how to add new languages into Django? My language "Uyghur" or "Uighur" is not supported in Django

Question

how to add new languages into Django? My language "Uyghur" or "Uighur" is not supported in Django.

Can I add new language locale file in my project and use it? for example: zh_UG

this language is not supported in Django.

Answer 1

Add a non available language to your Django app

ISO language code of Uighur ئۇيغۇر تىلى is 'ug'.

In your settings.py:

from django.conf import global_settings

gettext_noop = lambda s: s

LANGUAGES = (
       ('ug', gettext_noop('Uighur')),
)

EXTRA_LANG_INFO = {
    'ug': {
        'bidi': True, # right-to-left
        'code': 'ug',
        'name': 'Uighur',
        'name_local': u'\u0626\u06C7\u064A\u063A\u06C7\u0631 \u062A\u0649\u0644\u0649', #unicode codepoints here
    },
}

# Add custom languages not provided by Django
import django.conf.locale
LANG_INFO = dict(django.conf.locale.LANG_INFO, **EXTRA_LANG_INFO)
django.conf.locale.LANG_INFO = LANG_INFO

# Languages using BiDi (right-to-left) layout
LANGUAGES_BIDI = global_settings.LANGUAGES_BIDI + ["ug"]

And:

manage.py makemessages -l ug
manage.py compilemessages