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AJ72
AJ72

Reputation: 168

How to get the country adjectival?

I need to convert a country code to its adjectival equivalent. I am currently using RegionInfo which will get me the country name.

RegionInfo ri = new RegionInfo(languages[0]);
subtitle = ri.NativeName;

If the country code is 'en', this will give me England but what i want is 'English'.

So, how can I can get the country adjectival?

Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 218

Answers (2)

Alex Walker
Alex Walker

Reputation: 2356

There is no class in the standard .NET API that contains information about citizen-naming adjectives.

You can, however, use the CultureInfo class to convert from a country code to a list of spoken languages - taking an arbitrary element from that list often gives the right answer (but not always, as in "Chinese (Simplified)")

For instance:

var cultureInfos = CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures).Where(c => c.Name.EndsWith("CH"));
var cultureInfo = cultureInfos.SingleOrDefault();
string language = cultureInfo.EnglishName;

But I'm afraid the only option that will work correctly for all cultures is to create your own mapping.

Dictionary<string, string> adjectiveMap = new Dictionary<string, string>();
adjectiveMap.Add("en", "English");
adjectiveMap.Add("cn", "Chinese");
// etc. etc...

If you're prepared to take on this task, check out this wiki page! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adjectival_and_demonymic_forms_for_countries_and_nations

Upvotes: 4

Obl Tobl
Obl Tobl

Reputation: 5684

Don't use RegionInfo, better try to use CultureInfo.
There you can try it like the following:

CultureInfo c = new CultureInfo(languages[0]);
subtitle = c.DisplayName;

Upvotes: 1

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