Locale::Codes::LangFam(3pm)

NAME
Locale::Codes::LangFam - standard codes for language extension identification

SYNOPSIS
   use Locale::Codes::LangFam;

   $lext = code2langfam('apa');                 # $lext gets 'Apache languages'
   $code = langfam2code('Apache languages');    # $code gets 'apa'

   @codes   = all_langfam_codes();
   @names   = all_langfam_names();

DESCRIPTION
The "Locale::Codes::LangFam" module provides access to standard codes used for identifying language families, such as those as defined in ISO 639-5.

Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 639-5 language family codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS
There are several different code sets you can use for identifying language families. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a constant that is automatically exported by this module.

For example, the two are equivalent:

   $lext = code2langfam('apa','alpha');
   $lext = code2langfam('apa',LOCALE_LANGFAM_ALPHA);

The codesets currently supported are:

alpha
    This is the set of three-letter (lowercase) codes from ISO 639-5 such as 'apa' for Apache languages.

    This is the default code set.

ROUTINES

code2langfam ( CODE [,CODESET] )
langfam2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
langfam_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
all_langfam_codes ( [CODESET] )
all_langfam_names ( [CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_alias  ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_alias  ( NAME )
Locale::Codes::LangFam::rename_langfam_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangFam::add_langfam_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::LangFam::delete_langfam_code_alias  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
    These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

Locale::Codes
    The Locale-Codes distribution.

Locale::Codes::API
    The list of functions supported by this module.

http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-5/id.php
    ISO 639-5 .

AUTHOR
See Locale::Codes for full author history.

Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT
   Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Sullivan Beck

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.