On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 at 23:14, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Would "language:en=yes" be enough for the mainland USA? Or > "language:en=main"; "langauge:en=majority"? > I was wondering the same thing for Australia? The official language is English so the level 2 (1 ?) admin zone would be tagged language:en=yes The states would also be en=yes, as that is what is spoken in all the cities & towns of any size, but when you get down to all the small Aboriginal & Torres Straight Island communities it all changes I still would like a way to specify that a language is the native langauge > of that particular places. I believe many Indonesians would appreciate a > way to specify that their local language is the main means of communication > in their village or district, even if Indonesian is the official language, > for example. > > Is there a preferred British English terminology for this? > language:xx=local; language:xx=native; language:xx=indigenous? > Out of those options, I think I'd go for =local, as the others could have negative connotations? I speak with a couple of people on other forums, one who manages the stores in some of these communities in the Northern Territory & Western Australia, & the other was Head Nurse in a local hospital, so I'll bounce the question of them & report back. Thanks Graeme
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