NAME
    Lingua::Boolean::Tiny - a smaller Lingua::Boolean, with support for more
    languages

SYNOPSIS
       use 5.010;
       use Lingua::Boolean::Tiny qw( boolean );
   
       my $response = "ja";  # German for "yes"
   
       if (boolean $response) {
          say "Yes!";
       }
       else {
          say "No!";
       }

DESCRIPTION
    This module provides an API roughly compatible with Lingua::Boolean but
    has no non-core dependencies, and supports Perl 5.6.2+ (though Perl
    versions earlier than 5.8 have pretty crummy Unicode support).

    Lingua::Boolean::Tiny includes hand-written support for the world's
    twelve most commonly spoken languages (Standard Chinese, English,
    Castillian Spanish, Hindi, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, Bengali, French,
    Malay, German and Japanese). Lingua::Boolean::Tiny::More (which is auto
    loaded on demand) provides support for almost any other language you can
    think of, but it may not be to the same standard.

    The string "1" is always true, and "0" is always false.

  Object-Oriented Interface
   Constructor
    "Lingua::Boolean::Tiny->new($lang)"
        Construct a new object supporting the given language. $lang should
        be an ISO language code (e.g. "en" for English or "zh" for Chinese).

        If the language is not recognised, a warning is issued and an object
        with support for just English is returned.

    "Lingua::Boolean::Tiny->new(\@lang)"
        Construct a new object supporting the union of multiple languages.

        Unrecognised languages are simply ignored.

        Because a string could be interpreted differently in different
        languages (e.g. "no" is a negative answer in English, but
        affirmative in Polish), the order is significant - in case of
        ambiguities, the earlier language wins.

    "Lingua::Boolean::Tiny->new()"
        Construct a new object supporting the union of all supported
        languages.

    "Lingua::Boolean::Tiny->new_strict($lang)"
        Like "new", but rather than defaulting to English, returns undef.

    You can alternatively construct objects using class names based on the
    language name:

       my $indonesian = Lingua::Boolean::Tiny::Malay->new();

   Methods
    "boolean($text)"
        Returns true if the text seems to indicate an affirmative answer
        (e.g. "yes"); returns false if the text seems to indicate an
        negitive answer (e.g. "no"); returns undef if the meaning of the
        text could not be established.

    "languages"
        Returns the name of the languages supported by this object.

    "langs"
        Returns the ISO codes of the languages supported by this object.

    "yes"
        Returns a canonical "yes" string for the language. This method only
        exists in objects which support a single language, not a union.

    "no"
        Returns a canonical "no" string for the language. This method only
        exists in objects which support a single language, not a union.

  Functional Interface
    This module provides several functions:

    "boolean $text, $lang"
        Shortcut for:

           Lingua::Boolean::Tiny->new($lang)->boolean($text)

        $lang is optional, but may be an ISO language code or a union
        thereof.

        This function is exported by default.

    "Lingua::Boolean::Tiny::languages()"
        Returns the full names of all supported languages.

        This function is not exported.

    "Lingua::Boolean::Tiny::langs()"
        Returns the ISO codes of all supported languages.

        This function is not exported.

BUGS
    Please report any bugs to
    <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Lingua-Boolean-Tiny>.

SEE ALSO
    Lingua::Boolean, String::BooleanSimple, I18N::Langinfo.

AUTHOR
    Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

CREDITS
    A thousand thanks to Lars Dɪᴇᴄᴋᴏᴡ 迪拉斯 (cpan:DAXIM) for helping me with
    Lingua::Boolean::Tiny::More and improving some of the translations in
    the main module.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
    This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Toby Inkster.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
    THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
    WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
    MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

