feat(location): add list of spoken languages

src/definitions/location.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Language } from '../modules/location';
 import type { LocaleEntry } from './definitions';
 
 /**
@@ -147,4 +148,11 @@ export type LocationDefinition = LocaleEntry<{
    * @see [IANA Time Zone Database](https://www.iana.org/time-zones)
    */
   time_zone: string[];
+
+  /**
+   * A list of spoken languages.
+   *
+   * @see [ISO 639-2 Language Code List](https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php)
+   */
+  language: Language[];
 }>;

src/locales/en/location/index.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import continent from './continent';
 import country from './country';
 import county from './county';
 import direction from './direction';
+import language from './language';
 import postcode from './postcode';
 import secondary_address from './secondary_address';
 import state from './state';
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ const location: LocationDefinition = {
   country,
   county,
   direction,
+  language,
   postcode,
   secondary_address,
   state,

src/locales/en/location/language.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+export default [
+  { name: 'Afrikaans', alpha2: 'af', alpha3: 'afr' },
+  { name: 'Azerbaijani', alpha2: 'az', alpha3: 'aze' },
+  { name: 'Maldivian', alpha2: 'dv', alpha3: 'div' },
+  { name: 'Farsi/Persian', alpha2: 'fa', alpha3: 'fas' },
+  { name: 'Latvian', alpha2: 'lv', alpha3: 'lav' },
+  { name: 'Indonesian', alpha2: 'id', alpha3: 'ind' },
+  { name: 'Nepali', alpha2: 'ne', alpha3: 'nep' },
+  { name: 'Thai', alpha2: 'th', alpha3: 'tha' },
+  { name: 'Uzbek', alpha2: 'uz', alpha3: 'uzb' },
+  { name: 'Yoruba', alpha2: 'yo', alpha3: 'yor' },
+  { name: 'Pashto', alpha2: 'ps', alpha3: 'pus' },
+  { name: 'English', alpha2: 'en', alpha3: 'eng' },
+  { name: 'Urdu', alpha2: 'ur', alpha3: 'urd' },
+  { name: 'German', alpha2: 'de', alpha3: 'deu' },
+  { name: 'French', alpha2: 'fr', alpha3: 'fra' },
+  { name: 'Spanish', alpha2: 'es', alpha3: 'spa' },
+  { name: 'Italian', alpha2: 'it', alpha3: 'ita' },
+  { name: 'Dutch', alpha2: 'nl', alpha3: 'nld' },
+  { name: 'Russian', alpha2: 'ru', alpha3: 'rus' },
+  { name: 'Portuguese', alpha2: 'pt', alpha3: 'por' },
+  { name: 'Polish', alpha2: 'pl', alpha3: 'pol' },
+  { name: 'Arabic', alpha2: 'ar', alpha3: 'ara' },
+  { name: 'Japanese', alpha2: 'ja', alpha3: 'jpn' },
+  { name: 'Chinese', alpha2: 'zh', alpha3: 'zho' },
+  { name: 'Hindi', alpha2: 'hi', alpha3: 'hin' },
+  { name: 'Bengali', alpha2: 'bn', alpha3: 'ben' },
+  { name: 'Gujarati', alpha2: 'gu', alpha3: 'guj' },
+  { name: 'Tamil', alpha2: 'ta', alpha3: 'tam' },
+  { name: 'Telugu', alpha2: 'te', alpha3: 'tel' },
+  { name: 'Punjabi', alpha2: 'pa', alpha3: 'pan' },
+  { name: 'Vietnamese', alpha2: 'vi', alpha3: 'vie' },
+  { name: 'Korean', alpha2: 'ko', alpha3: 'kor' },
+  { name: 'Turkish', alpha2: 'tr', alpha3: 'tur' },
+  { name: 'Swedish', alpha2: 'sv', alpha3: 'swe' },
+  { name: 'Greek', alpha2: 'el', alpha3: 'ell' },
+  { name: 'Czech', alpha2: 'cs', alpha3: 'ces' },
+  { name: 'Hungarian', alpha2: 'hu', alpha3: 'hun' },
+  { name: 'Romanian', alpha2: 'ro', alpha3: 'ron' },
+  { name: 'Ukrainian', alpha2: 'uk', alpha3: 'ukr' },
+  { name: 'Norwegian', alpha2: 'no', alpha3: 'nor' },
+  { name: 'Serbian', alpha2: 'sr', alpha3: 'srp' },
+  { name: 'Croatian', alpha2: 'hr', alpha3: 'hrv' },
+  { name: 'Slovak', alpha2: 'sk', alpha3: 'slk' },
+  { name: 'Slovenian', alpha2: 'sl', alpha3: 'slv' },
+  { name: 'Icelandic', alpha2: 'is', alpha3: 'isl' },
+  { name: 'Finnish', alpha2: 'fi', alpha3: 'fin' },
+  { name: 'Danish', alpha2: 'da', alpha3: 'dan' },
+  { name: 'Swahili', alpha2: 'sw', alpha3: 'swa' },
+  { name: 'Bashkir', alpha2: 'ba', alpha3: 'bak' },
+  { name: 'Basque', alpha2: 'eu', alpha3: 'eus' },
+  { name: 'Catalan', alpha2: 'ca', alpha3: 'cat' },
+  { name: 'Galician', alpha2: 'gl', alpha3: 'glg' },
+  { name: 'Esperanto', alpha2: 'eo', alpha3: 'epo' },
+  { name: 'Fijian', alpha2: 'fj', alpha3: 'fij' },
+  { name: 'Malagasy', alpha2: 'mg', alpha3: 'mlg' },
+  { name: 'Maltese', alpha2: 'mt', alpha3: 'mlt' },
+  { name: 'Albanian', alpha2: 'sq', alpha3: 'sqi' },
+  { name: 'Armenian', alpha2: 'hy', alpha3: 'hye' },
+  { name: 'Georgian', alpha2: 'ka', alpha3: 'kat' },
+  { name: 'Macedonian', alpha2: 'mk', alpha3: 'mkd' },
+  { name: 'Kazakh', alpha2: 'kk', alpha3: 'kaz' },
+  { name: 'Haitian Creole', alpha2: 'ht', alpha3: 'hat' },
+  { name: 'Mongolian', alpha2: 'mn', alpha3: 'mon' },
+  { name: 'Kyrgyz', alpha2: 'ky', alpha3: 'kir' },
+  { name: 'Finnish', alpha2: 'fi', alpha3: 'fin' },
+  { name: 'Tagalog', alpha2: 'tl', alpha3: 'tgl' },
+  { name: 'Malay', alpha2: 'ms', alpha3: 'msa' },
+  { name: 'Tajik', alpha2: 'tg', alpha3: 'tgk' },
+  { name: 'Swati', alpha2: 'ss', alpha3: 'ssw' },
+  { name: 'Tatar', alpha2: 'tt', alpha3: 'tat' },
+  { name: 'Zulu', alpha2: 'zu', alpha3: 'zul' },
+];

