CultureInfo.CultureTypes Property

Definition

Gets the culture types that pertain to the current CultureInfo object.

C#
public System.Globalization.CultureTypes CultureTypes { get; }
C#
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(false)]
public System.Globalization.CultureTypes CultureTypes { get; }

Property Value

A bitwise combination of one or more CultureTypes values. There is no default value.

Attributes

Examples

The following example demonstrates the CultureTypes enumeration and the CultureTypes property.

C#
using System;
using System.Globalization;

class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Get and enumerate all cultures.
        var allCultures = CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures);
        foreach (var ci in allCultures)
        {
            // Display the name of each culture.
            Console.Write($"{ci.EnglishName} ({ci.Name}): ");
            // Indicate the culture type.
            if (ci.CultureTypes.HasFlag(CultureTypes.NeutralCultures))
               Console.Write(" NeutralCulture");
            if (ci.CultureTypes.HasFlag(CultureTypes.SpecificCultures))
               Console.Write(" SpecificCulture");
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
}
/*
The following is a portion of the output from this example.
      Tajik (tg):  NeutralCulture
      Tajik (Cyrillic) (tg-Cyrl):  NeutralCulture
      Tajik (Cyrillic, Tajikistan) (tg-Cyrl-TJ):  SpecificCulture
      Thai (th):  NeutralCulture
      Thai (Thailand) (th-TH):  SpecificCulture
      Tigrinya (ti):  NeutralCulture
      Tigrinya (Eritrea) (ti-ER):  SpecificCulture
      Tigrinya (Ethiopia) (ti-ET):  SpecificCulture
      Tigre (tig):  NeutralCulture
      Tigre (Eritrea) (tig-ER):  SpecificCulture
      Turkmen (tk):  NeutralCulture
      Turkmen (Turkmenistan) (tk-TM):  SpecificCulture
      Setswana (tn):  NeutralCulture
      Setswana (Botswana) (tn-BW):  SpecificCulture
      Setswana (South Africa) (tn-ZA):  SpecificCulture
*/

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1

See also