Unicode CLDR 35 alpha available for testing

The alpha version of Unicode CLDR 35
<http://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-35> is available for
testing. The alpha period lasts until the beta release on March 13,
which will include updates to the LDML spec. The final release is
expected on March 27.

Unicode 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>,
adding approximately 54 thousand new translated fields:

*Basic coverage*

New languages at *Basic* coverage: Cebuano (ceb), Hausa (ha), Igbo (ig),
Yoruba (yo)

*Modern coverage*

Languages Somali (so) and Javanese (jv) has additional 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 &amp; 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*

Updated to Gannen (元年) number format

*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>)

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

For details, see Detailed Specification Changes
<http://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-35?pli=1#TOC-Detailed-Specification-Changes>,
Detailed Structure Changes
<http://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-35?pli=1#TOC-Detailed-Structure-Changes>,
Detailed Data Changes
<http://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-35?pli=1#TOC-Detailed-Data-Changes>,
Growth <http://cldr.unicode.org/index/downloads/cldr-35?pli=1#TOC-Growth>.

http://blog.unicode.org/2019/02/unicode-cldr-35-alpha-available-for.html

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