Manual:Speaks language
Responsible PartyResponsible Party
This ontology is maintained by Mark W. Datysgeld (ORCID), Master in International Relations at São Paulo State University.
TextProperty "Has type" is a declarative property and can only be used on a property or category page. Stores the language(s) a person can use.@enProperty "Property description" is a declarative property and can only be used on a property or category page.
Canonical description: Stores the language(s) a person can use.
Ontology notes
[edit | edit source]Our ontology makes use of a best-effort pseudo-method that combines a variety of language knowledge online sources, LLM language suggestions, and manual curation. This list can be inspected by accessing Module:LanguageNormalization. Each entry is constructed around three key attributes:
- canonical: the standard English or most widely recognized language name.
- synonyms: alternative identifiers including ISO codes, abbreviations, and common variations.
- native: the language's endonym: the representation of the language's name in its self-identified name and/or writing system.
Within the module, entries are grouped according to language families to loosely follow established linguistic taxonomies. While the approach does not adhere to a formal algorithmic process, it is a pragmatic implementation of language identification on ICANNWiki.
This process is iterative and subject to refinement over time.