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[Bug localedata/14925] New: bn_* 'language' key should be "Bangla"


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14925

             Bug #: 14925
           Summary: bn_* 'language' key should be "Bangla"
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.18
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: localedata
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: mike@mterry.name
                CC: libc-locales@sourceware.org
    Classification: Unclassified


The current language key for bn_BD is "Bengali/Bangla" and for bn_ID it's
"Bengali".  Apparently, Bengali is an older colonial word.  Whereas Bangla is
the more modern and official version.  It's widely used in the English-speaking
world too (UN, BBC, Windows 8).

I'm passing this along from an Ubuntu report.  I myself am not well versed in
the naming issue.  See https://launchpad.net/bugs/991002 and
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1070581

(At the least, the slash in "Bengali/Bangla" needs to be escaped, but changing
the name to not need a slash is preferrable.)

Patch coming.

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