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de - German - Deutsch; de-DE - Deutsch(Deutschland) - German(Germany). *Android initial device setup, chromium browser in language settings. if ... Home Public Questions Tags Users Collectives ExploreCollectives FindaJob Jobs Companies Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam CollectivesonStackOverflow Findcentralized,trustedcontentandcollaboratearoundthetechnologiesyouusemost. Learnmore Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Whatisthedifferencebetween'de'and'de-DE'languagecodes? AskQuestion Asked 4years,11monthsago Active 4years,11monthsago Viewed 19ktimes 4 1 Inoticethaticanchooseinsomeplaces*betweenthoselanguages: de-German-Deutsch de-DE-Deutsch(Deutschland)-German(Germany) *Androidinitialdevicesetup,chromiumbrowserinlanguagesettings.ifoneselectsde-DEinchromium,itautomaticallyaddsdetoo. iknowthatde-DEmeans'GermanasspokeninGermany'. butidontknowaothercountrywheregermanisspokenthatdoesnothaveitsownlanguagevariant(likede-CHforswitzerlandorde-ATforaustria). sowhatisthereasonforhavingbothvariantstochosefrom?dotheyhaveanyactualdifference?icouldimaginethatpeoplefromswitzerlandusede-CHasprimarylanguageanddeasfallback,buttheycouldalsousede-DEforthatpurpose,right? iknowthatthereises-ESforspainand'es'forothercountrieswhereespanolisspoken,butthatdonothavetheirownvariantcode. Background:iwanttotrackhowmanyusersusewhichprimarylanguage(browserheader)andimnotsureifdeandde-deshouldbecountedtogetherorseperate,andwhatsthedifferencesis. iusethelanguagedatabasefromhttp://peric.github.io/GetCountries/whichhas'de'butno'de-DE'language.isthedatabasecorrectwithhavingonly'de'? browserinternationalizationisocountry-codes Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedJan16'17at16:43 bhelmbhelm 63511goldbadge77silverbadges1313bronzebadges Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Active Oldest Votes 2 Alotofenvironments(browsers,Android)useonesinglelocalesettingbothforselectingthelanguageoftheUI,andtoformatnumbers,dates,times,etc. Ifyouselectde-CH(forinstanceinAndroidN)youwillget"German"strings(theAndroidtranslationis"genericGerman"),butSwissdates/times/etc. Forinstancethenumbersuseapostropheasthousandseparator(like1'234'567,89),thecurrencyformatterwilluseCHF,andsoon. OnAndroidbeforeNyouselected"German"fromthelanguagelist,butthedefaultlocalesetwasde-DE("German"withoutregionwasjustaUIthing) Totrackusersettings:unfortunately,just"de"or"de-DE"isnotareliablesignal,asnotallsystemsallowforaregionselection. Butifyouseesomethingelse(forinstanceen-CH),thenitismorereliable. YoucanalsotrytocorrelatewithinfofromtheIPaddress.Ifmysettingsays"de"andmyIPaddressisinAustria,youmightinferthatinfactIpreferde-AT(not100%reliable,butbetterthan"de"). Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJan18'17at2:53 MihaiNitaMihaiNita 5,3082424silverbadges2525bronzebadges Addacomment  |  0 Itdependswhatyouwanttocount.I'mfromSwitzerlandmybrowsercodeisde-CHanddeasafallback. So,ifyoujustwanttocountallGermanspeakingcountries,usingdeshouldbeenough.Justmakesureyoualsoaddallde-CHentriestode.Noteverybodywillhavethefallbackintheirbrowsers. 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