Available Language Packs for Windows
Applies To: Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
The following tables show the supported language packs and language interface packs (LIPs) that are available with Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Corporations and users can download LIPs from the Microsoft.com web site and add them to any genuine copy of Windows that has the supported parent language installed. For more information or to download a LIP, see Local Language Program.
LIPs must be installed to the operating system that they support. Windows 8.1 LIPs cannot be used on Windows 8; similarly, Windows 8 LIPs cannot be used on Windows 8.1.
OEMs and system builders with Microsoft Software License Terms can get the LIPs from the Microsoft OEM site and OEM Partner Center.
For a complete list of supported languages and locales, see Locale Identifier Constants and Strings.
Supported Language Packs and Language Interface Packs
The following table includes the following settings:
Language display name. The name of the language that will be displayed in the UI.
Language/culture name. The language identifier based on the language tagging conventions of RFC 3066. This setting is used with the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool, or in an unattended answer file.
Language pack type. The type of language pack, including the base language or required parent language. For more information, see Add Language Packs to Windows.
Language hexadecimal identifier. The hexadecimal representation of the language identifier. This setting is used with the keyboard identifier when specifying an input method using DISM.
Language decimal identifier. The decimal representation of the language identifier. This setting is used in Oobe.xml.
Supported operating systems. The operating systems that support a specific language.
Language Packs
| Language display name | Language/culture name | Language pack type | Language hexadecimal identifier | Language decimal identifier | Supported operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) |
ar-SA |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US, fr-FR |
0x0401 |
1025 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Bulgarian (Bulgaria) |
bg-BG |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0402 |
1026 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.) |
zh-HK |
Partially localized language pack Base language: zh-TW, en-US |
0x0c04 |
3076 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Chinese (PRC) |
zh-CN |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0804 |
2052 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
zh-TW |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0404 |
1028 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Croatian (Croatia) |
hr-HR |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x041a |
1050 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Czech (Czech Republic) |
cs-CZ |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0405 |
1029 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Danish (Denmark) |
da-DK |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0406 |
1030 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Dutch (Netherlands) |
nl-NL |
Full language pack |
0x0413 |
1043 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
English (United States) |
en-US |
Full language pack |
0x0409 |
1033 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
English (Great Britain) |
En-GB |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0809 |
2057 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Estonian (Estonia) |
et-EE |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0425 |
1061 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Finnish (Finland) |
fi-FI |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x040b |
1035 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
French (France) |
fr-FR |
Full language pack |
0x040c |
1036 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
German (Germany) |
de-DE |
Full language pack |
0x0407 |
1031 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Greek (Greece) |
el-GR |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0408 |
1032 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Hebrew (Israel) |
he-IL |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x040d |
1037 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Hungarian (Hungary) |
hu-HU |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x040e |
1038 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Italian (Italy) |
it-IT |
Full language pack |
0x0410 |
1040 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Japanese (Japan) |
ja-JP |
Full language pack |
0x0411 |
1041 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Korean (Korea) |
ko-KR |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0412 |
1042 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Latvian (Latvia) |
lv-LV |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0426 |
1062 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Lithuanian (Lithuania) |
lt-LT |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0427 |
1063 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway) |
nb-NO |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0414 |
1044 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Polish (Poland) |
pl-PL |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0415 |
1045 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
pt-BR |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0416 |
1046 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Portuguese (Portugal) |
pt-PT |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0816 |
2070 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Romanian (Romania) |
ro-RO |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0418 |
1048 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Russian (Russia) |
ru-RU |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0419 |
1049 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Serbian (Latin, Serbia) |
sr-Latn-CS |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US Note For Windows 8.1, use sr-Latn-RS.
|
0x081a |
2074 |
Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Serbian (Latin, Serbia) |
sr-Latn-RS |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x241A |
9242 |
Windows 8.1 |
Slovak (Slovakia) |
sk-SK |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x041b |
1051 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Slovenian (Slovenia) |
sl-SI |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0424 |
1060 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Spanish (Spain) |
es-ES |
Full language pack |
0x0c0a |
3082 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Swedish (Sweden) |
sv-SE |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x041d |
1053 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Thai (Thailand) |
th-TH |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x041e |
1054 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Turkish (Turkey) |
tr-TR |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x041f |
1055 |
Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Ukrainian (Ukraine) |
uk-UA |
Partially localized language pack Base language: en-US |
0x0422 |
1058 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Language Interface Packs (LIPs)
Warning
Not all LIPs are currently available for Windows 8. For information about the latest available LIPs, see the Local Language Program.
