
Version 34 is the latest version of CLDR, the core open-source language data
that major software systems use to adapt software to the conventions of over 80
different languages. CLDR data is used by many products for Unicode and language
support, including Android, Cloudant, Chrome OS, Db2, iOS, macOS, Windows, and
many
others.
CLDR 34 included a full Survey Tool data collection phase increasing to 85 languages at the
“modern” (full) level, 4 at the lower “moderate” level (suitable for
document content), 18 at the basic level, and about 100 others that don’t meet
the level requirements.
Among the other changes: new units were added (e.g., atmosphere, petabyte); many new emoji
keywords
and names were corrected/refined, with updated emoji sort order; and preparations for the
New Japanese Era
(affecting most software for Japan) were made. The specification was also updated with many changes for
Unicode Locale Identifier and
BCP 47 Conformance sections, plus defining the syntax of
unit identifiers. For other changes, details, and links to documentation, see the
CLDR 34 Release Notes.
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Over 130,000 characters are available for adoption, to
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