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
.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