CLDR Plural Rules — Arabic (6 categories)
Arabic CLDR cardinal and ordinal plural rules with the exact integer samples that select each category, the equivalent gettext Plural-Forms expression, and a note on the trap the language exposes: a catalog written with only one/other silently renders 'many' counts (11-99) with the singular noun form.
{
"locale": "ar",
"language": "Arabic",
"source": "CLDR plural rules",
"note": "Rule expressions use CLDR plural-rule syntax: n is the absolute value of the source number, i its integer digits and v the count of visible fraction digits. Categories are selected by the FIRST matching rule; 'other' is always the fallback. Assert on the category returned for each sample value, not on any wording.",
"categories": [
"zero",
"one",
"two",
"few",
"many",
"other"
],
"cardinal": {
"zero": "n = 0",
"one": "n = 1",
"two": "n = 2",
"few": "n % 100 = 3..10",
"many": "n % 100 = 11..99",
"other": "(default — everything the rules above do not match)"
},
"cardinalSamples": {
"zero": [
0
],
"one": [
1
],
"two": [
2
],
"few": [
3,
4,
9,
10,
103,
110
],
"many": [
11,
26,
99,
111,
199
],
"other": [
100,
101,
102,Specifications
- Locale
- ar
- Language
- Arabic
- Cardinal Categories
- 6
- Categories
- zero, one, two, few, many, other
- Has Ordinal Categories
- 1
- Gettext Nplurals
- 6
- Seed
- 20260807
- Wave
- p7
- Line Endings
- LF
Testing contract
Reference control- Scenario
- Run every value in `cardinalSamples` and `ordinalSamples` through a plural engine configured for ar.
- Expected result
- Each value returns the category it is filed under — 6 distinct cardinal categories for ar, with 'other' as the fallback.
What is a .json file?
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, text-based data-interchange format representing objects, arrays, strings, numbers, booleans, and null. It is language-independent, human-readable, and the dominant format for web APIs and configuration. It requires a single well-formed root value.
How to use this file
Use an example JSON file to test parsers and serializers, schema validation, Unicode and number-precision handling, and API request or response processing.
How to use this file for testing
“CLDR Plural Rules — Arabic (6 categories)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Internationalization, Localization catalogs, JSON parsing. Parallel text and accented, multi-script content — for testing translation pipelines, Unicode handling, and localization tooling.
Documented properties for this file: seed 20260807 · Arabic · LF. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
Translation-catalog fixtures carry the same message set across formats, each with its native placeholder syntax. Test your i18n loader, catalog converter, or translation-memory tool, and use the RTL and CJK variants to check bidirectional text and Unicode handling.
Load the catalog with your i18n framework and verify placeholder interpolation and plural handling; the RTL and CJK variants exercise bidirectional text and font fallback.
Code examples
import json
with open("plural-rules-ar.json") as f:
data = json.load(f)
print(type(data), len(data))Related files
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- arbFlutter ARB — ICU plurals and typed placeholders (Arabic)A Arabic ARB whose plural messages carry an ICU branch for each of the 6 categories ar selects, plus a select message and a summary line with typed placeholders — int with compactLong, and a DateTime with a yMMMd format — which is what makes gen_l10n emit a typed Dart method rather than a plain string.
- arbFlutter ARB — ICU plurals and typed placeholders (English)A English ARB whose plural messages carry an ICU branch for each of the 2 categories en selects, plus a select message and a summary line with typed placeholders — int with compactLong, and a DateTime with a yMMMd format — which is what makes gen_l10n emit a typed Dart method rather than a plain string.
- arbFlutter ARB — ICU plurals and typed placeholders (Polish)A Polish ARB whose plural messages carry an ICU branch for each of the 4 categories pl selects, plus a select message and a summary line with typed placeholders — int with compactLong, and a DateTime with a yMMMd format — which is what makes gen_l10n emit a typed Dart method rather than a plain string.
- arbFlutter ARB — ICU plurals and typed placeholders (Welsh)A Welsh ARB whose plural messages carry an ICU branch for each of the 6 categories cy selects, plus a select message and a summary line with typed placeholders — int with compactLong, and a DateTime with a yMMMd format — which is what makes gen_l10n emit a typed Dart method rather than a plain string.
- jsonICU MessageFormat — Nested select/plural (Arabic)Arabic ICU MessageFormat catalog whose messages nest a select inside a plural branch and a plural inside a select branch, shipped with the argument bindings and the exact output each one must produce. Includes the '#' binding trap: inside a nested plural, '#' refers to the inner argument, so the outer count is written explicitly.
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