[OSM-newbies] Name in two languages

[Dave Stubbs]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM, H. S. Rai <hardeep.rai at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to name a place in two languages (Say Hindi or Punjabi
> and English) and get it rendered or view map in language of one's
> choice? If yes, pointer to example or tutorial will be helpful.
>


To enter a name in multiple languages do:

  name:<language-code>=<name>

so
  name:en=English Name
  name:hi=हिंदी
  name:pa=ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
  name=Default name


For actual renderings of these someone will need to render a special map.
There's a map of the UK in Welsh here for example:
http://sucs.org/~rollercow/cyosm/

Dave