@jhsoby We receive the list of language names from the sitematrix API:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=sitematrix&smtype=language&smlangprop=code%7Clocalname&formatversion=2

The above API call gives "Norwegian" as the name associated with the no language code.

But also, in our most recent update, we updated how we display the names of languages anyway, to use local names instead of English names (T383150), so the language name should appear as "Norsk bokmål" now.

In T384569#10489426, @Dbrant wrote:

@jhsoby We receive the list of language names from the sitematrix API:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=sitematrix&smtype=language&smlangprop=code%7Clocalname&formatversion=2

The above API call gives "Norwegian" as the name associated with the no language code.

Yeah, the no/nb thing is a mess. Sorry about that. 😅 For Wikipedia purposes, no === nb, so if possible, it would be nice to fix that. I see there are already some customization for that, but it apparently doesn't apply to everything.

But also, in our most recent update, we updated how we display the names of languages anyway, to use local names instead of English names (T383150), so the language name should appear as "Norsk bokmål" now.

I don't think my version is that recent, but will the English name still be displayed underneath the autonym when adding a new language? Because that would still need to be changed (though that is of course much less prominent than what made me start this task).

dbrant opened https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia/pull/5264

Fixed on 2.7.50518-r-2025-01-27