deps/v8/src/js/i18n.js
function BuildLanguageTagREs() {
  var alpha = '[a-zA-Z]';
  var digit = '[0-9]';
  var alphanum = '(' + alpha + '|' + digit + ')';
  var regular = '(art-lojban|cel-gaulish|no-bok|no-nyn|zh-guoyu|zh-hakka|' +
                'zh-min|zh-min-nan|zh-xiang)';
  var irregular = '(en-GB-oed|i-ami|i-bnn|i-default|i-enochian|i-hak|' +
                  'i-klingon|i-lux|i-mingo|i-navajo|i-pwn|i-tao|i-tay|' +
                  'i-tsu|sgn-BE-FR|sgn-BE-NL|sgn-CH-DE)';
  var grandfathered = '(' + irregular + '|' + regular + ')';
  var privateUse = '(x(-' + alphanum + '{1,8})+)';

  var singleton = '(' + digit + '|[A-WY-Za-wy-z])';
  LANGUAGE_SINGLETON_RE = new GlobalRegExp('^' + singleton + '$', 'i');

  var extension = '(' + singleton + '(-' + alphanum + '{2,8})+)';

  var variant = '(' + alphanum + '{5,8}|(' + digit + alphanum + '{3}))';
  LANGUAGE_VARIANT_RE = new GlobalRegExp('^' + variant + '$', 'i');

  var region = '(' + alpha + '{2}|' + digit + '{3})';
  var script = '(' + alpha + '{4})';
  var extLang = '(' + alpha + '{3}(-' + alpha + '{3}){0,2})';
  var language = '(' + alpha + '{2,3}(-' + extLang + ')?|' + alpha + '{4}|' +
                 alpha + '{5,8})';
  var langTag = language + '(-' + script + ')?(-' + region + ')?(-' +
                variant + ')*(-' + extension + ')*(-' + privateUse + ')?';

  var languageTag =
      '^(' + langTag + '|' + privateUse + '|' + grandfathered + ')$';
  LANGUAGE_TAG_RE = new GlobalRegExp(languageTag, 'i');
}
function BuildLanguageTagREs() {
  var alpha = '[a-zA-Z]';
  var digit = '[0-9]';
  var alphanum = '(' + alpha + '|' + digit + ')';
  var regular = '(art-lojban|cel-gaulish|no-bok|no-nyn|zh-guoyu|zh-hakka|' +
                'zh-min|zh-min-nan|zh-xiang)';
  var irregular = '(en-GB-oed|i-ami|i-bnn|i-default|i-enochian|i-hak|' +
                  'i-klingon|i-lux|i-mingo|i-navajo|i-pwn|i-tao|i-tay|' +
                  'i-tsu|sgn-BE-FR|sgn-BE-NL|sgn-CH-DE)';
  var grandfathered = '(' + irregular + '|' + regular + ')';
  var privateUse = '(x(-' + alphanum + '{1,8})+)';

  var singleton = '(' + digit + '|[A-WY-Za-wy-z])';
  LANGUAGE_SINGLETON_RE = new GlobalRegExp('^' + singleton + '$', 'i');

  var extension = '(' + singleton + '(-' + alphanum + '{2,8})+)';

  var variant = '(' + alphanum + '{5,8}|(' + digit + alphanum + '{3}))';
  LANGUAGE_VARIANT_RE = new GlobalRegExp('^' + variant + '$', 'i');

  var region = '(' + alpha + '{2}|' + digit + '{3})';
  var script = '(' + alpha + '{4})';
  var extLang = '(' + alpha + '{3}(-' + alpha + '{3}){0,2})';
  var language = '(' + alpha + '{2,3}(-' + extLang + ')?|' + alpha + '{4}|' +
                 alpha + '{5,8})';
  var langTag = language + '(-' + script + ')?(-' + region + ')?(-' +
                variant + ')*(-' + extension + ')*(-' + privateUse + ')?';

  var languageTag =
      '^(' + langTag + '|' + privateUse + '|' + grandfathered + ')$';
  LANGUAGE_TAG_RE = new GlobalRegExp(languageTag, 'i');
}
Builds a regular expresion that validates the language tag
against bcp47 spec.
Uses http://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47, section 2.1, ABNF.
Runs on load and initializes the global REs.