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by KeytarHero 1606 days ago
> Why not use full language names?

If I end up on the page in a language I don't know, then how would I find the language selector?

I agree that flags aren't great, but I don't know of any other solution to this problem.

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Language codes are a solution. And it works great.

And language codes should be given in ASCII. Someone not native has a slight chance of not knowing what fr is, or bn is, or nl is, but, a native, or someone who speaks the language will always know.