This library helps to normalise the ISO 639 codes used to describe languages from two-letter codes to three letters, and vice versa.
import languagecodes
assert 'eng' == languagecodes.iso_639_alpha3('en')
assert 'eng' == languagecodes.iso_639_alpha3('ENG ')
assert 'en' == languagecodes.iso_639_alpha2('ENG ')
You can install the library from the Python package index:
pip install languagecodes
Uses data from: https://iso639-3.sil.org/ See also: https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
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A library that normalises language codes
We found that languagecodes demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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