En las aplicaciones por Internet cada vez es más popular el soportar varios idiomas a la vez. Existe una reglamentación el ISO-639 que regula el idioma. Tiene que ser dos dígitos y en minúsculas.
La lista está en : http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso639.txt
Existe otro reglamento el ISO-3166 que regula los países. Tienen que ser dos dígitos y en mayúsculas.
La lista está en : http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html
Para indicar un idioma y un país en concreto se unen los dos dígitos en minusculas del idioma y los dos dígitos del país en mayúsculas unidos por un guión _.
Varios ejemplos :
- “es_ES” Español es España.
- “ca_ES” Catalán en España.
- ‘es_MX” Español en Mexico.
Todo esto lo explico porque cada vez más se implementan los idiomas en lenguajes de programación orientados a Objetos como el JAVA , C++ y el PHP, que pueden tener la clase locale para gestionar los idiomas, dicha clase se regula según la reglamentación ISO-639 e ISO-3166.
Les dejo abajo todas las posibles combinaciones que existen entre los idiomas y los paises :
| Value |
Description |
|
Value |
Description |
| ar |
Arabic |
|
fi |
Finnish |
| ar_AE |
Arabic (United Arab Emirates) |
|
fi_FI |
Finnish (Finland) |
| ar_BH |
Arabic (Bahrain) |
|
fr |
French |
| ar_DZ |
Arabic (Algeria) |
|
fr_BE |
French (Belgium) |
| ar_EG |
Arabic (Egypt) |
|
fr_CA |
French (Canada) |
| ar_IQ |
Arabic (Iraq) |
|
fr_CH |
French (Switzerland) |
| ar_JO |
Arabic (Jordan) |
|
fr_FR |
French (France) |
| ar_KW |
Arabic (Kuwait) |
|
fr_LU |
French (Luxembourg) |
| ar_LB |
Arabic (Lebanon) |
|
hi_IN |
Hindi (India) |
| ar_LY |
Arabic (Libya) |
|
hr |
Croatian |
| ar_MA |
Arabic (Morocco) |
|
hr_HR |
Croatian (Croatia) |
| ar_OM |
Arabic (Oman) |
|
hu |
Hungarian |
| ar_QA |
Arabic (Qatar) |
|
hu_HU |
Hungarian (Hungary) |
| ar_SA |
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) |
|
id |
Indonesian |
| ar_SD |
Arabic (Sudan) |
|
is |
Icelandic |
| ar_SY |
Arabic (Syria) |
|
is_IS |
Icelandic (Iceland) |
| ar_TN |
Arabic (Tunisia) |
|
it |
Italian |
| ar_YE |
Arabic (Yemen) |
|
it_CH |
Italian (Switzerland) |
| be |
Belarusian |
|
it_IT |
Italian (Italy) |
| be_BY |
Belarusian (Belarus) |
|
iw |
Hebrew |
| bg |
Bulgarian |
|
iw_IL |
Hebrew (Israel) |
| bg_BG |
Bulgarian (Bulgaria) |
|
ja |
Japanese |
| ca |
Catalan |
|
ja_JP |
Japanese (Japan) |
| ca_ES |
Catalan (Spain) |
|
ko |
Korean |
| cs |
Czech |
|
ko_KR |
Korean (Korea) |
| cs_CZ |
Czech (Czech Republic) |
|
lt |
Lithuanian |
| da |
Danish |
|
lt_LT |
Lithuanian (Lithuania) |
| da_DK |
Danish (Denmark) |
|
lv |
Latvian |
| de |
German |
|
lv_LV |
Latvian (Latvia) |
| de_AT |
German (Austria) |
|
mk |
Macedonian |
| de_CH |
German (Switzerland) |
|
mk_MK |
Macedonian (Macedonia) |
| de_DE |
German (Germany) |
|
nl |
Dutch |
| de_LU |
German (Luxembourg) |
|
nl_BE |
Dutch (Belgium) |
| el |
Greek |
|
nl_NL |
Dutch (Netherlands) |
| el_GR |
Greek (Greece) |
|
no |
Norwegian |
| en |
English |
|
no_NO |
Norwegian (Norway) |
| en_AT |
English (Austria) |
|
no_NO_NY |
Norwegian (Norway,Nynorsk) |
| en_AU |
English (Australia) |
|
pl |
Polish |
| en_BR |
English (Brazil) |
|
pl_PL |
Polish (Poland) |
| en_CA |
English (Canada) |
|
pt |
Portuguese |
| en_CH |
English (Switzerland) |
|
pt_BR |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
| en_DE |
English (Germany) |
|
pt_PT |
Portuguese (Portugal) |
| en_DK |
English (Demark) |
|
ro |
Romanian |
| en_ES |
English (Spain) |
|
ro_RO |
Romanian (Romania) |
| en_FI |
English (Finland) |
|
ru |
Russian |
| en_FR |
English (France) |
|
ru_RU |
Russian (Russia) |
| en_GB |
English (Great Britain) |
|
sk |
Slovak |
| en_HK |
English (Hong Kong) |
|
sk_SK |
Slovak (Slovakia) |
| en_IE |
English (Ireland) |
|
sl |
Slovenian |
| en_IN |
English (India) |
|
sl_SI |
Slovenian (Slovenia) |
| en_IT |
English (Italy) |
|
sq |
Albanian |
| en_JP |
English (Japan) |
|
sq_AL |
Albanian (Albania) |
| en_KR |
English (Korea) |
|
sr |
Serbian |
| en_MX |
English (Mexico) |
|
sv |
Swedish |
| en_NL |
English (Netherlands) |
|
sv_SE |
Swedish (Sweden) |
| en_NO |
English (Norway) |
|
th |
Thai |
| en_NZ |
English (New Zealand) |
|
th_TH |
Thai (Thailand) |
| en_SE |
English (Sweden) |
|
tr |
Turkish |
| en_SG |
English (Singapore) |
|
tr_TR |
Turkish (Turkey) |
| en_TW |
English (Taiwan) |
|
uk |
Ukrainian |
| en_US |
English (United States) |
|
uk_UA |
Ukrainian (Ukraine) |
| en_ZA |
English (South Africa) |
|
vi |
Vietnamese |
| es |
Spanish |
|
vi_VN |
Vietnamese (Vietnam) |
| es_AR |
Spanish (Argentina) |
|
zh |
Chinese |
| es_BO |
Spanish (Bolivia) |
|
zh_CN |
Chinese (China) |
| es_CL |
Spanish (Chile) |
|
zh_HK |
Chinese (Hong Kong) |
| es_CO |
Spanish (Colombia) |
|
zh_TW |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
| es_CR |
Spanish (Costa Rica) |
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| es_DO |
Spanish (Dominican) |
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| es_EC |
Spanish (Ecuador) |
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| es_ES |
Spanish (Spain) |
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| es_GT |
Spanish (Guatemala) |
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| es_HN |
Spanish (Honduras) |
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| es_MX |
Spanish (Mexico) |
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| es_NI |
Spanish (Nicaragua) |
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| es_PA |
Spanish (Panama) |
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| es_PE |
Spanish (Peru) |
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| es_PR |
Spanish (Puerto Rico) |
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| es_PY |
Spanish (Paraguay) |
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| es_SV |
Spanish (El Salvador) |
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| es_UY |
Spanish (Uruguay) |
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| es_VE |
Spanish (Venezuela) |
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| et |
Estonian |
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| et_EE |
Estonian (Estonia) |
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