Languages

The languages module provides functionality to access data about languages that is not bound to a given locale.

Official Languages

babel.languages.get_official_languages(territory, regional=False, de_facto=False)

Get the official language(s) for the given territory.

The language codes, if any are known, are returned in order of descending popularity.

If the regional flag is set, then languages which are regionally official are also returned.

If the de_facto flag is set, then languages which are “de facto” official are also returned.

警告

Note that the data is as up to date as the current version of the CLDR used by Babel. If you need scientifically accurate information, use another source!

参数

• territory (str) – Territory code

• regional (bool) – Whether to return regionally official languages too

• de_facto (bool) – Whether to return de-facto official languages too

返回

Tuple of language codes

返回类型

tuple[str]

babel.languages.get_territory_language_info(territory)

Get a dictionary of language information for a territory.

The dictionary is keyed by language code; the values are dicts with more information.

The following keys are currently known for the values:

• population_percent: The percentage of the territory’s population speaking the

  language.

• official_status: An optional string describing the officiality status of the language.

  Known values are “official”, “official_regional” and “de_facto_official”.

警告

Note that the data is as up to date as the current version of the CLDR used by Babel. If you need scientifically accurate information, use another source!

注解

Note that the format of the dict returned may change between Babel versions.

See https://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/latest/supplemental/territory_language_information.html

参数

territory (str) – Territory code

返回

Language information dictionary

返回类型

dict[str, dict]