Convert a ISO 639-1 language code into its English equivalent name - Java java.lang

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Convert a ISO 639-1 language code into its English equivalent name

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert a ISO 639-1 language code into its English equivalent name
     *
     * @param iso639
     * @return
     */
    public static String iso639ToEnglish(String iso639) {
        String cmp = iso639.toLowerCase();

        if (cmp.equals("cz")) {
            return "Czech";
        } else if (cmp.equals("da")) {
            return "Danish";
        } else if (cmp.equals("de")) {
            return "German";
        } else if (cmp.equals("en")) {
            return "English";
        } else if (cmp.equals("es")) {
            return "Spanish";
        } else if (cmp.equals("fr")) {
            return "French";
        } else if (cmp.equals("hu")) {
            return "Hungarian";
        } else if (cmp.equals("it")) {
            return "Italian";
        } else if (cmp.equals("nl")) {
            return "Dutch";
        } else if (cmp.equals("pl")) {
            return "Polish";
        } else if (cmp.equals("ru")) {
            return "Russian";
        } else if (cmp.equals("sv")) {
            return "Swedish";
        }

        // nothing found
        // default to english so that it can't be abused
        return "English";
    }
}

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