sealed_languages 0.9.0

Provides data for world languages in the form of sealed classes.

This ISO-driven, pure Dart, fully tested and and dependency-free package provides information about world languages in form of compile-time constant sealed classes. Contains the all 184 languages with ISO 639-1 codes, also provides ISO 639-2 codes, their English, native names, language family info, etc. For Flutter ready widgets (like language picker) please use world_countries package.

Features

NaturalLanguage class provides the following information about languages:

Field	Mandatory	Description	Example for LangEng
name	Yes	A non-empty string representing the English name of the natural language.	"English"
code	Yes	A three-letter string representing the ISO 639-2/T Terminological code for the language.	"ENG"
codeShort	Yes	A two-letter string representing the ISO 639-1 code for the language.	"EN"
namesNative	Yes	A list of non-empty strings representing the language's native names.	["English"]
bibliographicCode	No	A three-letter string representing the ISO 639-2/B Bibliographic code for the language.	null
family	No	The language family to which the language belongs.	LanguageFamily(name: "Indo-European")
isRightToLeft	No	A boolean value specifying whether the language is written right-to-left.	false
translations	Yes	A list of TranslatedNames representing the language name translations.	121 translations for a English language name

Compile time constant list of all languages accessible via NaturalLanguage.list and more over, the NaturalLanguage class provides the following methods:

• maybeFromValue - returns a language instance if the value matches the provided value, otherwise returns null.
• maybeFromAnyCode - returns a language instance if the value matches any ISO code, otherwise returns null.
• fromCode - returns a language instance if the value matches the provided ISO 639-2 code.
• fromCodeShort - returns a language instance if the value matches the provided ISO 639-1 code code.
• fromAnyCode - returns a language instance if the value matches the provided ISO 639-1 or ISO 639-2 codes.
• fromName - returns a language instance if the value matches the provided name.

and (thanks to sealed nature of the class) functional-style like methods: whenOrNull, maybeWhen, when, map, maybeMap. You can also find a lot of common method you may know from Dart ecosystem - toString overrides, copyWith, toJson, etc.

Translations: Use maybeTranslation() or translation() methods to get translations for specific locale.

Getting started

To use this package, add sealed_languages as a dependency in your pubspec.yaml file.

dependencies:
  sealed_languages: any

Then import the package in your Dart code:

import 'package:sealed_languages/sealed_languages.dart';

Usage

Use NaturalLanguage class to get information about languages. Either construct a new instance directly or with use of the class factory constructors/ static methods or select one from the NaturalLanguage.list constant.

 final english = NaturalLanguage.fromCode("Eng");
 print("${english.name}: ${english.codeShort}"); // Prints: "English: EN".

 final maybeCzech = NaturalLanguage.maybeFromValue(
   "CZE",
   where: (language) => language.bibliographicCode,
 );

 // This will print: "Native name: čeština".
 print("Native name: ${maybeCzech?.namesNative.first}");

 final indoEuropeanLanguages = NaturalLanguage.list.where(
   (language) => language.family is IndoEuropean,
 );
 // Prints a list of Indo-European languages:
 print(indoEuropeanLanguages);
 // (Language(name: Avestan), Language(name: Afrikaans),
 // ...
 // Language(name: Walloon), Language(name: Yiddish).

For more usage examples, please see the /example folder.

FAQ

Why should I use this package over any other language-related package?

• Sealed classes: This package provides data in the form of sealed classes, allowing you to create your own instances and work with them as with existing ones (for example this is not possible with enums or regular classes, you can also override existing data, etc.).
• No 3rd-party dependencies: This package has no third-party dependencies, ensuring that you won't have any issues or conflicts with other dependencies (no even meta here, because of that).
• Rich language data: This package offers far more data about languages than any other package + tons of translations.
• Type-safe: The contracts and types in this package are very strong, ensuring that your code is strongly typed and well-defined.
• High code coverage: The code in this package has a high level of coverage, providing confidence in its reliability and stability.
• MIT License: This package and sources are released under the MIT license, which is a permissive license that allows users to use, modify, and distribute the code with minimal restrictions. The MIT license is considered better than most other open-source licenses because it provides flexibility and allows users to incorporate the code into their projects without worrying about legal implications.

Additional information

For more information on using this package, check out the API documentation. PRs or ideas are always welcome. If you have any issues or suggestions for the package, please file them in the GitHub repository.

References, credits and sources

• ISO
• Wikipedia
• Data Source¹
• Translations Source
• Project Roadmap