Language Selector

Question

I need to integrate a language selector in my app with 2 ones:

• Spanish
• Basque

I have two options, adding "Spanish / Basque" but, in responsive I need the prefixes, but I'm unable to find the contraction. I know that Spanish is "ESP", but Basque? I think It's EUS (Basque is Euskera in spanish).

Answer 1

Depending on the type of code you are using there are a few possibilities. In general I find that the ISO 639 codes are used most of the time.

If you want to use those codes then the options would be the following

• Spanish: es or spa
• Basque: eu, eus or baq

Usually, in code (!) and not UI's, these are also used in combination with the ISO country code. For Spain this would mean you end up with these:

• Spanish: ES-es or ES-spa
• Basque: ES-eu, ES-eus or ES-baq

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_3166_country_codes

Has link to the original reference which is less pretty to read :-)

Answer 2

• Spanish could be ESP or SPA (find out which one is a better fit for your users).

• Basque could be BAQ or EUS (make sure you select what the Basque population would recognise).

  Important: I would use EUS short for Euskera only if the Basques recognise Euskera as Basque. Remember that you are providing the language option for the Basque population not the Spanish speaking one.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language

https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/langcodes_name.php?code_ID=47