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Primary Language Name (PLN)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: pln.ttl
- Name
primaryLanguageName- Datatype
- Text
- Definition
- The name, in English, that is most commonly used to refer to a language.
- Description
- Native speakers of a language might not use this name (for example, English speakers use 'German' to refer to what native German speakers call 'Deutsch'). Speakers within a language community might also have different opinions about which name they prefer to use.
- Accepted
- 2021-01-04
- Defined by
- International Program for Human Geography (IPHG)
- Used by
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.