[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] Add English names to Select Language dialog (PR #6313)

[Minh Nguyễn]

@1ec5 commented on this pull request.



> +        <small lang="en" class="english_name d-block text-secondary">
+          <%= language[:english_name] %>
+        </small>

We use [`Intl.DisplayNames`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/DisplayNames) elsewhere to show an arbitrary language’s name in the currently active language:

https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/blob/c0debf6a95e87994c195e7ea7f6db39180cfaea4/app/assets/javascripts/index/element.js#L114

If an English speaker flips to Marathi out of curiosity, this change helps them find it by the English name, and they’ll also be able to switch back to English easily, because the main link text will always say “English”. Then they can go to any other language using the English name again. However, a Greek speaker won’t have the same luxury of finding Marathi by the Greek name without recognizing Marathi’s writing system or language code.

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