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0 pointsrrr_oh_man1y ago0 comments

Give me one example of a website that supports, let's say, three of the 20+ Indian languages, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Swiss French, Swiss German, Swiss Italian, and Romansh.

You will have a hard time, even on Wikipedia.

For most people, flags absolutely are the best shorthand for the language of the same name.

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bawolff1y ago

Here is the list of wikipedia languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SiteMatrix

Not to mention the software is translated into more (you can go to preferences to see the full list), wikipedia just makes the practical decision that there is no point having british, american and canadian english as separate projects, but you can chose any of them for the software interface (interestingly there are separate wikipedia projects for https://sco.wikipedia.org https://jam.wikipedia.org and https://ang.wikipedia.org)

Wikipedia has more languages then there are countries.

bdhcuidbebe1y ago

wikipedia, google translate

zmgsabst1y ago

Google Translate only supports French and French (Canada), not French (Swiss) — at least that I can see.

bdhcuidbebe1y ago

Swiss french is not as much of a distinct variation, rather a dialect very similar to Belgian french.

rrr_oh_manOP1y ago

Try arguing this with a Swiss linguist. :)

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bawolff1y ago

Here is the list of wikipedia languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:SiteMatrix

Wikipedia has more languages then there are countries.

bdhcuidbebe1y ago

wikipedia, google translate

zmgsabst1y ago

Google Translate only supports French and French (Canada), not French (Swiss) — at least that I can see.

bdhcuidbebe1y ago

Swiss french is not as much of a distinct variation, rather a dialect very similar to Belgian french.

rrr_oh_manOP1y ago

Try arguing this with a Swiss linguist. :)

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