Unknown language

The site’s language names a language Statac has no words for, and the site’s languages/ folder has no file for it either. Statac knows the words of a few languages; for any other, the site writes its own.

What you’ll see

warning  Unknown language: Statac has no words for `sw`
  Write its months, weekdays and quotation marks in `languages/sw.yaml`.
  More: https://statac.dev/e/unknown-language/

In the terminal the message also names the file and line where there is one, and marks the exact text.

Why Statac warns

Statac is sure which language you mean, and the build goes on. Without words, dates are written in figures, such as 2025-12-31, and quotation marks stay as they were typed. A date_format that writes a month or a weekday in words stops the build, since there are no words to write it with.

How to fix it

Add a file named after the language’s code to languages/, with the words and marks it is written with. Every line is optional.

Example

In statac.yaml:

language: sw

A file languages/sw.yaml giving Swahili’s words:

months: [Januari, Februari, Machi, Aprili, Mei, Juni,
  Julai, Agosti, Septemba, Oktoba, Novemba, Desemba]
weekdays: [Jumatatu, Jumanne, Jumatano, Alhamisi, Ijumaa, Jumamosi, Jumapili]
quotes: “ ” ‘ ’

Its name

Name	unknown-language
In the terminal	statac explain unknown-language
To stop showing it	quiet: [unknown-language] in statac.yaml, once you have understood it. Statac still counts it.