I’ve asked staff to respond to this, please give them a little time.
I think you can instead use the same format as for Conservation Status – a column with iNaturalist Place ID. To find the ID number for a place, you can add .json to the URL, e.g. https://www.inaturalist.org/places/uttarakhand.json.
I think the easiest way to check that your taxonomy matches is to create a new list and upload your scientific names. It will help you try to find matches, even on unaccepted names.
It might be worth adding some details about how common names and places work and you can consider how that applies to your situation.
Since there is no site translation for Hindi, the only way for a user to have Hindi names display across most of the site is for both the name and the user to have the exact same place setting.
Importantly, an account set to a descendent place will not display the name for the ancestor place, it will display the global default. So an account set to Uttarakhand will show House Sparrow, not गौरैया because there is currently no name for Uttarakhand.
However, once a common name is entered, anyone can use that common name in searches, regardless of their place or language settings.
