2.1.1907 Part 4 Section 7.6.2.39, LCID (Locale ID)

a.   The standard says LCID represents the source's language.

Word uses LCID as the language to format the source when the documentation style in use has language-dependant variability.

b.   The standard does not allow 0 as a value for LCID.

Word sets LCID to 0 to mean the value should be  determined at runtime by the application.

c.   The standard states that the LCID table in ST_LangCode shall be used to associate language IDs with languages.

In Office, this element represents the language that shall be used to format the source. The set of locale IDs used by Office are specified in the following table.

Language Code

Description (informative)

BCP 47 Code

1025

Arabic - Saudi Arabia

ar-SA

1026

Bulgarian

bg-BG

1027

Catalan

ca-ES

1028

Chinese - Taiwan

zh-TW

1029

Czech

cs-CZ

1030

Danish

da-DK

1031

German - Germany

de-DE

1032

Greek

el-GR

1033

English - United States

en-US

1034

Spanish - Spain (Traditional Sort)

es-ES

1035

Finnish

fi-FI

1036

French - France

fr-FR

1037

Hebrew

he-IL

1038

Hungarian

hu-HU

1039

Icelandic

is-IS

1040

Italian - Italy

it-IT

1041

Japanese

ja-JP

1042

Korean

ko-KR

1043

Dutch - Netherlands

nl-NL

1044

Norwegian (Bokmål)

nb-NO

1045

Polish

pl-PL

1046

Portuguese - Brazil

pt-BR

1047

Rhaeto-Romanic

rm-CH

1048

Romanian

ro-RO

1049

Russian

ru-RU

1050

Croatian

hr-HR

1051

Slovak

sk-SK

1052

Albanian - Albania

sq-AL

1053

Swedish

sv-SE

1054

Thai

th-TH

1055

Turkish

tr-TR

1056

Urdu - Pakistan

ur-PK

1057

Indonesian

id-ID

1058

Ukrainian

uk-UA

1059

Belarusian

be-BY

1060

Slovenian

sl-SI

1061

Estonian

et-EE

1062

Latvian

lv-LV

1063

Lithuanian

lt-LT

1064

Tajik

tg-Cyrl-TJ

1065

Persian

fa-IR

1066

Vietnamese

vi-VN

1067

Armenian - Armenia

hy-AM

1068

Azerbaijani (Latin)

az-Latn-AZ

1069

Basque

eu-ES

1070

Sorbian

wen-DE

1071

Macedonian

mk-MK

1072

Sutu

st-ZA

1073

Tsonga

ts-ZA

1074

Tswana

tn-ZA

1075

Venda

ven-ZA

1076

Xhosa

xh-ZA

1077

Zulu

zu-ZA

1078

Afrikaans - South Africa

af-ZA

1079

Georgian

ka-GE

1080

Faroese

fo-FO

1081

Hindi

hi-IN

1082

Maltese

mt-MT

1083

Sami

se-NO

1084

Scottish Gaelic

gd-GB

1085

Yiddish

yi

1086

Malay - Malaysia

ms-MY

1087

Kazakh

kk-KZ

1088

Kyrgyz (Cyrillic)

ky-KG

1089

Swahili

sw-KE

1090

Turkmen

tk-TM

1091

Uzbek (Latin)

uz-Latn-UZ

1092

Tatar

tt-RU

1093

Bengali (India)

bn-IN

1094

Punjabi

pa-IN

1095

Gujarati

gu-IN

1096

Odia

or-IN

1097

Tamil

ta-IN

1098

Telugu

te-IN

1099

Kannada

kn-IN

1100

Malayalam

ml-IN

1101

Assamese

as-IN

1102

Marathi

mr-IN

1103

Sanskrit

sa-IN

1104

Mongolian (Cyrillic)

mn-MN

1105

Tibetan - People's Republic of China

bo-CN

1106

Welsh

cy-GB

1107

Khmer

km-KH

1108

Lao

lo-LA

1109

Burmese

my-MM

1110

Galician

gl-ES

1111

Konkani

kok-IN

1112

Manipuri

mni

1113

Sindhi - India

sd-IN

1114

Syriac

syr-SY

1115

Sinhalese - Sri Lanka

si-LK

1116

Cherokee - United States

chr-US

1117

Inuktitut

iu-Cans-CA

1118

Amharic - Ethiopia

am-ET

1119

Tamazight (Arabic)

tmz

1120

Kashmiri (Arabic)

ks-Arab-IN

1121

Nepali

ne-NP

1122

Frisian - Netherlands

fy-NL

1123

Pashto

ps-AF

1124

Filipino

fil-PH

1125

Divehi

dv-MV

1126

Edo

bin-NG

1127

Fulfulde - Nigeria

fuv-NG

1128

Hausa - Nigeria

ha-Latn-NG

1129

Ibibio - Nigeria

ibb-NG

1130

Yoruba

yo-NG

1131

Quecha - Bolivia

quz-BO

1132

Sepedi

nso-ZA

1136

Igbo - Nigeria

ig-NG

1137

Kanuri - Nigeria

kr-NG

1138

Oromo

gaz-ET

1139

Tigrigna - Ethiopia

ti-ER

1140

Guarani - Paraguay

gn-PY

1141

Hawaiian - United States

haw-US

1142

Latin

la

1143

Somali

so-SO

1144

Yi

ii-CN

1145

Papiamentu

pap-AN

1152

Uighur - China

ug-Arab-CN

1153

Maori - New Zealand

mi-NZ

2049

Arabic - Iraq

ar-IQ

2052

Chinese - People's Republic of China

zh-CN

2055

German - Switzerland

de-CH

2057

English - United Kingdom

en-GB

2058

Spanish - Mexico

es-MX

2060

French - Belgium

fr-BE

2064

Italian - Switzerland

it-CH

2067

Dutch - Belgium

nl-BE

2068

Norwegian (Nynorsk)

