[Bug 991002] Re: Change name for bn-BD from 'Bengali(Bangladesh)' to 'Bangla(Bangladesh)')

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On 2012-12-06T22:01:54+00:00 Michael Terry wrote:

The current language key for bn_BD is "Bengali/Bangla" and for bn_ID
it's "Bengali".  Apparently, Bengali is an older colonial word.  Whereas
Bangla is the more modern and official version.  It's widely used in the
English-speaking world too (UN, BBC, Windows 8).

I'm passing this along from an Ubuntu report.  I myself am not well
versed in the naming issue.  See https://launchpad.net/bugs/991002 and
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1070581

(At the least, the slash in "Bengali/Bangla" needs to be escaped, but
changing the name to not need a slash is preferrable.)

Patch coming.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-
selector/+bug/991002/comments/21

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On 2012-12-06T22:19:17+00:00 Michael Terry wrote:

Created attachment 6774
Proposed patch

Patch by Gunnar Hjalmarsson.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-
selector/+bug/991002/comments/22


** Changed in: glibc
       Status: Unknown => Confirmed

** Changed in: glibc
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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Title:
  Change name for bn-BD from 'Bengali(Bangladesh)' to
  'Bangla(Bangladesh)')

Status in The GNU C Library:
  Confirmed
Status in “iso-codes” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “localechooser” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “iso-codes” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The official name for the state language for Bangladesh is Bangla, as
  detailed on section 3, part 1 of the Bangladesh constitution
  (http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/research/bangladesh-constitution.pdf).
  However, language selector continues to refer to this language as
  Bengali (Bangladeh). While Bengali has been historically used as the
  english name for the language during colonial periods, the name
  'Bangla' is more widely used nowadays. It is also the name with which
  native speakers identify the language.

  This package uses Bengali(Bangladesh) as the identifier for language
  code bn-BD. Please change the name to Bangla(Bangladesh).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: language-selector-gnome 0.79
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Apr 29 16:14:25 2012
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=bn_BD:bn:en_IN:en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=bn_BD.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: language-selector
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-19 (41 days ago)

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