Re: Curated list of localized language names for Firefox UI

Michal Stanke schrieb:

> I am looking at the list of languages and I need to ask. Is the language
> selector in about:preferences will be the only use for it, or there are
> other use cases for it already? As the best language name or UI label may
> differ, because:
> - Czech as a language can be translated as "čeština" (noun - name of the
> language) or "česky" (how should the software speak to you - pronoun).
> - Strictly from the view of grammar, in Czech all language names are
> general nouns, thus lowercase, the same for pronouns. Following general
> rules, both "čeština" and "česky" are not capitalized. However for UI
> labels etc. we may want to have it capitalized.

Hi Flod, hi Michal

for Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian it is similar to Czech.

Upper Sorbian:

language name (noun): hornjoserbšćina
adjective: hornjoserbski, e.g. hornjoserbska rěč "Upper Sorbian language"
adverb: hornjoserbsce. e.g. hornjoserbsce rěčeć "to speak Upper Sorbian"

Lower Sorbian:

language name (noun): dolnoserbšćina
adjective: dolnoserbski, e. g. dolnoserbska rěc "Lower Sorbian language"
adverb: dolnoserbski, e. g. dolnoserbski powědaś "to speak Lower Sorbian"

They correspond to following Czech forms:

language name (noun): čeština
adjective: český, e.g. český jazyk "Czech language"
adverb: česky, e.g. mluvit česky "to speak Czech"

Language names, adjectives and adverbs are not capitalized, as in Czech. And as in Czech, 
capitalization, however, is preferred for the GUI.

Nouns and adjectives can be inflected by gender, number and case.


Regards,

Michael





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