"nb" is for the other Norwegian dialect, apparently more widespread than Nyorsk. But then I'm not Norwegian either :)
-- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com 28.11.2010 22:16 пользователь "Marcin Orlowski" <[email protected]> написал: >> -- now i need to know if the device language is Norwegian what is the >> name of the folder that hold the file (strings.xml). > > Mandatory lecture for anyone interested: > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/providing-resources.html#AlternativeResources > which reads "The language is defined by a two-letter ISO 639-1 > language code", so ISO codes > are listed here: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php > >> i mean en_us is the value of English >> what is the value for Norwegian ?? > > Look up the ISO code, as language code is not always what one may think > it is. I.e. "Swedish" is not "se" (as I happened to think myself > wrongly as well) > but "sv".) > >> the values for Norwegian is -------------> nb > > I believe you got it wrong. "nn" is for "Norwegian Nyorsk" ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nynorsk ) > while "Norwegian" is just "no". I'd rather use "no" myself, but as > your norvegian translation > did not come out of nowhere, just ask your translator. S/he shall know > what type of norvegian was > used and if that person is native, then that would be more than perfect. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
