Plural forms vary significantly across languages, going far beyond the simple singular/plural distinction in English.
Languages like Arabic have six different plural forms based on quantity (zero, one, two, few, many, other), while some Asian languages like Japanese or Chinese don’t pluralize nouns at all. Other languages like Russian or Polish use different forms based on the last digit of the number.
These differences matter tremendously for localization because using incorrect plural forms makes your software feel unprofessional or even confusing to users.
When a Polish user sees “5 wiadomość” instead of “5 wiadomości,” it’s immediately apparent that the software wasn’t properly localized. Proper plural handling is one of those subtle details that separates professionally localized software from amateur attempts.
Localazy follows the CLDR standard of pluralization rules, and provides you with an interface to correctly provide all plural forms needed for the target language.
Learn more about the plural rules in the documentation
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