What is IETF language tag?
An '''IETF language tag''' is a standardized [[code]] for a [[language]]. These codes also allow to specify language variants and other information. That way, it is possible to say that what is wanted is German, as it is spoken in [[Austria]]. The languages themselves usually have codes that are two or three letters long. Certain languages can use more than one [[writing system]]: [[Serbian language]] can be written with the [[Cyrillic script]], there is a version that uses [[Latin script]], and there is a version that uses [[Braille script]]. == Examples == * fr - French * fr-BE - French, as spoken in Belgium * fr-CA - French as spoken in Canada * fr-FR - French, as spoken in France * be-cyr - Belarussian, in Cryrillic script * sr - Serbian, in any script * sr -Latn Serbian, in Latin script * sr-Latn-fonapi - Serbian, in Latin script, written uing phonetic transcription (the [[International Phonetic Alphabet|International phonetic alphabet]]) * sr-Cyrl - Serbian, in Cyrillic script * zh - Chinese, written in simplified ideograms (Hans), beause that is what the standard says * yue - Cantonese (Chinese), written using standard Chinese letters (that's what the standard says; zh-yue can also be used) * cmn - Mandarin Chinese (Synonyms: zh-cmn, and zh-guoyu) * zh-Latn - Chinese, transcribed to Latin script * zh-Latn-pinyin - Chinese in Latin script, using the transcrption method Pinyin * zh-Hant - Chinese, using [[Traditional Chinese characters|traditional chinese]] letters * cmn-Hant-TW - Mandarin Chinese, using Traditional Chinese letters, as used in Taiwan {{Stub}} [[Category:Languages]]