First of all, we have to terms here: - Spanish, Español - Castilian, Castellano
There does not seem to be consensus on how to call the language talked in Spain and also no consensus if those two terms refer to the same language. Some people consider "Castellano" and "Español" to be synonyms while others say that "Castellano" stands for the dialect talked in "Castilla" where what we know as "Español" evolved. If we refer to the ISO language codes it says "Español; Castellano" (Spanish/Castilian). ( http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php) If we go to see the locales we all know that they're all coded "es-XX" for "Spanish (Variant)", the 'es' prefix stands for "ESpaña" hence "Español/Spanish"" If we go for "The common practice", the common in the web is to read "Spanish" or "Español", I've hardly seen some sites stating "Castellano" and none with "Castilian". Uhm... As I said above, there's no consensus on all this. I'd rather stick with "Spanish" as it's the common practice. But if there's no trouble I'd much prefer "Spanish/Castilian". I would not go for only "Castilian" without "Spanish" as that could confuse other people who are not aware that both words, in fact, refer to almost the same language is most situations. Option two is to throw a coin, face: Spanish, cross: Castilian ;))) Also remember that all Spanish/Castilian variants are *actually* considered dialects of Spanish not Castilian (Spanish is a derivative of Castilian depending on the definitions you combine). Before clicking the "Reply" button take in consideration that I don't want to start a flame war about the "es-XX" locales codes or if the languages talked on countries in South America are dialects of Spanish or languages on their own. We are just talking about how to call the "es-XX/" locales ;) My 0.02, Marc PS: Re-read my last paragraph before pressing reply!!!! On 2/26/07, Mario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 26/02/07, Ramiro Morales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > PS: What about the change in the wording from "spanish" to "castellano" > > in the last commited es/*.po files? Do you all agree it is right? > > > > both are accepted, personally I prefer the word "Castellano". > "Spanish" sounds like the country "Spain". > > Also, the Spanish is spoken in Spain only, cause in Latinamerica we > speak a dialect of the Spanish language. However we understand both > languages, "Castellano" or "Spanish" ;-) > > > > > -- > http://www.advogato.org/person/mgonzalez/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django I18N" group. To post to this group, send email to Django-I18N@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Django-I18N?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
