Wrong ISO language code displayed in Keyboard dialog box (192311)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.1
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.5
This article was previously published under Q192311 SUMMARY
The Keyboard Properties dialog box displays an incorrect ISO
(International Organization for Standardization) two-letter language code
for the Croatian and Serbian languages. It displays "Sh" for both
languages, instead of "Hr" for Croatian and "Sr" for Serbian.
Note This occurs only in the Keyboard Properties dialog box. Typically,
the taskbar indicator displays the correct abbreviation for the currently
selected keyboard language.
MORE INFORMATION
Croatian and Serbian have recently been recognized as two distinct
languages due to the establishment of The Republic of Croatia as an
independent nation. Although both of these languages were once
interpreted as dialects of the same root language, Serbo-Croat, the
Croatian (Western) language uses Latin characters while the Serbian
(Eastern) language uses both Latin and Cyrillic characters. Each keyboard
driver produces different results, both of which are distinct from the
standard English keyboard.
The correct two-letter abbreviation is displayed in the taskbar indicator
when that language keyboard driver is selected. These abbreviations are
set in the ISO-639 standard. The abbreviations can be derived from the
native names for each language. "Hr" is from Hrvatski (Croatian), and
"Sr" is from Srpksi (Serbian). "Sh" is the ISO-639 two-letter language
code for the Serbo-Croat language.
The International Organization for Standardization is a worldwide
federation of national standards bodies from some 130 countries.REFERENCES
ISO 639: 1988 Code for the representation of names of languages.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 5/18/2005 |
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