Bug 509469

Summary:	"Canadian French" missing from language selection
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	Adam Scott <ascott.ca>
Component:	kcm_regionandlang	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	hanyoung
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.4.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	"Language & Region" correctly displaying "Français canadien" as the current locale, but missing from the "Change language" list.

Description Adam Scott 2025-09-13 19:10:32 UTC

Created attachment 184938 [details]
"Language & Region" correctly displaying "Français canadien" as the current locale, but missing from the "Change language" list.

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SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open up "Region and Language"
2. Click on the change language button
3. Try to search for "Français canadien"

OBSERVED RESULT

"Français canadien" is nowhere to be found.

EXPECTED RESULT

"Français canadien" is listed and selectable.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.16.7-200.fc42.aarch64 (64-bit)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Adam Scott 2025-09-13 19:12:53 UTC

Canada (French) or "Français canadien" is `fr_CA.UTF-8`.

I had to modify `~/.config/plasma-localerc` manually to fix my locale.

Comment 2 Adam Scott 2025-09-13 19:13:46 UTC

Technically, the same bug could apply to Belgium French, Swiss French and other variants.

Comment 3 hanyoung 2025-09-14 05:19:38 UTC

Plasma has no translations for Français canadien, the language list only shows languages for which Plasma has translations. You can still set $LANG to other languages, both in systemwide settings (distro specific), or in `~/.config/plasma-localerc`. Plasma/KDE applications will use the fallback language in that case.