Don't you think that Belgians like Jo and the rest of the Belgian community know best what the default language is in a certain area ? This can be a pretty sensitive topic, which is not always easy to understand by outsiders. So please let the Belgian community decide the default language without pointing us to our constitution.
regards m. (from Belgium) p.s. Besides those areas you mention we also have Municipalities with facilities [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_with_language_facilities On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Oleksiy Muzalyev <oleksiy.muzal...@bluewin.ch> wrote: > On 09.05.18 07:46, Jo wrote: >> >> The whole country has 3 official languages. In the north nl is the >> official language, in the south fr. And a small area in the east is de. >> Brussels is officially bilingual. Hence all names there will be a >> combination of fr - nl. >> >> Normally I would expect Belgium to not have default_language set. You may >> have to keep a list of countries where it only makes sense to look at the >> next smaller geographic regions. >> >> I expect the same goes for Switzerland (whole country 3-4 official >> languages, but at the next geographic level it is clear which language is >> spoken/official for which region). >> >> I think in most multilingual countries the regions are not so clearly >> defined. >> >> Jo > > > Hello Jo and Yuri, > > Here is the text of the article 4 of the Belgian constitution [1] > > "Article 4 > Belgium comprises four linguistic regions: the Dutch-speaking region, the > French- > speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels-Capital and the > German-speaking region. > Each municipality of the Kingdom forms part of one of these linguistic > regions." > > In the Swiss constitution [2] it is stated directly that there are four > national languages. It is also the article 4: > > "Art. 4 National languages > The National Languages are German, French, Italian, and Romansh." > > It is not a light question, - which language is the default one for these > countries. In my opinion, following these official texts is the best > solution. > > [1] > https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/pdf_sections/publications/constitution/GrondwetUK.pdf > [2] > https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html#a4 > > Best regards, > Oleksiy > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
