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The available Facebook localesLocaleLocale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ can be found using the following procedure:
Select “Facebook language” and right click on the language selection element and choose “inspect element” to open the developer tools
Find (expand if needed) the part in the htmlHTMLHTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. domain where the option list is defined. With the developer tool “edit as HTML” you can copy this list of localeLocaleLocale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ names.
The list of supported locales in Facebook on Feb 21, 2020 is the following:
The code for the Google code is used for Google’s Translation APIAPIAn API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.. The list of supported codes can be found here.
WordPress uses gettext which uses functions to select the correct plural form. The following resources can be used to identify the number of plural forms and the function.
Each locale needs at least one ISO 639 codeISO 639 codeISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify all known languages. Each language is assigned a three-letter (639-2 and 639-3) lowercase abbreviation. Some languages are also assigned a two-letter (639-1) abbreviation. New WordPress locales are added with their ISO 639-3 codes. for the language. This can be only the 639-1 code or 639-3 code or both. All available codes should be listed.