Language Identifiers and Locales
Applications can use the MAKELANGID macro to create a language identifier.
| Language Code | Identifier | Language | Sublanguage/Locale |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARA | 0x0401 | Arabic | Saudi Arabia |
| ARI | 0x0801 | Arabic | Iraq |
| ARE | 0x0c01 | Arabic | Egypt |
| ARL | 0x1001 | Arabic | Libya |
| ARG | 0x1401 | Arabic | Algeria |
| ARM | 0x1801 | Arabic | Morocco |
| ART | 0x1c01 | Arabic | Tunisia |
| ARO | 0x2001 | Arabic | Oman |
| ARY | 0x2401 | Arabic | Yemen |
| ARS | 0x2801 | Arabic | Syria |
| ARJ | 0x2c01 | Arabic | Jordan |
| ARB | 0x3001 | Arabic | Lebanon |
| ARK | 0x3401 | Arabic | Kuwait |
| ARU | 0x3801 | Arabic | U.A.E. |
| ARH | 0x3c01 | Arabic | Bahrain |
| ARQ | 0x4001 | Arabic | Qatar |
| BGR | 0x0402 | Bulgarian | Bulgaria |
| CAT | 0x0403 | Catalan | Spain |
| CHT | 0x0404 | Chinese | Taiwan |
| CHS | 0x0804 | Chinese | PRC |
| ZHH | 0x0c04 | Chinese | Hong Kong SAR |
| ZHI | 0x1004 | Chinese | Singapore |
| ZHM | 0x1404 | Chinese | Macau SAR |
| CSY | 0x0405 | Czech | Czech Republic |
| DAN | 0x0406 | Danish | Denmark |
| GERMANY | 0x0407 | German | Germany |
| DES | 0x0807 | German | Switzerland |
| DEA | 0x0c07 | German | Austria |
| DEL | 0x1007 | German | Luxembourg |
| DEC | 0x1407 | German | Liechtenstein |
| ELL | 0x0408 | Greek | Greece |
| USA | 0x0409 | English | United States |
| ENG | 0x0809 | English | United Kingdom |
| ENA | 0x0c09 | English | Australia |
| ENC | 0x1009 | English | Canada |
| ENZ | 0x1409 | English | New Zealand |
| ENI | 0x1809 | English | Ireland |
| ENS | 0x1c09 | English | South Africa |
| ENJ | 0x2009 | English | Jamaica |
| ENB | 0x2409 | English | Caribbean |
| ENL | 0x2809 | English | Belize |
| ENT | 0x2c09 | English | Trinidad |
| ENW | 0x3009 | English | Zimbabwe |
| ENP | 0x3409 | English | Philippines |
| SPAIN | 0x040a | Spanish | Spain |
| ESM | 0x080a | Spanish | Mexico |
| ESN | 0x0c0a | Spanish | Spain (International Sort) |
| ESG | 0x100a | Spanish | Guatemala |
| ESC | 0x140a | Spanish | Costa Rica |
| ESA | 0x180a | Spanish | Panama |
| ESD | 0x1c0a | Spanish | Dominican Republic |
| ESV | 0x200a | Spanish | Venezuela |
| ESO | 0x240a | Spanish | Colombia |
| ESR | 0x280a | Spanish | Peru |
| ESS | 0x2c0a | Spanish | Argentina |
| ESF | 0x300a | Spanish | Ecuador |
| ESL | 0x340a | Spanish | Chile |
| ESY | 0x380a | Spanish | Uruguay |
| ESZ | 0x3c0a | Spanish | Paraguay |
| ESB | 0x400a | Spanish | Bolivia |
| ESE | 0x440a | Spanish | El Salvador |
| ESH | 0x480a | Spanish | Honduras |
| ESI | 0x4c0a | Spanish | Nicaragua |
| ESU | 0x500a | Spanish | Puerto Rico |
| FIN | 0x040b | Finnish | Finland |
| FRANCE | 0x040c | French | France |
| FRB | 0x080c | French | Belgium |
| FRC | 0x0c0c | French | Canada |
| FRS | 0x100c | French | Switzerland |
