** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
Assignee: Ubuntu Dutch Translators (ubuntu-l10n-nl) => Ubuntu Fryske
Oersetting (ubuntu-l10n-fy)
** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
Status: New => In Progress
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Frisian is not Western Frisian or 'West Fries'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/562369
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Status in Ubuntu Translations (internationalization and localization): In
Progress
Bug description:
In many packages the Frisian language as spoken in the Dutch province of
Friesland is often called West-Frisian or Western Frisian. This causes
confusion: there is a group of dialects in the province of North-Holland --
which has got an area that's called West-Friesland -- under the name
West-Frisian and most Frisians call their language Frisian (or 'Frysk' and
'Fries' in Frisian and Dutch).
The Dutch translation should most certainly use 'Fries' instead of 'West-Fries'
since the current translation makes the language hard to find in the 'Language
Settings' dialogue -- virtually no one uses the name 'West-Fries'.
In English I understand that 'Western Frisian' is used in order to prevent
confusion with the German dialect 'Ost Fries'. But in Dutch I would recommend
to use just plain 'Fries'.
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