language code

• CURIE: gmeow:languageCode
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/languageCode
• Category: property
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/language
• Box roles: RBox role (What is this?)

An OPTIONAL registry code for a language (a BCP-47 tag "ja", an ISO 639-3 code "jpn", a Glottocode). A see-also alignment value, NEVER identity — a code-less conlang or AI-language is fully first-class. Authoritative identity is the self-minted IRI; assert registry coreference with skos:exactMatch and gmeow:authorityLink. Non-functional (a language carries codes in several registries).

Structure

Property shape: datatype property; gmeow:Language -> rdfs:Literal

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:languageCode from gmeow:Language to rdfs:Literal when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:Language

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: schema, wd

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences

Projection Coverage

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to record a language's registry code(s) — ISO 639-3, BCP-47 primary subtag, Glottocode — as a see-also alignment for interop and lookup, while the self-minted IRI remains the identity.

Avoid when

• Avoid treating a code as the language's identity or as the @lang tag on GMEOW's own literals (that is gmeow:languageTag), and avoid forcing one code — a language carries codes in several registries, so it stays non-functional. A code-less conlang needs no value here.

How to use

• List each registry code as a literal and pair it with skos:exactMatch (and gmeow:authorityLink) to the registry IRI for graph-level coreference; never let the code substitute for the IRI in a gmeow:writtenInLanguage object.

Examples

• gmeow:langEnglish gmeow:languageCode "en", "eng".