ShortStat languages
Updated Jul 27, please download the file again. Read comments for more information.
There are several spelling mistakes in the original ShortStat languages file, such as: United Satates, Swedish/Findland. Some language names were written incorrectly, for example, Slovack instead of Slovak and Faeroese instead of Faroese. One major language, Arabic, was missing completely.
I have updated the file and it can be downloaded at www.nomadig.com/downloads/languages_php_replacement.txt. Change the name of the file to languages.php and upload it to your site, replacing the old version of the file.
If you are interested in adding new languages to the file, study ISO 639 language codes and check the correct spelling with alternatives from www.ethnologue.com.
1. Matthew Pennell — Thursday, Jul 22 2004
Did you figure out what the non-country names were supposed to be (e.g. “th”)?
2. Janne Kalliola — Thursday, Jul 22 2004
I’m not sure what you mean with ‘non-country names’. I checked th, and found out (from ISO 639) that it is Thai language. The languages.php contained ts for Thai, so I changed the file again.
The ISO 639 standard contains names for the languages, not for countries.
3. Matthew Pennell — Thursday, Jul 22 2004
Yeah, that’s what I meant - the entries that weren’t sensible names.
Now all I have to do is figure out who is reading my site from Thailand… ;)
4. Stuart — Tuesday, Jul 27 2004
Hi Janne. A big “thank you” for the new language file which I’ve now installed. As I went through it I spotted that you have “English/Australian” which I think should read “English/Australia”. I also had a hit from “nl-nl” which isn’t in the list at all. I’ve added it in as “Dutch/Netherlands”. Hope that’s correct. Whilst I’m here what on earth is “Internet Explorer/Easter Egg”?
5. Janne Kalliola — Tuesday, Jul 27 2004
Stuart, thanks for the comments. I corrected Australian -> Australia and added Dutch/Netherlands.
Some information about the easter egg can be found at http://www.eeggs.com/items/733.html
6. Stuart — Tuesday, Jul 27 2004
Oh right. Thanks. I don’t use IE if at all possible so I don’t think I’ll try it out.