369-3 code); | * For the name of pages containing lists in the list namespace (in the format [[List:ISO/List name]], with ISO the iso6369-3 code); | ||
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== Current languages coverage == | == Current languages coverage == | ||
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<query _pagination="20" languageLabel="English" WD="Wikidata Qid" language="LL item" isoCode="ISO 639-3" count="Records count"> | <query _pagination="20" languageLabel="English" WD="Wikidata Qid" language="LL item" isoCode="ISO 639-3" count="Records count"> | ||
select ?languageLabel ?WD ?language ?isoCode (COUNT(?record) AS ?count) | select ?languageLabel ?WD ?language ?isoCode (COUNT(?record) AS ?count) | ||
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ORDER BY DESC(?count) | ORDER BY DESC(?count) | ||
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== Switching to other code ? == | == Switching to other code ? == | ||
Changing the code would affect only those two parts of the process. If we switch from one language tag to an other, we would have to: | Changing the code would affect only those two parts of the process. If we switch from one language tag to an other, we would have to: | ||
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* [[:en:Language code#Common_schemes|Language code]] | * [[:en:Language code#Common_schemes|Language code]] | ||
* [[Help:Create your own lists]] and [[Help:Lists]] | * [[Help:Create your own lists]] and [[Help:Lists]] | ||
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Revision as of 10:40, 28 January 2019
Lingua Libre uses nor ISO 639-3 nor BCP47 but Wikidata Qids as internal identifier for a language. Currently, ISO639-3 codes are used in two cases:
- For the name of pages containing lists in the list namespace (in the format List:ISO/List name, with ISO the iso6369-3 code);
- To forge Wikimedia Commons's category names
Current languages coverage
Switching to other code ?
Changing the code would affect only those two parts of the process. If we switch from one language tag to an other, we would have to:
- Add a new property BCP47 locally as you suggested (a bot can import them from Wikidata);
- Rename all local lists (can be made by hand, we don't have many lists for now on);
- Rename all existing Wikimedia Commons categories and move all the audio recordings (a bot there is required);
Other notable codes
- BCP47 - prefered langtag in computational fields
- ISO 639-3 - most known langtag online
- Ethnologue / SIL codes (10th–14th editions)
- Glottolog codes