<s>
The	O
language	B-Application
icon	I-Application
is	O
a	O
specific	O
icon	O
designed	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
select	O
a	O
specific	O
language	O
to	O
use	O
when	O
they	O
face	O
multi-lingual	O
,	O
multi-national	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
Language	B-Application
icon	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Onur	O
Mustak	O
Cobanli	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
in	O
2008	O
when	O
they	O
planned	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
multi-lingual	O
,	O
multi-national	O
website	O
,	O
taking	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
tongue	O
symbol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
first	O
language	B-Application
icons	I-Application
were	O
rejected	O
,	O
the	O
design	O
contest	O
was	O
organized	O
by	O
A’	O
Design	O
Award	O
&	O
Competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Farhat	O
Datta	O
designed	O
the	O
winning	O
entry	O
,	O
“	O
Turnstile	O
Language	B-Application
Icon	I-Application
”	O
,	O
created	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
announced	O
as	O
the	O
winner	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
described	O
license	O
is	O
'	O
Semi-Noncommercial	O
'	O
and	O
restricts	O
what	O
modifications	O
derived	O
versions	O
can	O
make	O
for	O
aesthetic	O
reasons	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
free	B-License
license	I-License
since	O
not	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
Four	O
Freedoms	O
are	O
guaranteed	O
,	O
and	O
likewise	O
does	O
not	O
provide	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
freedoms	O
of	O
the	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
Share-Alike	O
licenses	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
CC-BY-SA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	B-Application
icon	I-Application
was	O
adopted	O
into	O
the	O
widely-used	O
"	O
Font	O
Awesome	O
"	O
icon	O
package	O
in	O
Font	O
Awesome	O
version	O
4	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Font	O
Awesome	O
version	O
5	O
abandoned	O
the	O
language	B-Application
icon	I-Application
,	O
replacing	O
it	O
with	O
a	O
plain	O
A	O
and	O
文	O
symbol	O
for	O
language	O
selection	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Translate	I-Application
has	O
had	O
a	O
G	O
and	O
文	O
symbol	O
since	O
January	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