nn-NO

2070

Portuguese - Portugal

pt-PT

2072

Romanian - Moldova

ro-MD

2073

Russian - Moldava

ru-MD

2074

Serbian (Latin)

sr-Latn-CS

2077

Swedish - Finland

sv-FI

2080

Urdu - India

ur-IN

2092

Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)

az-Cyrl-AZ

2108

Irish

ga-IE

2110

Malay - Brunei Darussalam

ms-BN

2115

Uzbek (Cyrillic)

uz-Cyrl-UZ

2117

Bangla

bn-BD

2118

Punjabi (Pakistan)

pa-PK

2128

Mongolian (Mongolian)

mn-Mong-CN

2129

Tibetan - Bhutan

bo-BT

2137

Sindhi - Pakistan

sd-PK

2143

Tamazight (Latin)

tzm-Latn-DZ

2144

Kashmiri (Devanagari)

ks-Deva-IN

2145

Nepali - India

ne-IN

2155

Quecha - Ecuador

quz-EC

2163

Tigrigna - Eritrea

ti-ET

3073

Arabic - Egypt

ar-EG

3076

Chinese - Hong Kong SAR

zh-HK

3079

German - Austria

de-AT

3081

English - Australia

en-AU

3082

Spanish - Spain (Modern Sort)

es-ES

3084

French - Canada

fr-CA

3098

Serbian (Cyrillic)

sr-Cyrl-CS

3179

Quecha - Peru

quz-PE

4097

Arabic - Libya

ar-LY

4100

Chinese - Singapore

zh-SG

4103

German - Luxembourg

de-LU

4105

English - Canada

en-CA

4106

Spanish - Guatemala

es-GT

4108

French - Switzerland

fr-CH

4122

Croatian (Bosnia/Herzegovina)

hr-BA

5121

Arabic - Algeria

ar-DZ

5124

Chinese - Macao SAR

zh-MO

5127

German - Liechtenstein

de-LI

5129

English - New Zealand

en-NZ

5130

Spanish - Costa Rica

es-CR

5132

French - Luxembourg

fr-LU

5146

Bosnian (Bosnia/Herzegovina)

bs-Latn-BA

6145

Arabic - Morocco

ar-MO

6153

English - Ireland

en-IE

6154

Spanish - Panama

es-PA

6156

French - Monaco

fr-MC

7169

Arabic - Tunisia

ar-TN

7177

English - South Africa

en-ZA

7178

Spanish - Dominican Republic

es-DO

7180

French - West Indies

fr-029

8193

Arabic - Oman

ar-OM

8201

English - Jamaica

en-JM

8202

Spanish - Venezuela

es-VE

8204

French - Reunion

fr-RE

9217

Arabic - Yemen

ar-YE

9225

English - Caribbean

en-029

9226

Spanish - Colombia

es-CO

9228

French - Democratic Rep. of Congo

fr-CG

10241

Arabic - Syria

ar-SY

10249

English - Belize

en-BZ

10250

Spanish - Peru

es-PE

10252

French - Senegal

fr-SN

11265

Arabic - Jordan

ar-JO

11273

English - Trinidad

en-TT

11274

Spanish - Argentina

es-AR

11276

French - Cameroon

fr-CM

12289

Arabic - Lebanon

ar-LB

12297

English - Zimbabwe

en-ZW

12298

Spanish - Ecuador

es-EC

12300

French - Cote d'Ivoire

fr-CI

13313

Arabic - Kuwait

ar-KW

13321

English - Philippines

en-PH

13322

Spanish - Chile

es-CL

13324

French - Mali

fr-ML

14337

Arabic - U.A.E.

ar-AE

14345

English - Indonesia

en-ID

14346

Spanish - Uruguay

es-UY

14348

French - Morocco

fr-MA

15361

Arabic - Bahrain

ar-BH

15369

English - Hong Kong SAR

en-HK

15370

Spanish - Paraguay

es-PY

15372

French - Haiti

fr-HT

16385

Arabic - Qatar

ar-QA

16393

English - India

en-IN

16394

Spanish - Bolivia

es-BO

17417

English - Malaysia

en-MY

17418

Spanish - El Salvador

es-SV

18441

English - Singapore

en-SG

18442

Spanish - Honduras

es-HN

19466

Spanish - Nicaragua

es-NI

20490

Spanish - Puerto Rico

es-PR

21514

Spanish - United States

es-US

58378

Spanish - Latin America

es-419

58380

French - North Africa

fr-015

Any other value

Undefined. Shall not be used.