feature request: support BCP 47-style language tags

[gao-sun]

First, thank you for building this integration!

It seems that currently only 2-letter language tags are supported, such as fr. However, BCP 47-style language tags, such as zh-Hant, are not supported by utilities like getLocale. It will be great if the integration can support these language tags, as it would allow the integration to reach a broader audience.

[jlarmstrongiv]

Thank you for the feature request @gao-sun I’ve converted it into a discussion to talk more about it

I need to do more research into packages that support ISO language codes, ISO script codes, and BCP 47 tags. That would allow getLocale to remain relatively simple without depending on vite virtual modules.

I didn’t initially support tags like es-ES and es-MX or en-US and en-GB or BCP 47 because I would only be translating one version myself. In addition, it’s best practice to use the shortest code, if available.

For your use-case, are you trying to support both simplified and traditional Chinese?

[michaelgiraldo]

Yeah, the goal is to support multiple scripts in the same language - Simplified versus traditional.

Another benefit is that the same language can be used very differently, depending on the country for example the Portugal versus Brazil Portuguese.

[jlarmstrongiv]

Sure, I think it’s a worthwhile addition. I’ve added it to the roadmap in #18

Unfortunately, looking at my schedule realistically with holidays and trips coming up, I won’t have a chance to get to it until March.