[OSM-talk] Nominatim and language tags

[Brian Quinion]

On 17 February 2012 13:38, Andrew Errington <a.errington at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:16:45 Brian Quinion wrote:
>> Official languages only (i.e. ones that are used on signs in that
>> country), not languages that are simply spoken in that country.
>
> 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.

Probably the correct compromise is the languages that would commonly
be used on the road sign.  Ignore the 'just sometimes that might be
this' ones.

--
 Brian