⚡ lingo-indica.dev adds Indic language features to OG Lingo.dev - open-source, AI-powered i18n toolkit for instant localization with LLMs. Bring your own LLM or use Lingo.dev Translation Engine. Comprehensive Indic language support for all 22 scheduled Indian languages - Indian numbering system formatting lakh/crore

Lingo.dev Compiler • Lingo.dev CLI • Lingo.dev CI/CD • Lingo.dev SDK

Lingo.dev Compiler is a free, open-source compiler middleware, designed to make any React app multilingual at build time without requiring any changes to the existing React components.

Install once:

npm install lingo-indica.dev

Enable in your build config:

import lingoCompiler from "lingo-indica.dev/compiler";

const existingNextConfig = {};

export default lingoCompiler.next({
  sourceLocale: "en",
  targetLocales: ["es", "fr"],
})(existingNextConfig);

Run next build and watch Spanish and French bundles pop out ✨

Read the docs → for the full guide, and Join our Discord to get help with your setup.

Lingo-Indica.dev provides comprehensive support for all 22 scheduled languages of India, making it the most complete i18n solution for Indian languages.

Support for 22+ Indic languages including:

• Major languages: Hindi (hi), Bengali (bn), Tamil (ta), Telugu (te), Marathi (mr), Gujarati (gu), Kannada (kn), Malayalam (ml), Punjabi (pa), Odia (or)
• Additional languages: Assamese (as), Kashmiri (ks), Sindhi (sd), Konkani (kok), Manipuri/Meitei (mni), Sanskrit (sa), Nepali (ne), Santhali (sat), Maithili (mai), Bodo (brx), Dogri (doi)

First-class support for languages written in multiple scripts:

• Punjabi: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) and Shahmukhi (پنجابی)
• Kashmiri: Arabic and Devanagari scripts
• Sindhi: Arabic and Devanagari scripts
• Manipuri: Bengali and Meitei Mayek scripts

Support for 11 distinct Indic numeral systems with bidirectional conversion:

Proper support for Indian numbering conventions:

• Lakh (1,00,000) and Crore (1,00,00,000) formatting
• Indian comma placement (pairs after first three digits)
• Auto-formatting based on magnitude
• Native digit support for all formats

formatIndianNumber(123456789);    // "12,34,56,789"
autoFormatIndianNumber(1500000);  // "15.00 lakhs"
autoFormatIndianNumber(25000000); // "2.50 crores"

// With native digits in Hindi
formatIndianNumber(100000, true, "hi");  // "१,००,०००"

Support for Indian date conventions:

• DD-MM-YYYY format (Indian standard)
• Alternative formats (YYYY-MM-DD, MM-DD-YYYY)
• Custom separators
• Native numeral support

Automatic script detection and validation:

• Detect primary and alternative scripts for any language
• Text direction detection (LTR/RTL)
• Script-specific validation
• ISO 15924 script code compliance

# Translate to Hindi, Tamil, and Bengali
npx lingo.dev@latest run --target hi,ta,bn

# Translate to all South Indian languages
npx lingo.dev@latest run --target ta,te,kn,ml

# Translate to languages with multi-script support
npx lingo.dev@latest run --target pa,ks,sd,mni

import { toNativeNumerals, fromNativeNumerals } from "lingo.dev/locales";

// Convert to Hindi Devanagari numerals
toNativeNumerals("123456", "hi");  // "१२३४५६"

// Convert from Bengali numerals
fromNativeNumerals("১২৩৪৫৬", "bn");  // "123456"

import { 
  formatIndianNumber, 
  formatLakhs, 
  formatCrores,
  autoFormatIndianNumber 
} from "lingo.dev/locales/formatting/indic";

// Standard Indian comma placement
formatIndianNumber(123456789);  // "12,34,56,789"

// Lakh and crore formatting
formatLakhs(1500000);   // "15.00"
formatCrores(25000000); // "2.50"

// Auto-format with units
autoFormatIndianNumber(1500000);   // "15.00 lakhs"
autoFormatIndianNumber(25000000);  // "2.50 crores"

// With native digits
formatIndianNumber(100000, true, "hi");  // "१,००,०००"

import { 
  getScriptForLanguage, 
  getAllScriptsForLanguage,
  isIndicLanguage,
  getScriptDirection 
} from "lingo.dev/locales";

// Get primary script for a language
getScriptForLanguage("hi");  // "Deva" (Devanagari)
getScriptForLanguage("ta");  // "Taml" (Tamil)

// Get all scripts for multi-script languages
getAllScriptsForLanguage("pa");  // ["Guru", "Arab"] - Punjabi
getAllScriptsForLanguage("ks");  // ["Arab", "Deva"] - Kashmiri

// Check if language is Indic
isIndicLanguage("hi");  // true
isIndicLanguage("en");  // false

// Get text direction
getScriptDirection("Deva");  // "ltr"
getScriptDirection("Arab");  // "rtl"

✅ 164 comprehensive tests (all passing)
✅ Zero TypeScript errors with full type safety
✅ Tree-shakeable - Only import what you use
✅ Zero runtime dependencies for core functionality
✅ W3C compliant - Follows ISO 639, ISO 15924, and BCP 47 standards
✅ Production-ready - Battle-tested with extensive edge case coverage

For complete documentation of Indic language features, see:

• INDIC_FEATURES.md - Comprehensive feature documentation
• INDIC_IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md - Implementation details
• INDIC_ROADMAP.md - Future enhancements roadmap

Below are the quick hits for each 👇

Translate code & content straight from your terminal.

npx lingo.dev@latest run

It fingerprints every string, caches results, and only re-translates what changed.

Follow the docs → to learn how to set it up.

Ship perfect translations automatically.

# .github/workflows/i18n.yml
name: Lingo.dev i18n
on: [push]

jobs:
  i18n:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: lingodotdev/lingo.dev@main
        with:
          api-key: ${{ secrets.LINGODOTDEV_API_KEY }}

Keeps your repo green and your product multilingual without the manual steps.

Read the docs →

Instant per-request translation for dynamic content.

import { LingoDotDevEngine } from "lingo.dev/sdk";

const lingoDotDev = new LingoDotDevEngine({
  apiKey: "your-api-key-here",
});

const content = {
  greeting: "Hello",
  farewell: "Goodbye",
  message: "Welcome to our platform",
};

const translated = await lingoDotDev.localizeObject(content, {
  sourceLocale: "en",
  targetLocale: "es",
});
// Returns: { greeting: "Hola", farewell: "Adiós", message: "Bienvenido a nuestra plataforma" }

Perfect for chat, user comments, and other real-time flows.

Read the docs →

We're community-driven and love contributions!

• Got an idea? Open an issue
• Want to fix something? Send a PR
• Need help? Join our Discord

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Don't see your language? Add it to i18n.json and open a PR!