[haiku-doc] Re: Translator
- From: "Jorge G. Mare" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:55:20 -0700
Hi Oscar,
Oscar Carballal Prego wrote:
Indeed is peculiar, from the "official" Spanish language there are
this variants:
- Spanish from Spain (es_ES)
- Spanish from Mexico (es_MX)
- Spanish from Argentina (es_AR)
That must be in Spain only, because the official language in Argentina
is Castillian (that's what we learn at school).
There is no such a thing as official Spanish language variants.
Colloquially, live language varies depending on the region, not only
across country borders, but within the same country too; but there is
only one official Spanish language, and it is Castillian. Not trying to
start an argument, but I thought I would clarify this. :)
And 16 variants more, not including the proper variants from Spain:
- Galician from Spain (es_GA)
- Catalan from Spain (es_CA)
- Basque (I don't know if it has a proper locale)
Ethymologically, Galician, Catalan and Basque are not variants of
Castillian; they are actually languages of their own with different
origins; for example, Galician has its roots in Portuguese, and even has
its own "Galician Royal Academy". :)
Cheers,
Jorge/aka Koki
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