cldr-language-country

Tiny util that maps 2-character language codes (lc) and country codes (cc) to CLDR locale data. Especially useful for generating search queries.

Install

npm i cldr-language-country

Usage

function	parameters	returns
generateData	none	Data for all locales
getLocales	none	Array of all locales (string)
getCountries	none	Array of all country data, with name and code
getLanguages	none	Array of all language data, with name, native, and code
keyByCC	none	Object containing all data, keyed by country code
keyByLC	none	Object containing all data, keyed by language code
getByCC	cc(String)	Array of all data whose country.code matches cc.
getByLC	lc(String)	Array of all data whose language.code matches lc.
getByCountryName	name(string)	Array of all data whose country.name matches name.
getByLanguage	name(String)	Array of all data whose language.name matches name.
getByLocale	locale(String)	Array of all data whose locale matches the provided locale
getByNativeName	name(String)	Array of all data whose language.name matches name.

generateData()

import { generateData } from 'cldr-language-country';

const locales = generateData();

Result:

[
    {
        language: {
            code: 'en',
            name: 'English',
            native: 'English'
        },
        country: {
            code: 'us',
            name: 'United States'
        },
        locale: 'en-US'
    } 
]

getLocales()

import { getLocales } from 'cldr-language-country';

const locales = getLocales();

Result:

[
  'ps-AF', 'fa-AF', 'uz-AF', 'sv-AX', 'sq-AL', 'en-AL', 'ar-DZ',
  'fr-DZ', 'en-AS', 'ca-AD', 'en-AD', 'ln-AO', 'pt-AO', 'en-AI',
  ...continued
]

getCountries()

import { getCountries } from 'cldr-language-country';

const countries = countries();

Result:

[
  { code: 'AF', name: 'Afghanistan' },
  { code: 'AX', name: 'Åland Islands' },
  { code: 'AL', name: 'Albania' },
  { code: 'DZ', name: 'Algeria' },
  { code: 'AS', name: 'American Samoa' },
  ...continued
]

getLanguages()

import { getLanguages } from 'cldr-language-country';

const languages = getLanguages();

Result:

[
  { code: 'aa', name: 'Afar', native: 'Afar' },
  { code: 'ab', name: 'Abkhazian', native: 'Аҧсуа' },
  { code: 'af', name: 'Afrikaans', native: 'Afrikaans' },
  { code: 'ak', name: 'Akan', native: 'Akana' },
  { code: 'am', name: 'Amharic', native: 'አማርኛ' },
  ...continued
]

keyByCC()

import { keyByCC } from 'cldr-language-country';

const locales = keyByCC();

Result:

{
    'CA': [
        {
            language: {
                code: 'en',
                name: 'English',
                native: 'English'
            },
            country: {
                code: 'CA',
                name: 'Canada'
            },
            locale: 'en-CA'
        },
        {
            language: {
                code: 'fr',
                name: 'French',
                native: 'Français'
            },
            country: {
                code: 'CA',
                name: 'Canada'
            },
            locale: 'fr-CA' 
        }
    ]
}

keyByLC()

import { keyByLC } from 'cldr-language-country';

const locales = keyByLC();

Result:

{
    'en': [
        {
            language: {
                code: 'en',
                name: 'English',
                native: 'English'
            },
            country: {
                code: 'AE',
                name: 'United Arab Emirates'
            },
            locale: 'en-AE'
        },
        {
            language: {
                code: 'en',
                name: 'English',
                native: 'English'
            },
            country: {
                code: 'AG',
                name: 'Antigua and Barbuda'
            },
            locale: 'en-AG'
        },
        ...continued
    ]
}

getByCC(cc)

import { getByCC } from 'cldr-language-country';

const locales = getByCC('US');

Result:

[
  {
    language: { code: 'en', name: 'English', native: 'English' },
    country: { code: 'US', name: 'United States' },
    locale: 'en-US'
  },
  {
    language: { code: 'es', name: 'Spanish', native: 'Español' },
    country: { code: 'US', name: 'United States' },
    locale: 'es-US'
  }
]

getByLC(lc)

import { getByLC } from 'cldr-language-country';

const locales = getByLC('zh');

Result:

[
  {
    language: { code: 'zh', name: 'Chinese', native: '中文' },
    country: { code: 'CN', name: 'China' },
    locale: 'zh-CN'
  },
  {
    language: { code: 'zh', name: 'Chinese', native: '中文' },
    country: { code: 'CN', name: 'China' },
    locale: 'zh-CN'
  },
  ...continued
]

getByCountryName(name)

import { getByCountryName } from 'cldr-language-country';

const locales = getByCountryName('Japan');

Result:

[
  {
    language: { code: 'en', name: 'English', native: 'English' },
    country: { code: 'JP', name: 'Japan' },
    locale: 'en-JP'
  },
  {
    language: { code: 'ja', name: 'Japanese', native: '日本語' },
    country: { code: 'JP', name: 'Japan' },
    locale: 'ja-JP'
  }
]

getByLanguageName(name)

import { getByLanguageName } from 'cldr-language-country';

const locales = getByLanguageName('Tagalog');

Result:

[
  {
    language: { code: 'tl', name: 'Tagalog / Filipino', native: 'Tagalog' },
    country: { code: 'PH', name: 'Philippines' },
    locale: 'tl-PH'
  }
]

getByLocale(locale)

import { getByLocale } from 'cldr-language-country';

const locales = getByLocale('km-KH');

Result:

[
  {
    language: { code: 'km', name: 'Khmer', native: 'ភាសាខ្មែរ' },
    country: { code: 'KH', name: 'Cambodia' },
    locale: 'km-KH'
  }
]

getByNativeName(name)

import { getByNativeName } from 'cldr-language-country';

const locales = getByNativeName('فارسی');

Result:

[
  {
    language: { code: 'fa', name: 'Persian', native: 'فارسی', rtl: 1 },
    country: { code: 'AF', name: 'Afghanistan' },
    locale: 'fa-AF'
  },
  {
    language: { code: 'fa', name: 'Persian', native: 'فارسی', rtl: 1 },
    country: { code: 'IR', name: 'Iran, Islamic Republic of' },
    locale: 'fa-IR'
  }
]