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ISO-639-3-0.03
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NAME

ISO::639::3 - Language codes and names from ISO::639

VERSION

Version 0.03

SYNOPSIS

The module provides simple functions for retrieving language names and codes from the ISO-639 standards. The main purpose is to convert between different variants of codes and to get the English names of languages from codes. The module contains basic functions. There is no object-oriented interface. All functions can be exported.

    use ISO::639::3 qw/:all/;

    print convert_iso639( 'iso639-1', 'fra' );
    print convert_iso639( 'iso639-3', 'de' );
    print convert_iso639( 'name', 'fa' );

    print get_iso639_1( 'deu' );
    print get_iso639_3( 'de' );
    print get_language_name( 'de' );
    print get_language_name( 'eng' );
    print get_macro_language( 'yue' );

The module can be run as a script:

  perl ISO/639/3.pm [OPTIONS] LANGCODE*

This converts all language codes given as LANGCODE to corresponding language names. OPTIONS can be set to convert between different variants of language codes or to convert from language names to codes.

OPTIONS

  -2: convert to two-letter code (ISO 639-1)
  -3: convert to three-letter code (ISO 639-3)
  -m: convert to three-letter code but return the macro-language if available (ISO 639-3)
  -n: don't print a final new line
  -k: keep original code if no mapping is found

SUBROUTINES

$converted = convert_iso639( $type, $id )

Convert the language code or language name given in $id. The $type specifies the output type that is generated. Possible types are iso639-1 (two-letter code), iso639-3 (three-letter-code), macro (three-letter code of the corresponding macro language) or name (language name). Default is to return the language name.

$iso639_1 = get_iso639_1( $id )

Return the ISO 639-1 code for a given language or three-letter code. Returns the same code if it is a ISO 639-1 code or 'xx' if it is not recognized.

$iso639_3 = get_iso639_3( $id )

Return the ISO 639-3 code for a given language or any ISO 639 code. Returns 'xxx' if the code is not recognized.

$macro_language = get_macro_language( $id )

Return the ISO 639-3 code of the macro language for a given language or any ISO 639 code. Returns 'xxx' if the code is not recognized.

$language = get_language_name( $id )

Return the name of the language that corresponds to the given language code (any ISO639 code)

AUTHOR

Joerg Tiedemann, <tiedemann at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-iso-639-3 at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=ISO-639-3. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc ISO::639::3

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The language codes are taken from SIL International https://iso639-3.sil.org. Please, check the terms of use listed at https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_tables/download_tables. The current version uses the UTF-8 tables distributed in iso-639-3_Code_Tables_20200130.zip from that website. This module adds some non-standard codes that are not specified in the original tables to be compatible with some ad-hoc solutions in some resources and tools.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

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