Localisation options

Mike's Notes

I had to make some hard decisions on localisation as used by Pipi. The localisation system was built in 2023, populated, tested and then never used.

Resources

• https://www.blog.ajabbi.com/2024/08/i18n-url.html
• https://www.blog.ajabbi.com/2024/05/translation-api.html

References

• Reference

Repository

• Home > Ajabbi Research > Library >
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Last Updated

29/09/2025

Localisation options

By: Mike Peters

On a Sandy Beach: 03/09/2025

Mike is the inventor and architect of Pipi and the founder of Ajabbi.

The Localisation Engine (loc) stores the configuration required to create a website in a language that uses a writing script and may vary by region. It utilises standard codes, such as Unicode, which can be imported and easily kept up to date. The Engine provides a read-only configuration file system-wide.

The Engine can also provide strings in any language and writing script for placing in the User Interface. Words like 

• Home
• Password
• Username
• Login
• Save

Each copy of Pipi comes in one language, allowing different copies to be automatically built in various languages.

i18n

Languages

• A 3-letter string is added. e.g. eng for English and mri for Maori.

Writing scripts (alphabets)

• A 4-letter string is added for the script. e.g. latn for Latin.

Locales

• A 2-letter capitalised string is added. e.g. eng-latn-GB for English spoken in the UK, eng-latn-US for English spoken in the United States.