As a Valencian citizen and speaker of Valencià, I would like to respectfully request that “Valencian” be recognized as a distinct language in MKVToolNix, or at least that it be clearly identified as such when selected.
Currently, MKVToolNix only allows selecting “Catalan” (code: cat) and displays this name in the track metadata. It does not reflect the reality that Valencian is officially recognized as a distinct language within the Valencian Community (Spain), both legally and culturally.
Therefore, I kindly ask for one of the following changes:
Include “Valencian (val)” as a separate entry in the language list (even if it shares the code cat for compatibility).
Or, if maintaining the ISO language code is required, allow users to select a variant label, so the displayed name is “Valencian” instead of just “Catalan”.
This would greatly respect linguistic identity and improve user experience for Valencian speakers.
Thank you for your amazing work on MKVToolNix, and for considering this request.
Matroska uses IETF/BCP47 language tags. Therefore I cannot just add arbitrary identifiers. The underlying ISO language code lists & IETF sub-tag are standardized.
Luckily those lists do contain Valencian already as a variant of Catalan. You can use the language code ca-valencia for that (or in the separate controls, “language” Catalan and “variant” “valencia”). No, the GUI won’t show the word “Valencian” then, but that’s the correct language code to use for it.
I don’t think I’m going to change how MKVToolNix GUI describes languages. At the moment it only uses the primary language tag (ca here). If I added more parts, the language descriptors can become very, very long. While ca-valencia would be short (“Catalan (Valencia)”), some identifiers are really long, e.g. en-GB would expand to “English as spoken in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irish”. That’s not even the most egregious example.
Hmm, showing the variant instead of the primary name if a variant is set? That might make a lot of sense; I’ll think about it & look into what other variants there are & if it would make sense for them, too.
