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langcodes_normalize_parse_display_language_tags.py

python

Normalizes language tags, parses them into objects, and provides human-readabl

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langcodes_normalize_parse_display_language_tags.py
1import langcodes
2
3# Parse a language tag to normalize it
4tag = langcodes.standardize_tag('en-latn-us')
5print(f"Standardized tag: {tag}")  # Output: en-Latn-US
6
7# Create a Language object for more detailed information
8lang = langcodes.get('zh-Hant')
9print(f"Language name in English: {lang.display_name()}")  # Output: Chinese (Traditional)
10print(f"Language name in French: {lang.display_name('fr')}")  # Output: chinois (traditionnel)
11
12# Check for subtag details
13print(f"Language part: {lang.language}")  # Output: zh
14print(f"Script part: {lang.script}")      # Output: Hant
15
16# Compare languages (checks for mutual intelligibility/matching)
17print(langcodes.tag_match('en-US', 'en-GB'))  # Output: 10 (on a scale of 0-10)