From 8f813fe325f40c3be9562718d92a3d6102b8b1e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael van Tellingen <m.vantellingen@labdigital.nl>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:49:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use Intl.Locale() to parse locales

---
 .changeset/forty-cherries-drive.md | 5 +++++
 src/i18n.ts                        | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/forty-cherries-drive.md

diff --git a/.changeset/forty-cherries-drive.md b/.changeset/forty-cherries-drive.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea3b867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/forty-cherries-drive.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@labdigital/toolkit": patch
+---
+
+Use Intl.Locale() to parse locales
diff --git a/src/i18n.ts b/src/i18n.ts
index 4b0b80e..f31065c 100644
--- a/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/i18n.ts
@@ -95,8 +95,11 @@ export const getLocalizedValue = <T = string>(
 export const parseLocale = (
 	locale: string,
 ): { languageTag: string; subTag: string | undefined } => {
-	const [languageTag, subTag] = locale.split("-");
-	return { languageTag, subTag };
+	const loc = new Intl.Locale(locale);
+	return {
+		languageTag: loc.language,
+		subTag: loc.region || loc.script || undefined, // Uses region or script as the subtag if available
+	};
 };
 
 // Locales where family name comes first