On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > Compiling the attached document gives the following error on TeX Live 2013: > > luatex-hyphen: no entry in language.dat.lua for this language: bahasa > > After changing the language to "indonesian", it compiles fine. > > Should bahasa be a synonym for indonesian? > > This thread seems relevant: > http://tug.org/mailman/htdig/tex-hyphen/2011-January/000732.html
Hi, I tried to collect information through different websites now. We have a slightly related situation with "Norwegian" where "Norwegian" itself is not a language, but a common word for two languages, Nynorsk and Bokmål. Nowadays "norwegian" is a synonym for "bokmal", but for purely historical/compatibility reasons, other than the fact that the patterns actually cover both languages. Now, I understand there are plenty different languages spoken there, but the local name of the official language is "Bahasa Indonesia". The problem is that according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa: >>>> Bahasa, Bhasa, Basa, or Phasa is the word for "language" in many Asian >>>> languages, which derives from the Sanskrit word भाषा bhāṣā "spoken >>>> language". In many modern languages in South Asia and Southeast Asia which >>>> have been influenced by Sanskrit or Pali, bahasa and cognate words are now >>>> used to mean "language" in general. It may refer to: Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Sūg, Bahasa Betawi, Bahasa Ciacia, Myanma bhasa, Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia, Bahasa Malaysia Kod Tangan Bahasa, Bahasa gaul / Bahasa prokem ... (and a few others where it's written slightly different like Basa Sunda). <<<< Now, unless the patterns are valid for all the listed languages, I find it hard to justify making "bahasa" a synonym for the official Indonesian language only. But lacking any local first-hand knowledge about the language, you may argue/explain why such a change would be important and why it wouldn't be discriminatory towards other Asian langugage to make "bahasa" a synonym for "Bahasa Indonesia" only. Mojca
