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What validity rules and error cases does Unicode MessageFormat 2 (UTS #35 Part 9) define for .match plural/ordinal/gender selection and unresolved variables?

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Unicode MessageFormat 2 (CLDR text at 7cdeb9e7): a .match message is valid only with matching key/selector counts, a catch-all variant, annotated selectors and unique variants; violations are named data-model errors; unresolved variables fall back to '$name'; the select option must be a literal so messages stay translatable.

Unicode MessageFormat 2 (CLDR text at 7cdeb9e7): a .match message is valid only with matching key/selector counts, a catch-all variant, annotated selectors and unique variants; violations are named data-model errors; unresolved variables fall back to '$name'; the select option must be a literal so messages stay translatable. Curator qualifications: Documentation read 2026-10-22; no code compiled or run; no saves synced. Draft functions (e.g. :unit) are not stable per the text. Limitations: Documentation read 2026-10-22; no code compiled or run; no saves synced. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] Unicode MessageFormat 2 (CLDR text at 7cdeb9e7): a .match message is valid only with matching key/selector counts, a catch-all variant, annotated selectors and unique variants; violations are named data-model errors; unresolved variables fall back to '$name'; the select option must be a literal so messages stay translatable. · locator: CLDR tr35-messageFormat.md at 7cdeb9e7 (bytes equal pin), error sections and select option note source

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