Locale Co Fr

Reference data for the Corsican (France) locale — endonym Corsu (Francia), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: co-FR
• ISO 639-1: co
• ISO 639-3: cos
• Script: Latn (Latin)
• Region: FR (France)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 150,000
• L2 (additional): 100,000
• L1+L2 (total): 250,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Co 001 (Corsican), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR has no explicit plural rule defined for this language; it falls back to the root rule of a single other category (1 form) — every count uses the same word form, as in Japanese or Chinese.

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Co 001 to the Corsican spoken in France.

• Context: Corsican is a recognized regional language but is not official; bilingual signs and documents exist in Corsican and French. Use French for official legal text and Corsican alongside it where the project provides both.
• Typography: French conventions (non-breaking space before : ; ! ?, guillemets) usually apply.
• Formats: euro after the amount; day/month/year; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.

Common pitfalls

• Presenting Corsican as a dialect of Italian or French in material meant for Corsican readers.
• Machine-translating from French without review.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Co 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Collectivité de Corse, language policy and teaching resources for Corsican