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Languages That Need Special Care

Most languages are unambiguous: they have one name and one ID, and they are written in a single script. However, a few languages are written in several scripts, have several names, or have several variants. They are:

• Azerbaijani
• Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian
• Chinese
• Inuktitut
• Mongolian
• Norwegian
• Punjabi
• Sami
• Uzbek

When the script or the variant matters, use a language ID that contains the script (e.g., sr-Latn) or the country (e.g., sr-RS). To get the script part into the output file names, use the <multi-id> or <script-id> item in the output file pattern.

Azerbaijani

The official script of Azerbaijani is Latin, but the Cyrillic script is still used, and the Arabic script is used in Iran.

Soluling supports all scripts of Azerbaijani. The language dialog contains the following Azerbaijani languages:

Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian

These four languages are closely related and mutually intelligible. They were previously called Serbo-Croatian, but today each country uses its own name for the language. They are written in the Latin script, the Cyrillic script, or both.

The default script is in bold.

The following table contains the language IDs:

Soluling supports both the Latin and the Cyrillic script of Bosnian, Montenegrin, and Serbian. The language dialog contains the following Bosnian, Serbian, and Montenegrin languages:

Windows uses the same primary language ID (26, 0x1A) for Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian. This causes trouble if you select a country-neutral language (e.g., hr instead of hr-HR) and your application uses Windows language IDs instead of IETF language tags: hr, bs, and sr all map to the same Windows language ID, 26. To avoid this, use country-specific languages, such as hr-HR, bs-BA, and sr-RS.

Chinese

There are two written forms of Chinese: Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

The following table contains the Chinese language IDs:

Soluling supports both forms of Chinese. The language dialog contains the following Chinese languages:

Inuktitut

Inuktitut is written in two scripts in Canada: Canadian Aboriginal syllabics and Latin.

Because the plain iu does not tell the script, use an ID that contains the script.

Mongolian

Mongolian is written in the Cyrillic script in Mongolia and in the traditional Mongolian script in China.

Norwegian

There are two written forms of Norwegian: Bokmål and Nynorsk. Bokmål is the most widely used, but Nynorsk also has official status. The language IDs are:

Soluling supports all three Norwegian language IDs. The language dialog contains the following Norwegian languages:

Like Serbo-Croatian, Bokmål and Nynorsk share the same Windows primary language ID (20, 0x14). If your application uses Windows language IDs, use the country-specific languages nb-NO and nn-NO. With .NET 2.0 and 3.x, Soluling adds the country automatically (nb-NO and nn-NO) to the .NET culture name.

Punjabi

Punjabi is written in the Gurmukhi script in India and in the Shahmukhi (Arabic) script in Pakistan.

Sami

There is no single Sami language but several Sami languages, some of which are mutually unintelligible.

Soluling supports all the major Sami languages. The language dialog contains the following Sami languages:

Uzbek

The official script of Uzbek is Latin, but the Cyrillic script is still used, and the Arabic script is used in Afghanistan.

Soluling supports Latin, Cyrillic, and Arabic Uzbek. The language dialog contains the following Uzbek languages: