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Language definitions that are based on the ISO 639-3 & ISO 639-5.

LanguageInfo is a dataclass that contains the language information.

alpha2 : Union[str, None]

The language code in the ISO 639-1 alpha-2 format.

alpha3 : str

The language code in the ISO 639-3 alpha-3 format.

name : str

The language name.

Bases: str

LanguageAlpha2 parses languages codes in the ISO 639-1 alpha-2 format.

Python
from pydantic import BaseModel

from pydantic_extra_types.language_code import LanguageAlpha2


class Movie(BaseModel):
    audio_lang: LanguageAlpha2
    subtitles_lang: LanguageAlpha2


movie = Movie(audio_lang='de', subtitles_lang='fr')
print(movie)
# > audio_lang='de' subtitles_lang='fr'

The language code in the ISO 639-3 alpha-3 format.

Type: str

The language name.

Type: str

Bases: str

LanguageName parses languages names listed in the ISO 639-3 standard format.

Python
from pydantic import BaseModel

from pydantic_extra_types.language_code import LanguageName


class Movie(BaseModel):
    audio_lang: LanguageName
    subtitles_lang: LanguageName


movie = Movie(audio_lang='Dutch', subtitles_lang='Mandarin Chinese')
print(movie)
# > audio_lang='Dutch' subtitles_lang='Mandarin Chinese'

The language code in the ISO 639-1 alpha-2 format. Does not exist for all languages.

Type: Union[str, None]

The language code in the ISO 639-3 alpha-3 format.

Type: str

Bases: str

ISO639_3 parses Language in the ISO 639-3 alpha-3 format.

Python
from pydantic import BaseModel

from pydantic_extra_types.language_code import ISO639_3


class Language(BaseModel):
    alpha_3: ISO639_3


lang = Language(alpha_3='ssr')
print(lang)
# > alpha_3='ssr'

Bases: str

ISO639_5 parses Language in the ISO 639-5 alpha-3 format.

Python
from pydantic import BaseModel

from pydantic_extra_types.language_code import ISO639_5


class Language(BaseModel):
    alpha_3: ISO639_5


lang = Language(alpha_3='gem')
print(lang)
# > alpha_3='gem'
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