lang_specification.md

Language file specification

Each language is saved as a separate file. The file extension must be .lang. The file basename should be the IETF language tag or ISO language code if the language has one. The file must be UTF-8 encoded. The file must contain a valid JSON string.

The JSON object must have a name key, containing an object with a native key, containing the string language name, written in the language itself.

The JSON object may have a pluralization_rule key containing one of the following strings:

• "one_other" (used e.g in English, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish)
• "one_upto_two_other" (used e.g in French and Portuguese),
• "east_slavic" (used e.g. in Russian)
• "polish"
• "welsh" (not available as SketchUp language but I liked the rules)

The default value is "one_other".

The JSON object must have a dictionary key holding an object. This object may contain any number of entries or nested objects.

A nested object may contain any number of entries or nested objects.

An entry must be either a string or an object containing strings using different pluralization. Valid keys within an entry are "zero", "one", "few", "many" and "other". The meaning of these keys are defined by UCDR

Example

# scyr.lang
{
  "name":{
    "native":"Skånska"
  },
  "dictionary":{
    "wheelbarrow":"Rullebör",
    "slide":{
      "one":"Kasebana",
      "other":"Kasebanor"
    }
  }
}