[OSM-talk] Nominatim and language tags

[Andrew Errington]

On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:16:45 Brian Quinion wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are doing some work to improve the linking of name and name:xx tags
> in nominatim (basically adding better language fall backs) but in
> order to do that we need to have a list of which OFFICIAL languages
> are used in which countries.
<snip>
> Official languages only (i.e. ones that are used on signs in that
> country), not languages that are simply spoken in that country.

Hi,

In Korea they speak Korean.  It is the only official language, however, 
roadsigns are generally written in Hangul (Korean language) and English 
(usually just Romanised Hangul, but sometimes translated).

So, do you want the official languages, or all languages on the roadsigns?  
These may not be the same.

In Korea:
Official languages: ko
All languages on the roadsigns: ko,en (sometimes zh, ja) 

Best wishes,

Andrew