I just found the links, that first made me believe that swahili support already existed
kilinux project http://www.it46.se/reference_show.php?ref=2a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilinux It seems to be more focused on OpenOffice.org than I first noticed, and I think that code is in the current version. But since the locale at *nix level cannot be selected at login, only the dictionary works. Maybe the people at it46.se have the information you need to create the locale. :-) Mogens Arne Goetje wrote: > According to the langpack-locales package there does not exist any > Swahili locale, neither sw_TZ, nor any other sw_* locale. The locale > data is needed for any system to actually use that language. > > I can create a locale for Swahili for you, but would need the help of > native speakers to translate the strings. > > The following strings are needed: > > int_curr_symbol (ex.: USD) > currency_symbol (ex.: $) > mon_decimal_point (ex.: .) > mon_thousands_sep (ex.: ,) > abday (ex.: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat) > day (ex.: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday) > abmon (ex.: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec) > mon (ex.: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, > September, October, November, December) > d_t_fmt (ex.: %a %d %b %Y %r %Z) > d_fmt (ex.: %m/%d/%Y) > t_fmt (ex.: %r) > t_fmt_ampm (ex.: %I:%M:%S %p) > am_pm (ex.: AM, PM) > date_fmt (ex.: %a %b %e %H:$M:%S %Z %Y) > yesexpr (ex.: ^[yY].*) > noexpr (ex.: ^[nN].*) > yesstr (ex.: Yes) > nostr (ex.: No) > Paperformat (A4?): height, width (297, 210) > Measurement system: metric or US? > name_fmt > name_miss (ex.: Miss.) > name_mr (ex.: Mr.) > name_mrs (ex.: Mrs.) > name_ms (ex.: Ms.) > postal_fmt (ex.: %c%N%T%N%s %h %e %r%N%b%N%d%N%f%N%a%N) > country_name (ex.: Tanzania) > lang_name (ex.: Swahili) > tel_int_fmt (ex.: +%c (%a) %l) > tel_dom_fmt (ex.: (%a) %l) > int_select (ex. 00) > int_prefix (ex. 0) > > Plus, I would need the complete alphabet and the correct sorting order > for Swahili. > > Information about the format strings can be found here: > http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/sc22/WG20/docs/n897-14652w25.pdf > > If anyone can provide me the data listed above for Swahili, I can make a > locale and send it to upstream. > > -- Swahili support broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237130 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
