[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50112: I18N - Option to set a fallback language

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#50112: I18N - Option to set a fallback language
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 Reporter:  arglab           |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  I18N             |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 It would be great if WordPress had an option to select which language to
 use when translations are not available in a locale. Currently, if a
 translation is not available, WordPress displays the string in English.

 This is one of the main reasons why many people who create projects for
 users who speak a Spanish dialect prefer to use `es_ES` instead of their
 locale. Using `es_AR` as an example, it would be great that, if a user
 selects `es_AR` for their site, the translations made for that locale have
 priority, but if some translations are not available, the site uses
 `es_ES` instead of `en_US`.

 The current solutions are:
 * To manually download the translations of `es_ES`, and upload them to the
 `/languages​​/` folder. However this process is tedious, and I doubt the
 average user knows how to do it.
 * Use a plugin like ''Language Fallback''.

 Including this functionality in the core would increase the use of locales
 with fewer translations that derive from bigger locales, like `es_X`,
 `de_X`, `pt_X` and `fe_X`.

 The language fallback option could be conditional to the selected
 language:

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/mDSOOjR.gif)]]

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