Language codes especially en-uk or en-gb

[Benoni]

Does anyone know of a list of language codes?
Also some sources say en-uk is the english british language and others say en-gb. Could someone please tell me which is correct.

[96turnerri]

en-uk is the correct one

[Charles]

Originally posted by 96turnerri
en-uk is the correct one And the authority for that is?

[hammerslane]

seems to me that they both work :confused: - there are multiple tutorials stating that both en-gb and en-uk both work... and apparently it's a good idea to set the language so that visually impaired users can have the text read out on a program :)

[96turnerri]

well for one what does gb stand for great britain right?? well what is great britain? tell me?

[hammerslane]

erm... england ireland scotland wales? :confused: i suggest you definitely use en-uk ;)
altho i'm pretty sure gb does something..

[96turnerri]

yeah but theres no such thing a gb anymore, so i am thinking that it will be phased out so personlaly i would use en-uk

[Charles]

Originally posted by 96turnerri
yeah but theres no such thing a gb anymore, so i am thinking that it will be phased out so personlaly i would use en-uk You can't just use what ever two characters seem best to you, you have to use the regestered symbols. For languages see http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html. And so I ask you again, what is your authority for your claim that "en-uk" is correct?

[96turnerri]

look around and u will find that most authorities will say ues en-uk

[Charles]

Originally posted by 96turnerri
look around and u will find that most authorities will say ues en-uk Well then cite me an authority. Or are you just making things up?

[hammerslane]

ok i know nothing but facts in this thread will matter... but if you look here (http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html) then you'll find it's down as en-gb (that list is from the "ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency" whoever the hell they are)... but that page is linked to by the W3C (http://www.w3.org/International/O-misc-iso3166.html), so it seems to be factual.
en-gb is more widely used than en-uk, although en-uk is used by alot of people.

[Charles]

The ISO is about as authoritive as it gets. We now know the proper thing to use is "em-gb".

[hammerslane]

Originally posted by Charles
The ISO is about as authoritive as it gets. We now know the proper thing to use is "eM-gb". "eN-gb" (just so it doesn't confuse anyone) :)

[Fang]

It's the ISO 639.1 and .2 you should use and not the ISO 3166.
Read through the language code recommendations (http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-lang-2or3.html) from the W3C.

[Charles]

Its my understanding that ISO 639 only specifies how the system is going to work and doesn't actually list anything.

[Fang]

ISO 639.1 and .2 (http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langcodes.html)

[Charles]

Those are the language codes, we're trying to find the offical list of country codes. I've been trying to find the thing for quite some time now.

[Fang]

That would be ISO 3166 country codes (http://www.w3.org/International/O-misc-iso3166.html), unfortunately some users use a country code when they need a language code.

[Benoni]

Thanks very much.
I will use en-gb, though I am still partialy confused by the number of sources stating one or the other or both.
Thanks again
Benoni

[Fang]

The format is:
language code(639-1 or 639-2 if 639-1 code doesn't exist)-country code(3166 )[optional]
en English
en-GB English Great Britian
cy-GB Welsh Great Britian

or a registered code (3066 (http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-tags))
en-GB-oed English, Oxford English Dictionary spelling
i-klingon Klingon

[Benoni]

en-gb is also what IE says it should be under 'languages' in 'Internet Options' - not that Microsoft is got - but they don't even list en-uk and it would be a bit stupid if they had it wrong - though that is not unlikly for MS.
Benoni