[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60091: Language Selection Issue on Frontend

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#60091: Language Selection Issue on Frontend
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 Reporter:  alanjacobmathew    |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration     |    Version:
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 **Issue**
 A:
 When selecting Indian languages like Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada etc, the
 default choice on the front end are  മലയാളം, தமிழ் etc. The issue with
 this is, with the default keys on the keyboard, one cannot select the
 language, as it follows the QWERTY format(of A-Z). So the user will have
 to go through each and every element in the list. ALso

 B:
 Languages like Tamil given twice. Possible reason one is Indian Tamil and
 other is Srilankan Tamil. But on the frontend it is written as"தமிழ்". So
 identifying which is what is difficult for the user. And also the
 difference in completed translations could be an issue in the future.
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 **What could be done.**
 Give the English word for the language next to Indian languages, മലയാളം
 (Malayalam), தமிழ் (Tamil_IN), தமிழ் (Tamil_LK) and make it searchable. So
 when 'മ' is not available on keyboard then "M" is typed and മലയാളം
 (Malayalam) should be shown on the list.

 Also if possible rather than it being completely dropdown a textbox with
 dropdown would be a good option.

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