Documentation Class: Language

Create a new Language

Name Type Argument Default Description

data

Object

{}

The data to use for this Language object. Data should be formatted according to the DLx Data Format's guidelines for Language data.

Name	Type	Argument	Description
`abbreviation`	String	<optional>	An abbreviation for this Language. Must be a valid DLx Abbreviation string.
`glottolog`	String	<optional>	The Glottolog Code for this language.
`iso`	String	<optional>	The ISO 639-3 code for this language.
`name`	Map \| Object \| String	<optional>	The name of this language. May be a string if English, an Object formatted as a MultiLangString, or a Map of language tags => transcriptions.
`tags`	Map \| Object	<optional>	A Map or Object of tags for this Language, formatted as a DLx Tags object.

Name	Type	Description
`abbreviation`	String	The abbreviation for this language
`glottolog`	String	The Glottocode for this language
`iso`	String	The ISO 639-3 code for this language
`name`	models.MultiLangString	The name of this language
`tags`	models.Tags	The tags for this language
`type`	String	"Language"

<inner> validateAbbreviation(input)

Validates a language abbreviation. Throws a type error if the input is not a valid abbreviation.

Name	Type	Description
`input`	Any	The input to validate

<inner> validateGlottoCode(input)

Validates a Glottolog language code. Throws a type error if the input is not a valid Glottolog code.

Name	Type	Description
`input`	Any	The input to validate

<inner> validateISOCode(input)

Validates an ISO 639-3 language code. Throws a type error if the input is not a valid ISO 639-3 code.

Name	Type	Description
`input`	Any	The input to validate

Class: Language