Unicode CLDR Version 35 Language/Locale Data Released

mechanical arm emoji imageUnicode CLDR 35 provides an update to the key
building blocks for software supporting the world's languages. CLDR data
is used by all major software systems
<http://cldr.unicode.org/index#TOC-Who-uses-CLDR-> for their software
internationalization and localization, adapting software to the
conventions of different languages for such common software tasks.

CLDR 35 included a limited Survey Tool data collection phase
<https://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/35/supplemental/locale_coverage.html>.
The following summarizes the changes in the release.

*Data * 70,000+ new data fields, 13,400+ revised data fields
*Basic coverage * New languages at *Basic* coverage: Cebuano (ceb),
Hausa (ha), Igbo (ig), Yoruba (yo)
*Modern coverage * Languages Somali (so) and Javanese (jv) increased
coverage from *Moderate* to *Modern*
*Emoji 12.0 * Names and annotations (search keywords) for 90+ new emoji
<http://blog.unicode.org/2019/02/unicode-emoji-12-final-for-2019.html>;
Also includes fixes for previous names & keywords
*Collation * Collation updated to *Unicode 12.0*, including new emoji;
Japanese single-character (ligature) era names added to collation and
search collation
*Measurement units * 23 additional units
<http://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/35/delta/supplemental-data.html#unit>
*Date formats * Two additional flexible formats, and 20 new interval
formats
*Japanese calendar * In Japanese locale, updated to use Gannen (元年)
year numbering for non-numeric formats (which include 年), and to
consistently use narrow eras in numeric date formats such as “H31/3/27”.
*Region Names * Many names updated to local equivalents of “North
Macedonia” (MK
<https://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/35/by_type/locale_display_names.territories__europe_.html#216cb1286c47a733>)
and “Eswatini” (SZ
<https://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/35/by_type/locale_display_names.territories__africa_.html#6e49aa3c9aa50dc9>).

*Segmentation * Enhanced Grapheme Cluster Boundary rules for 6 Indic
scripts: Gujr, Telu, Mlym, Orya, Beng, Deva.

A dot release, version 35.1 is expected in April, with further changes
for Japanese calendar.

For details, see Detailed Specification Changes
<https://sites.google.com/site/cldr/index/downloads/cldr-35?pli=1#TOC-Detailed-Specification-Changes>,
Detailed Structure Changes
<https://sites.google.com/site/cldr/index/downloads/cldr-35?pli=1#TOC-Detailed-Structure-Changes>,
Detailed Data Changes
<https://sites.google.com/site/cldr/index/downloads/cldr-35?pli=1#TOC-Detailed-Data-Changes>.

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<http://unicode.org/consortium/adopt-a-character.html>, to help the
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http://blog.unicode.org/2019/03/unicode-cldr-version-35-languagelocale.html

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