src/locales/ur/location/index.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import city_prefix from './city_prefix';
 import city_suffix from './city_suffix';
 import country from './country';
 import direction from './direction';
+import language from './language';
 import postcode from './postcode';
 import secondary_address from './secondary_address';
 import state from './state';
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ const location: LocationDefinition = {
   city_suffix,
   country,
   direction,
+  language,
   postcode,
   secondary_address,
   state,

src/locales/ur/location/language.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+export default [
+  { name: 'پشتو', alpha2: 'ps', alpha3: 'pus' },
+  { name: 'اردو', alpha2: 'ur', alpha3: 'urd' },
+  { name: 'انگریزی', alpha2: 'en', alpha3: 'eng' },
+  { name: 'جرمن', alpha2: 'de', alpha3: 'deu' },
+  { name: 'فرانسیسی', alpha2: 'fr', alpha3: 'fra' },
+  { name: 'اسپینش', alpha2: 'es', alpha3: 'spa' },
+  { name: 'دچ', alpha2: 'nl', alpha3: 'nld' },
+  { name: 'روسی', alpha2: 'ru', alpha3: 'rus' },
+  { name: 'پرتگالی', alpha2: 'pt', alpha3: 'por' },
+  { name: 'پولش', alpha2: 'pl', alpha3: 'pol' },
+  { name: 'عربی', alpha2: 'ar', alpha3: 'ara' },
+  { name: 'جاپانی', alpha2: 'ja', alpha3: 'jpn' },
+  { name: 'چینی', alpha2: 'zh', alpha3: 'zho' },
+  { name: 'ہندی', alpha2: 'hi', alpha3: 'hin' },
+  { name: 'بنگالی', alpha2: 'bn', alpha3: 'ben' },
+  { name: 'تمل', alpha2: 'ta', alpha3: 'tam' },
+  { name: 'تلگو', alpha2: 'te', alpha3: 'tel' },
+  { name: 'پنجابی', alpha2: 'pa', alpha3: 'pan' },
+  { name: 'ترکی', alpha2: 'tr', alpha3: 'tur' },
+  { name: 'سویڈش', alpha2: 'sv', alpha3: 'swe' },
+  { name: 'یونانی', alpha2: 'el', alpha3: 'ell' },
+  { name: 'چیک', alpha2: 'cs', alpha3: 'ces' },
+  { name: 'ہنگرین', alpha2: 'hu', alpha3: 'hun' },
+  { name: 'نارویجن', alpha2: 'no', alpha3: 'nor' },
+  { name: 'کروشیائی', alpha2: 'hr', alpha3: 'hrv' },
+  { name: 'سلوواک', alpha2: 'sk', alpha3: 'slk' },
+  { name: 'سلووینیائی', alpha2: 'sl', alpha3: 'slv' },
+  { name: 'فنش', alpha2: 'fi', alpha3: 'fin' },
+  { name: 'دنش', alpha2: 'da', alpha3: 'dan' },
+  { name: 'مالٹی', alpha2: 'mt', alpha3: 'mlt' },
+  { name: 'تاجک', alpha2: 'tg', alpha3: 'tgk' },
+];

