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[Karl Eichwalder <ke@xxxxxxx>]

Stephan Kulow <coolo@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> What do you think?

I'd ship those languages only, that native speakers are also used read.
E.g., people in Bavaria (de_DE@bavarian?) (or Austria, de_AT@bavarian)
are not used to read the Bavarian flavor of the German language in daily
life (newspapers, advertisments, sub-titles, etc. are usually not
localized besides for special reason...).  I think this also applies for
all the other German based languages, at least in Europe.

It would make sense to provide special Bavarian/Austrian
translations, that just override some words or phrases (J(e|ä)nner
instead of Januar; Fritatensuppe instead of Pfannkuchensuppe; Grüß Gott
instead of Guten Tag; etc.) without introducing the sound of the spoken
language (dialect).

Thus, providing nds (plattdeutsch) or gsw/swg (alemannisch) as written
locales are only useful for akademical purposes.  Thses languages are
widely spoken, but people are not used to read them.

-- 
Karl Eichwalder
R&D / Documentation

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