countries_currencies_languages 1.0.0

Countries Currencies Languages

Countries Currencies Languages or countriescurrencieslanguages is a package that contains static information about

• Countries: e.g. its offical name, its language
• Currencies: e.g. its iso4217 code
• Language: e.g. its iso639 alpha3 code

On top of all information of iso639, iso3166, and iso4217 some additional information is contained.

The main entry point into the data are these three functions:

import countries_currencies_languages;

Language[string] getLanguages();
Country[string] getCountries();
Currency[string] getCurrencies();

The structs Language, Country, and Currency have the following form.

///
struct Country {
	string name;
	UN unitedNations;
	Additional additional;
	ISO3166 iso3166;
}

///
struct ISO3166 {
	/// Alpha-2 codes from ISO 3166-1
	string alpha2;
	/// Alpha-3 codes from ISO 3166-1 (synonymous with World Bank Codes)
	string alpha3;
	string name;
	/// The 
	Nullable!string commonName;
	/// Numeric codes from ISO 3166-1
	long numeric;
	Nullable!string officialName;
	Subdivision[] subdivision;
}

/// UN == United Nations
struct UN {
	/// Country or Area official Arabic short name from UN Statistics Divsion
	string nameArabicOfficial;
	/// Country or Area official Spanish short name from UN Statistics Divsion
	string nameSpanishOfficial;
	/// Country or Area official English short name from UN Statistics Divsion
	string nameEnglishOfficial;
	/// Country or Area official Chinese short name from UN Statistics Divsion
	string nameChineseOfficial;
	/// Country or Area official French short name from UN Statistics Divsion
	string nameFrenchOfficial;
	/// Country or Area official Russian short name from UN Statistics Divsion
	string nameRussianOfficial;
	/// Country's formal Arabic name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameArabicFormal;
	/// Country's formal Spanish name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameSpanishFormal;
	/// Country's formal English name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameEnglishFormal;
	/// Country's formal Chinese name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameChineseFormal;
	/// Country's formal French name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameFrenchFormal;
	/// Country's formal Russian name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameRussianFormal;
	/// Country's short Arabic name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameArabicShort;
	/// Country's short Spanish name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameSpanishShort;
	/// Country's short English name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameEnglishShort;
	/// Country's short Chinese name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameChineseShort;
	/// Country's short French name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameFrenchShort;
	/// Country's short Russian name from UN Protocol and Liaison Service
	string nameRussianShort;
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	string smallIslandDevelopingStates;
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	string landLockedDevelopingCountry;
	/// Global Administrative Unit Layers from the Food and Agriculture Organization
	string gaul;
	/** UN Statistics M49 numeric codes (nearly synonymous with ISO 3166-1 numeric 
	 * codes, which are based on UN M49. ISO 3166-1 does not include Channel 
	 * Islands or Sark, for example)
	 */
	Nullable!long m49;
	Location location;
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	CountryClassification countryClassification;
}

///
struct Location {
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	string subRegionName;
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	string regionName;
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	string subRegionCode;
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	string regionCode;
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	string intermediateRegionCode;
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	string intermediateRegionName;
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	string globalName;
	/// Country classification from United Nations Statistics Division
	string globalCode;
	/// Continent from Geonames
	string continent;
}

///
struct Additional {
	/// Capital city from Geonames
	string capital;
	/// Top level domain from Geonames
	string tld;
	/** Languages from Geonames, maps to the keys in the `Language`
	 * associative array.
	 * These can match the keys in the associative array received
	 * from getLanguages, also these can match ISO639.alpha3 or
	 * ISO639.alpha3Alternative.
	 */
	string[] languages;
	/// Geoname ID
	Nullable!long geoNameId;
	/// Country's customary English short name (CLDR)
	string cldrDisplayName;
	/// EDGAR country code from SEC
	string edgarCode;
	/// Distinguishing signs of vehicles in international traffic
	string ds;
	/// Codes assigned by the International Olympics Committee
	string ioc;
	/// Codes assigned by the International Telecommunications Union
	string itu;
	/// Country code from ITU-T recommendation E.164, sometimes followed by area code
	string dial;
	/// Codes assigned by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
	string fifa;
	/// Country abbreviations by the World Meteorological Organization
	string wmo;
	/// Codes from the U.S. standard FIPS PUB 10-4
	string fips;
	/// Country status, based on the CIA World Factbook
	string isIndependent;
	/// Machine-Readable Cataloging codes from the Library of Congress
	string marc;
	/// ISO 4217 currency alphabetic code
	string[] currencies;
}

///
enum CountryClassification {
	Undefined,
	Developing, 
	Developed
}

///
struct Subdivision {
	string countryCode;
	string code;
	string name;
	string type;
	Nullable!string parent;
	Subdivision[] subdivision;
}

///
struct Language {
	string id;
	string formalName;
	string nativeName;
	string commonName;

	/// This matches ISO639.alpha3 or ISO639.alpha3Alternative
	string iso639;
}

///
struct Currency {
	/// ISO 4217 currency alphabetic code
	string currencyCode;
	/// ISO 4217 country name
	string displayName;
	/// ISO 4217 currency number of minor units
	string minorUnitName;
	string symbol;
	int defaultFractionDigits;
	double roundingIncrement;
	/// ISO 4217 currency numeric code
	Nullable!int iso4217Code;
}

///
enum Scope {
	individualLanguages,
	macrolanguages,
	familiesAndGroups,
	specialCodes,
	reservedForLocalUse
}

///
enum Type {
	living,
	extinct,
	ancient,
	historical,
	constructed
}

///
struct ISO639 {
	string alpha2;
	string alpha3;
	string alpha3Alternative;
	string name;
	string inEnglish;
	string inFrench;
	Scope scope_;
	Type type;
	string[] inventedNames;
}

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PR's are always welcome!

The files languages.d, countries.d, currencies.d are generated by parser.d. To change their content or to add new information please adjust parser.d. The makefile contains the python package to clone to get some of the information processed.