src/modules/location/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,26 @@
 import { FakerError } from '../../errors/faker-error';
 import { ModuleBase } from '../../internal/module-base';
 
+/**
+ * Represents a language with its full name, 2 character ISO 639-1 code, and 3 character ISO 639-2 code.
+ */
+export interface Language {
+  /**
+   * The full name for the language (e.g. `English`).
+   */
+  name: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The 2 character [ISO 639-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1) code.
+   */
+  alpha2: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The 3 character [ISO 639-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-2) code.
+   */
+  alpha3: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * Module to generate addresses and locations. Prior to Faker 8.0.0, this module was known as `faker.address`.
  *
@@ -628,4 +648,25 @@ export class LocationModule extends ModuleBase {
       this.faker.definitions.location.time_zone
     );
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a random spoken language.
+   *
+   * @see [ISO 639-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1)
+   * @see [ISO 639-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-2)
+   * @see [ISO 639-2 Language Code List](https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php)
+   *
+   * @example
+   * faker.location.language() // { alpha2: 'de', alpha3: 'deu', name: 'German' }
+   * faker.location.language().name // German
+   * faker.location.language().alpha2 // de
+   * faker.location.language().alpha3 // deu
+   *
+   * @since 9.4.0
+   */
+  language(): Language {
+    return this.faker.helpers.arrayElement(
+      this.faker.definitions.location.language
+    );
+  }
 }

test/modules/__snapshots__/location.spec.ts.snap

@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ exports[`location > 42 > direction > noArgs 1`] = `"South"`;
 
 exports[`location > 42 > direction > with abbreviated option 1`] = `"S"`;
 
+exports[`location > 42 > language 1`] = `
+{
+  "alpha2": "gu",
+  "alpha3": "guj",
+  "name": "Gujarati",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`location > 42 > latitude > noArgs 1`] = `-22.5828`;
 
 exports[`location > 42 > latitude > with max and min option 1`] = `-2.5092`;
@@ -170,6 +178,14 @@ exports[`location > 1211 > direction > noArgs 1`] = `"Southwest"`;
 
 exports[`location > 1211 > direction > with abbreviated option 1`] = `"SW"`;
 
+exports[`location > 1211 > language 1`] = `
+{
+  "alpha2": "tl",
+  "alpha3": "tgl",
+  "name": "Tagalog",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`location > 1211 > latitude > noArgs 1`] = `77.1337`;
 
 exports[`location > 1211 > latitude > with max and min option 1`] = `8.5704`;
@@ -308,6 +324,14 @@ exports[`location > 1337 > direction > noArgs 1`] = `"South"`;
 
 exports[`location > 1337 > direction > with abbreviated option 1`] = `"S"`;
 
+exports[`location > 1337 > language 1`] = `
+{
+  "alpha2": "ru",
+  "alpha3": "rus",
+  "name": "Russian",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`location > 1337 > latitude > noArgs 1`] = `-42.8356`;
 
 exports[`location > 1337 > latitude > with max and min option 1`] = `-4.7595`;

test/modules/location.spec.ts

@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ describe('location', () => {
 
     t.it('timeZone');
 
+    t.it('language');
+
     t.describeEach(
       'direction',
       'cardinalDirection',
@@ -415,6 +417,19 @@ describe('location', () => {
           expect(faker.definitions.location.time_zone).toContain(actual);
         });
       });
+
+      describe('language()', () => {
+        it('should return a random language', () => {
+          const actual = faker.location.language();
+          expect(actual.name).toBeTruthy();
+          expect(actual.alpha2).toBeTruthy();
+          expect(actual.alpha2).toHaveLength(2);
+          expect(actual.alpha3).toBeTruthy();
+          expect(actual.alpha3).toHaveLength(3);
+
+          expect(faker.definitions.location.language).toContain(actual);
+        });
+      });
     }
   );
 });

test/scripts/apidocs/__snapshots__/verify-jsdoc-tags.spec.ts.snap

@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ exports[`check docs completeness > all modules and methods are present 1`] = `
       "countryCode",
       "county",
       "direction",
+      "language",
       "latitude",
       "longitude",
       "nearbyGPSCoordinate",