localization - What are most actual locale & language ISO standards nowdays? -
can't iso standards actual nowadays locales , languages. can find such info?
i want standardize languages , locales in project.
i found 639 standard languages, it said obsolete. should use 639-1 then? should use iso 3166-2 country codes then, make locales myself?
iso 639 way go language codes: 'superset' of standards language codes different lengths. two-letter language codes, example, can found in iso 639-1. have decide if iso 639-1 covers languages need or not: if not, switch iso 639-2 or 639-3 (although iso 639-3 not cover languages in world yet).
the 'obsolete' info saw refers list kept on w3c website: language codes change time time.
see this question more detailed answer - although not agree details given there.
to build locale combine language , country code (from iso 3166), suggested. 2 letter codes more common 3 letter codes: use them if support locales need.
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