language

This module provides a dictionary of around 150 world languages.

Import

Import the dictionary to your project via the require tag:

require: language/languageEn.sc
    module = sys.zb-common

After importing the file, the following becomes available:

• the $Languages named entity dictionary;
• the $Language named entity for processing language names with patterns.

Value format

Field	Type	Description
name	String	Language name
family	String or null	Language family
group	String or null	Language group
dead	Boolean	Is it a dead language

Dictionary entry examples

17;Basque;{"name": "Basque", "family": null, "group": null, "dead": false}
107;Sami, Saami, Saame, Samic, Saamic, Lappish, Lappic, Lapp;{"name": "Sami", "family": "Uralic", "group": "Finno-Ugric", "dead": false}