[elreq] Why doesn't Intl.Locale include the Ethiopic numbering system for Ethiopic Locales (#132)

Eazash has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/elreq:

== Why doesn't Intl.Locale include the Ethiopic numbering system for Ethiopic Locales ==
When using the [ECMASCRIPT INTL.Locale API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/Locale) to resolve the numbering system for Ethiopic locales, it only resolves to the latin locale. Per my testing, most Ethiopic Locales  (e.g. Amharic, Afar, Ge'ez) do not include the Ethiopic numbering system. For example...
```js
const am = new Intl.Locale("am-ET")
console.log(am.numberingSystems)
// ['latn']
```
The above code should have outputed `['latn', 'ethi']`. For reference, the [Unicode Common Locale Data Repository](https://cldr.unicode.org) lists both the latin and ethiopic numberinc systems(full json permalink can be found [here](https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr-json/blob/80a94b0f6c3a34d6e2dc0dca8639a54babc87f94/cldr-json/cldr-numbers-modern/main/am/numbers.json)).
```json
{
  "main": {
    "am": {
      "identity": {
        "version": {
          "_cldrVersion": "43"
        },
        "language": "am"
      },
      "numbers": {
        "defaultNumberingSystem": "latn",
        "otherNumberingSystems": {
          "native": "latn",
          "traditional": "ethi"
        }
 }
  }
}
``` 
As a follow up question, why is the default numbering system for amharic Latin? Shouldn't that be Ethiopic? 

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/elreq/issues/132 using your GitHub account


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Received on Tuesday, 8 August 2023 08:15:08 UTC