IETF language tag
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A language tag consists of a sequence of hyphen-separated ''subtags'', which define and refine the language. | A language tag consists of a sequence of hyphen-separated ''subtags'', which define and refine the language. | ||
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* RFC 3066: Tags for the Identification of Languages | * RFC 3066: Tags for the Identification of Languages | ||
* RFC 4646: Tags for Identifying Languages | * RFC 4646: Tags for Identifying Languages | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[ISO 3166-1 country code]] | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 20:20, 7 October 2016
An IETF language tag is a standard identifier for a human language or dialect. It is a short string of text; an example is "en-US".
A language tag consists of a sequence of hyphen-separated subtags, which define and refine the language.
Registration of subtags is handled by IANA. Language tags are no longer registered directly.
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Specifications
- RFC 5646: Tags for Identifying Languages
- RFC 4647: Matching of Language Tags
- BCP 47: Tags for Identifying Languages
Obsolete RFCs
- RFC 1766: Tags for the Identification of Languages
- RFC 3066: Tags for the Identification of Languages
- RFC 4646: Tags for Identifying Languages
See also
Links
- IANA Protocol Registries, "Language Tags" section
- Wikipedia: IETF language tag
- Wikipedia: ISO 639
- langtag.net
