[OSM-talk] Local language help

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

This was exactly my point. That it is a sensitive topic. And it may be 
unclear to people who live in a national state with a single official 
language.
That is why I provided the texts of articles, to illustrate that there 
is a multi-language historical equilibrium reflected it the official 
documents.
Best regards,
Oleksiy

On 10.05.18 11:35, Marc Gemis wrote:
> Don't you think that Belgians like Jo and the rest of the Belgian
> community know best what the default language is in a certain area ?
> This can be a pretty sensitive topic, which is not always easy to
> understand by outsiders. So please let the Belgian community decide
> the default language without pointing us to our constitution.
>
>
> regards
>
> m. (from Belgium)
>
>
> p.s. Besides those areas you mention we also have Municipalities with
> facilities [1]
>
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_with_language_facilities
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Oleksiy Muzalyev
> <oleksiy.muzalyev at bluewin.ch> wrote:
>> On 09.05.18 07:46, Jo wrote:
>>> The whole country has 3 official languages. In the north nl is the
>>> official language, in the south fr. And a small area in the east is de.
>>> Brussels is officially bilingual. Hence all names there will be a
>>> combination of fr - nl.
>>>
>>> Normally I would expect Belgium to not have default_language set. You may
>>> have to keep a list of countries where it only makes sense to look at the
>>> next smaller geographic regions.
>>>
>>> I expect the same goes for Switzerland (whole country 3-4 official
>>> languages, but at the next geographic level it is clear which language is
>>> spoken/official for which region).
>>>
>>> I think in most multilingual countries the regions are not so clearly
>>> defined.
>>>
>>> Jo
>>
>> Hello Jo and Yuri,
>>
>> Here is the text of the article 4 of the Belgian constitution [1]
>>
>> "Article 4
>> Belgium comprises four linguistic regions: the Dutch-speaking region, the
>> French-
>> speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels-Capital and the
>> German-speaking region.
>> Each municipality of the Kingdom forms part of one of these linguistic
>> regions."
>>
>> In the Swiss constitution [2] it is stated directly that there are four
>> national languages. It is also the article 4:
>>
>> "Art. 4 National languages
>> The National Languages are German, French, Italian, and Romansh."
>>
>> It is not a light question, - which language is the default one for these
>> countries. In my opinion, following these official texts is the best
>> solution.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/pdf_sections/publications/constitution/GrondwetUK.pdf
>> [2]
>> https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html#a4
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Oleksiy
>>
>>
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