[Plone-i18n] Re: Can't get language name to come up in the Allowed Languages list

[Dennis J <den...@ly...>]

Thanks Alex, it  worked.

Re: non-standard language code. -- I confess I made it up, to demo a 
proof-of-concept.

However, there is an issue here. What do people suggest? What if I 
changed my original dubious 'au-ar' code to 'aus-AER', a hybrid of the 
ISO and Ethnologue codes?

The ISO  code of 'aus' covers 258 languages. The Summer Institute of 
Linguistics have their own more specific coding (Ethnologue codes) for 
each of those 258 languages.

More research on this below...

thanks

Dennis

About 50 of the 258 (ISO 639-2) 'aus' languages might still be spoken, 
some with only one or two speakers. A reasonable number have a modern 
tradition of literacy. Eg in my area of Alice Springs, I can immediately 
think of 8 languages with writing  sytems. This question of codes has 
the potential to come up with any, or all, of them. There are also quite 
a few similar such written languages in other parts of Australia.

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_iso639.asp?code=aus

ISO 639 Code:	aus
    ISO 639-2:	aus
English: 	Australian languages
French: 	australiennes, langues

The code 'aus' is classified in ISO 639 as a collective language code. 
It encompasses all the related languages that comprise the members of a 
single genetic subgroup.

It is mapped to the following subgroup in the Ethnologue's genetic 
classification system:

     * Australian

The code thus encompasses a group of 258 languages from the Ethnologue.

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=AER

ARRERNTE, EASTERN: a language of Australia
SIL code:	AER
ISO 639-2:	aus

Population: 	1,500 to 2,000 (1995 Neil Broad).
Region: 	Northern Territory, Alice Springs area, Santa Teresa, Harts Range.
Alternate names:   	EASTERN ARANDA, ARUNTA
Classification: 	Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Arandic, Urtwa.
Comments: 	Related to Mparntwe Arrernte, Alyawarr, Arrernte Akarre, 
Anmatyerre, Kaytetye, Western Arrarnta. English bilingual program in 
operation at the school at Santa Teresa. Dictionary. Grammar. SOV. 
(Subject Object Verb) Literacy rate in first language: 10%. Literacy 
rate in second language: 50%.

Alexander Limi wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:36:14 +0000 (UTC), Dennis J  
> <de...@fa...> wrote:
> 
>> I have a very sketchy .po file  for the Arrernte language spoken
>>  around Alice Springs in the centre of Australia.
>>
>> I can't get the file to come up in the Allowed Languages list
>>  in the Language Settings part of the Plone Setup.
>> ( "Plone Setup/Language Settings" page )
>>
>> It also does not come up in the Default Language list on the
>>  "Plone Setup/Portal Settings" page.
> 
> 
> It probably needs to be added to the list of existing languages, it 
> might  be missing.
> 
> Check your PloneLanguageTool/available_languages.py file and try to add 
> an  entry under "combined". Restart Plone and make sure the Language 
> settings  allow combined language codes.
> 
> I don't think "au-ar" is an approved language code (I haven't seen it 
> in  any lists), but you can add it and see if it works.
>