NAME¶

Locale::Codes::LangFam - standard codes for language extension identification

SYNOPSIS¶

   use Locale::Codes::LangFam;
   $lext = code2langfam('apa');                 # $lext gets 'Apache languages'
   $code = langfam2code('Apache languages');    # $code gets 'apa'
   @codes   = all_langfam_codes();
   @names   = all_langfam_names();

DESCRIPTION¶

This module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language families, such as those as defined in ISO 639-5.

Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 639-5 language family codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS¶

There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language families. 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:

   $lext = code2langfam('apa','alpha');
   $lext = code2langfam('apa',LOCALE_LANGFAM_ALPHA);

The codesets currently supported are:

alpha

This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 639-5 such as 'apa' for Apache languages.

This is the default code set.

ROUTINES¶

code2langfam(CODE [,CODESET] [,'retired'])

langfam2code(NAME [,CODESET] [,'retired'])

langfam_code2code(CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2)

all_langfam_codes([CODESET] [,'retired'])

all_langfam_names([CODESET] [,'retired'])

Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam(CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET])

Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam(CODE ,NAME [,CODESET])

Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam(CODE [,CODESET])

Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_alias(NAME ,NEW_NAME)

Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_alias(NAME)

Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam_code(CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET])

Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_code_alias(CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET])

Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_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/iso639-5/id.php>

ISO 639-5 .

AUTHOR¶

See Locale::Codes for full author history.

Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT¶

   Copyright (c) 2011-2016 Sullivan Beck

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