Cardinalities
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CARDINALITY_ZERO
Matches
n = 0Example Integers:
0Example Decimals:
0.0, 0.00, 0.000, 0.0000 -
CARDINALITY_ONE
Matches
n = 1Example Integers:
1Example Decimals:
1.0, 1.00, 1.000, 1.0000 -
CARDINALITY_OTHER
Matches
all other valuesExample Integers:
2, 17, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, …Example Decimals:
0.1, 0.9, 1.1, 1.7, 10.0, 100.0, 1000.0, 10000.0, 100000.0, 1000000.0, …
Cardinality example
This localized strings example uses complete, page-local CLDR minimal-pair patterns to demonstrate every Cardinality category defined for the locale. Minimal-pair text contrasts grammatical forms; it is language-reference data, not reusable application copy.
Source: Unicode CLDR 48.2 cv locale data.
Sample localized strings file
{ "Cardinality.MinimalPair": { "commentary": "Demonstrates every CLDR cardinal category defined for this locale.", "translation": "{{cardinalityExample}}", "placeholders": { "cardinalityExample": { "value": "cardinalityValue", "translations": { "CARDINALITY_ZERO": "Пан улми ҫук.", "CARDINALITY_ONE": "{{formattedCardinalityValue}} пан улми пур. Ӑна илесшӗн-и?", "CARDINALITY_OTHER": "{{formattedCardinalityValue}} пан улми пур. Вӗсене илесшӗн-и?" } } } } }
Usage and expected results
The Java code passes each raw number for cardinality selection and formats its display value separately with NumberFormat.
Locale locale = Locale.forLanguageTag("cv"); Strings strings = Strings.withFallbackLocale(locale) .localizedStringSupplier(() -> LocalizedStringLoader.loadFromFilesystem(Paths.get("strings"))) .localeSupplier((matcher) -> matcher.bestMatchFor(locale)) .build(); NumberFormat numberFormat = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale); // Raw numbers select language forms; NumberFormat produces the display values // CARDINALITY_ZERO Number zeroCardinalityValue = 0; String zeroFormattedCardinalityValue = numberFormat.format(zeroCardinalityValue); assertEquals(Cardinality.ZERO, Cardinality.forNumber(zeroCardinalityValue, locale)); assertEquals("Пан улми ҫук.", strings.get( "Cardinality.MinimalPair", Map.of( "cardinalityValue", zeroCardinalityValue, "formattedCardinalityValue", zeroFormattedCardinalityValue ) )); // CARDINALITY_ONE Number oneCardinalityValue = 1; String oneFormattedCardinalityValue = numberFormat.format(oneCardinalityValue); assertEquals(Cardinality.ONE, Cardinality.forNumber(oneCardinalityValue, locale)); // Expected: 1 пан улми пур. Ӑна илесшӗн-и? assertEquals(oneFormattedCardinalityValue + " пан улми пур. Ӑна илесшӗн-и?", strings.get( "Cardinality.MinimalPair", Map.of( "cardinalityValue", oneCardinalityValue, "formattedCardinalityValue", oneFormattedCardinalityValue ) )); // CARDINALITY_OTHER Number otherCardinalityValue = 2; String otherFormattedCardinalityValue = numberFormat.format(otherCardinalityValue); assertEquals(Cardinality.OTHER, Cardinality.forNumber(otherCardinalityValue, locale)); // Expected: 2 пан улми пур. Вӗсене илесшӗн-и? assertEquals(otherFormattedCardinalityValue + " пан улми пур. Вӗсене илесшӗн-и?", strings.get( "Cardinality.MinimalPair", Map.of( "cardinalityValue", otherCardinalityValue, "formattedCardinalityValue", otherFormattedCardinalityValue ) ));
Cardinality Ranges
No explicit CLDR cardinality-range mapping is defined for this language. Cardinality.forRange(...) therefore falls back to the ending cardinality for every range.
Ordinalities
All ordinal numbers use ORDINALITY_OTHER; no value selects a different form.
Example: 2-мӗш пан улми выртать..
Addendum: Language Form Rules
The language form expressions above are specified by Unicode Technical Standard #35 and use the following notation:
nabsolute value of the source number (integer and decimals)iinteger digits ofnvnumber of visible fraction digits inn, with trailing zeroswnumber of visible fraction digits inn, without trailing zerosfvisible fractional digits inn, with trailing zerostvisible fractional digits inn, without trailing zerosc/ecompact decimal exponent operands used by some CLDR compact-number rules