| FRL | 0x140c | French | Luxembourg |
| FRM | 0x180c | French | Monaco |
| HEB | 0x040d | Hebrew | Israel |
| HUN | 0x040e | Hungarian | Hungary |
| ISL | 0x040f | Icelandic | Iceland |
| ITALY | 0x0410 | Italian | Italy |
| ITS | 0x0810 | Italian | Switzerland |
| JAPAN | 0x0411 | Japanese | Japan |
| KOREA | 0x0412 | Korean | Korea |
| NLD | 0x0413 | Dutch | Netherlands |
| NLB | 0x0813 | Dutch | Belgium |
| NOR | 0x0414 | Norwegian | Norway (Bokml) |
| NON | 0x0814 | Norwegian | Norway (Nynorsk) |
| PLK | 0x0415 | Polish | Poland |
| BRAZIL | 0x0416 | Portuguese | Brazil |
| PTG | 0x0816 | Portuguese | Portugal |
| ROM | 0x0418 | Romanian | Romania |
| RUS | 0x0419 | Russian | Russia |
| HRV | 0x041a | Croatian | Croatia |
| SRL | 0x081a | Serbian | Serbia (Latin) |
| SRB | 0x0c1a | Serbian | Serbia (Cyrillic) |
| SKY | 0x041b | Slovak | Slovakia |
| SQI | 0x041c | Albanian | Albania |
| SVE | 0x041d | Swedish | Sweden |
| SVF | 0x081d | Swedish | Finland |
| THA | 0x041e | Thai | Thailand |
| TRK | 0x041f | Turkish | Turkey |
| URP | 0x0420 | Urdu | Pakistan |
| IND | 0x0421 | Indonesian | Indonesia |
| UKR | 0x0422 | Ukrainian | Ukraine |
| BEL | 0x0423 | Belarusian | Belarus |
| SLV | 0x0424 | Slovene | Slovenia |
| ETI | 0x0425 | Estonian | Estonia |
| LVI | 0x0426 | Latvian | Latvia |
| LTH | 0x0427 | Lithuanian | Lithuania |
| LTC | 0x0827 | Classic Lithuanian | Lithuania |
| FAR | 0x0429 | Farsi | Iran |
| VIT | 0x042a | Vietnamese | Viet Nam |
| HYE | 0x042b | Armenian | Armenia |
| AZE | 0x042c | Azeri | Azerbaijan (Latin) |
| AZE | 0x082c | Azeri | Azerbaijan (Cyrillic) |
| EUQ | 0x042d | Basque | Spain |
| MKI | 0x042f | Macedonian (FYROM) | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| AFK | 0x0436 | Afrikaans | South Africa |
| KAT | 0x0437 | Georgian | Georgia |
| FOS | 0x0438 | Faeroese | Faeroe Islands |
| HIN | 0x0439 | Hindi | India |
| MSL | 0x043e | Malay | Malaysia |
| MSB | 0x083e | Malay | Brunei Darussalam |
| KAZ | 0x043f | Kazak | Kazakstan |
| SWK | 0x0441 | Swahili | Kenya |
| UZB | 0x0443 | Uzbek | Uzbekistan (Latin) |
| UZB | 0x0843 | Uzbek | Uzbekistan (Cyrillic) |
| TAT | 0x0444 | Tatar | Tatarstan |
| BEN | 0x0445 | Bengali | India |
| PAN | 0x0446 | Punjabi | India |
| GUJ | 0x0447 | Gujarati | India |
| ORI | 0x0448 | Oriya | India |
| TAM | 0x0449 | Tamil | India |
| TEL | 0x044a | Telugu | India |
| KAN | 0x044b | Kannada | India |
| MAL | 0x044c | Malayalam | India |
| ASM | 0x044d | Assamese | India |
| MAR | 0x044e | Marathi | India |
| SAN | 0x044f | Sanskrit | India |
| KOK | 0x0457 | Konkani | India |
The following special identifiers are also defined:
| Identifier | Sublanguage/Locale |
|---|---|
| 0x0000 | Language-Neutral |
| 0x0400 | Process Default Language |
Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004
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