[OSM-talk] Nominatim and language tags

[Steve Doerr]

On 17/02/2012 14:08, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:

> What is the "official language"? This is not always unambigous for 
> every part of the national territory. Even in Germany with few 
> minorities there are exceptions (e.g. [1] de: "Mittlerweile lautet der 
> § 184 des Gerichtsverfassungsgesetzes: „Die Gerichtssprache ist 
> deutsch. Das Recht der Sorben, in den Heimatkreisen der sorbischen 
> Bevölkerung vor Gericht sorbisch zu sprechen, ist gewährleistet.“ -> 
> In areas with a majority of Sorbs [2] they have the right to speak 
> Sorbian at court). cheers, Martin [1] 
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorben#Rechtliche_Grundlagen [2] 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbs 
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What they're actually looking for is the language which mappers usually 
use for the unqualified name tag: 'Please do not list all languages used 
in a country only the official language that would be used by the "name" 
tag.' (as is says on the wiki page).