Closed Bug 1433739 Opened 8 years ago Closed 8 years ago

[bn-BD, bn-IN] Switch plural rule for Bengali from #1 to #2

Categories

(Mozilla Localizations :: bn-BD / Bengali, enhancement)

Product:
Mozilla Localizations
Component:
bn-BD / Bengali
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: flod, Assigned: flod)

Details

Gecko products: rule #1, 2 forms, like English 1st form [one]: for 1 2nd form [other]: for any other number, including 0 Pontoon: n!=1, so same as Gecko products CLDR: 0 is like 1, so rule should be #2 in Gecko (n > 1) http://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/dev/supplemental/language_plural_rules.html#bn Which rule is correct? Do you use the same sentence for '1 house' and '0 houses'? The impact on product is minimal: same number of forms, and normally a special string is used for the 0 case, but it would be good to set the correct plural form. I'm filing the bug in bn-BD, but I assume the same choice should be made for both Bengali variants, including bn-IN.
Flags: needinfo?(brnet00)
Flags: needinfo?(bellayet)
Clarifying the actual ask for the team. Consider English for example. You would say: - 0 cats - 1 cat - 2 cats etc. 0 uses the same form of other numbers greater than 1. This is rule #1 internally. Right now, according to Pontoon and Gecko products (Firefox, Firefox for Android, Thunderbird, etc.), your locale is using the same rule. According to CLDR, for your locale 0 should use the same form as 1: - 0 (cat localized) - 1 (cat localized) - 2 (cats localized) etc. Which one is correct?
we don't use plural for zero sum. CLDR is correct, for our locale we use same for 0 and 1.
These are correct. > According to CLDR, for your locale 0 should use the same form as 1: > - 0 (cat localized) > - 1 (cat localized) > - 2 (cats localized) > etc.
Flags: needinfo?(bellayet)
Thanks both, I'm going to update the rules for both bn-*. CLDR doesn't distinguish between bn-BN and bn-IN, so I hope it's safe to assume that both variants have the same rule. I've updated the rule in Gecko and Pontoon https://hg.mozilla.org/l10n-central/bn-BD/rev/1b75a8af1dd36b6d83372e46d9bc235460a40eb5 https://hg.mozilla.org/l10n-central/bn-IN/rev/959a9870e9bddc4652b8f6da753d630eb90ab82d This doesn't have any practical effect on localization, so there's no further work needed on your side. @pike We need to switch both bn-IN and bn-BD to rule #2 in compare-locales
Assignee: nobody → francesco.lodolo
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(brnet00) → needinfo?(l10n)
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Summary: [bn] Verify plural rule for bn-BD and bn-IN (currently #1) → [bn-BD, bn-IN] Switch plural rule for Bengali from #1 to #2
compare-locales updated in https://hg.mozilla.org/l10n/compare-locales/rev/335638705b54. This is released and deployed in 2.6.4.
Flags: needinfo?(l10n)
CLDR is correct, for bn-IN locale we use same for 0 and 1. Sorry for late reply.
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