IETF language tag

An IETF language tag is a standardized code for a language. These codes also allow to specify language variants and other information. That way, it is possible to say that what is wanted is German, as it is spoken in Austria. The languages themselves usually have codes that are two or three letters long. Certain languages can use more than one writing system: Serbian language can be written with the Cyrillic script, there is a version that uses Latin script, and there is a version that uses Braille script.

 Examples 

 fr - French
 fr-BE - French, as spoken in Belgium
 fr-CA - French as spoken in Canada
 fr-FR - French, as spoken in France
 be-cyr - Belarussian, in Cryrillic script
 sr  - Serbian, in any script
 sr -Latn Serbian, in Latin script
 sr-Latn-fonapi - Serbian, in Latin script, written uing phonetic transcription (the International phonetic alphabet)
 sr-Cyrl - Serbian, in Cyrillic script
 zh  - Chinese, written in simplified ideograms (Hans), beause that is what the standard says
 yue  - Cantonese (Chinese), written using standard Chinese letters (that's what the standard says; zh-yue can also be used)
 cmn  - Mandarin Chinese (Synonyms:  zh-cmn, and zh-guoyu)
 zh-Latn - Chinese, transcribed to Latin script
 zh-Latn-pinyin - Chinese in  Latin script, using the transcrption method Pinyin
 zh-Hant - Chinese, using traditional chinese letters
 cmn-Hant-TW - Mandarin Chinese, using Traditional Chinese letters, as used in Taiwan

Category:Languages