Module:Language/name/data

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Language/name/data/doc

-- put tables and their tables together
local function __coalesce(...)
    local coalesced = {}
    for _, langslist in ipairs(arg) do
        for langcode, langnames in pairs(langslist) do
            for _, langname in pairs(langnames) do
                if not coalesced[langcode] then
                    coalesced[langcode] = {}
                end
                table.insert(coalesced[langcode], langname)
            end
        end
    end
 
    return coalesced
end

-- make the keys lowercase
local function __preprocess(t, first_of_array_in_array)
    local preprocessed = {}
    if first_of_array_in_array then
    	-- keep only the 1st language name for each code, excluding synonyms
        for k, v in pairs(t) do
            preprocessed[k:lower()] = {v[1]}
        end
    else
        for k, v in pairs(t) do
            preprocessed[k:lower()] = v
        end
    end

    return preprocessed
end

-- all valid primary language subtags for BCP47 from IANA (most of them from ISO 639-1, -2 and -3 with some exclusions)
local __iana_languages = __preprocess(require("Module:Language/data/iana languages"))
-- ISO 639-3 contains additional 3-letter codes not inserted in the IANA database as they are aliased to 2-letter codes,
-- but excludes some deleted codes still valid in BCP47 (some of them are aliased)
local __iso_639_3      = __preprocess(require("Module:Language/data/iso 639-3"))
-- Wikimedia wikis uses some non-standard codes and a subset of IANA codes, plus composite codes
local __wp_languages   = __preprocess(require("Module:Language/data/wp languages"), true)
-- all valid script subtags for BCP47 from IANA (excluding special ISO 15924 codes)
local iana_scripts     = __preprocess(require("Module:Language/data/iana scripts"))
-- all valid region subtags for BCP47 from IANA (derived from ISO 3166-1 excluding special codes, and from 3-digit UN M.49 codes for groups of countries)
local iana_regions     = __preprocess(require("Module:Language/data/iana regions"))
 
return {
    lang   = __coalesce(__wp_languages, __iana_languages, __iso_639_3),
    lang_iana = __iana_languages,
    script = iana_scripts,
    region = iana_regions
}