Unicode CLDR 31 provides an update to the key building blocks for software supporting the world’s languages. This data is used by all major software systems for their software internationalization and localization, adapting software to the conventions of different languages for such common software tasks.Some of the improvements in the release are:
- Canonical codes
- The subdivision codes have been changed to all have the bcp47 format.
- The locales in the language-territory population data are in canonical format.
- The timezone ID for GMT has been split from UTC.
- There is a mechanism for identifying hybrid locales, such as Hinglish.
- Emoji 5.0
- Short names and keywords have been updated for English. (Data for other languages to be gathered in the next cycle).
- Collation (sorting) adds the new 5.0 Emoji characters and sequences, and some fixes for Emoji 4.0 characters and sequences.
- For Emoji usage, subdivision names for Scotland, Wales, and England have been added for 65 languages.