| Language display name | Language/culture name | Base language | Language hexadecimal identifier | Language decimal identifier | Supported operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afrikaans (South Africa) |
af-ZA |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0436 |
1078 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Albanian (Albania) |
sq-AL |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x041c |
1052 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Amharic (Ethiopia) |
am-ET |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x045e |
1118 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Armenian (Armenia) |
hy-AM |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB, ru-RU |
0x042b |
1067 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Assamese (India) |
as-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x044d |
1101 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Azeri (Latin, Azerbaijan) |
az-Latn-AZ |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB, ru-RU |
0x042c |
1068 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Bangla |
bn-BD |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0845 |
2117 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Basque (Basque) |
eu-ES |
Primary: es-ES Secondary: en-GB, en-US, fr-FR |
0x042d |
1069 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Belarusian |
Be-BY |
Primary: ru-RU Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0423 |
1059 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Bengali |
bn-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0445 |
1093 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Bosnian (Latin) |
bs-Latn-BA |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB, hr-HR, sr-Latn-RS |
0x141a |
5146 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Catalan (Catalan) |
ca-ES |
Primary: es-ES Secondary: en-GB, en-US, fr-FR |
0x0403 |
1027 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Central Kurdish |
Ku-ARAB-IQ |
Primary: en-US Secondary: ar-SA, en-GB |
0x0492 |
1170 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Cherokee |
Chr-CHER-US |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x045c |
1116erbian |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Dari |
Prs-AF |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x048c |
1164 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Filipino |
fil-PH |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0464 |
1124 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Galician (Galician) |
gl-ES |
Primary: es-ES Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0456 |
1110 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Georgian (Georgia) |
ka-GE |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB, ru-RU |
0x0437 |
1079 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Gujarati (India) |
gu-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0447 |
1095 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Hausa (Latin, Nigeria) |
ha-Latn-NG |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB, fr-FR |
0x0468 |
1128 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Hindi (India) |
hi-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0439 |
1081 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Icelandic (Iceland) |
is-IS |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x040f |
1039 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Igbo (Nigeria) |
ig-NG |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0470 |
1136 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Indonesian (Indonesia) |
id-ID |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0421 |
1057 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Inuktitut (Latin, Canada) |
iu-Latn-CA |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x085d |
2141 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Irish (Ireland) |
ga-IE |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x083c |
2108 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
isiXhosa (South Africa) |
xh-ZA |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0434 |
1076 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
isiZulu (South Africa) |
zu-ZA |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0435 |
1077 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Kannada (India) |
kn-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x044b |
1099 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Kazakh (Kazakhstan) |
kk-KZ |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB, ru-RU |
0x043f |
1087 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Khmer (Cambodia) |
km-KH |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0453 |
1107 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
K'iche' |
Qut-GT |
Primary: es-ES Secondary: en-US, en-GB |
0x0486 |
1158 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Kinyarwanda |
Rw-RW |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0487 |
1159 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Kiswahili (Kenya) |
sw-KE |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0441 |
1089 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Konkani (India) |
kok-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0457 |
1111 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan) |
ky-KG |
Primary: ru-RU Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0440 |
1088 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Luxembourgish (Luxembourg) |
lb-LU |
Primary: fr-FR Secondary: de-DE, en-GB, en-US |
0x046e |
1134 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Macedonian (FYROM) |
mk-MK |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x042f |
1071 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Malay (Brunei Darussalam) |
ms-BN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x083e |
2110 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Malay (Malaysia) |
ms-MY |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x043e |
1086 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Malayalam (India) |
ml-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x044c |
1100 |
Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Maltese (Malta) |
mt-MT |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x043a |
1082 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Maori (New Zealand) |
mi-NZ |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0481 |
1153 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Marathi (India) |
mr-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x044e |
1102 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Mongolian (Cyrillic) |
Mn-MN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB, ru-RU |
0x0450 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
|
Nepali (Nepal) |
ne-NP |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0461 |
1121 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Norwegian, Nynorsk (Norway) |
nn-NO |
Primary: nb-NO Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0814 |
2068 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Odia (India) |
or-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0448 |
1096 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Persian |
fa-IR |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0429 |
1065 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Punjabi (India) |
pa-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0446 |
1094 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Punjabi (Arabic) |
Pa-Arab-PK |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
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Quechua (Peru) |
quz-PE |
Primary: es-ES Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0c6b |
3179 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Scottish Gaelic |
Gd-GB |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0491 |
1169 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
Sr-Cyrl-BA |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB, sr-Latn-RS |
0x1C1A |
7194 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia) |
sr-Cyrl-CS |
Primary: sr-Latn-CS Note For Windows 8.1, the primary is sr-Latn-RS.
Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0c1a |
3098 |
Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia) |
sr-Cyrl-RS |
Primary: sr-Latn-RS Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x281A |
10266 |
Windows 8.1 |
Sesotho sa Leboa (South Africa) |
nso-ZA |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x046c |
1132 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Setswana (South Africa) |
tn-ZA |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0432 |
1074 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Sindhi (Arabic) |
Ad-Arab-PK |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0859 |
2137 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Sinhala (Sri Lanka) |
si-LK |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x045b |
1115 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Tajik (Cyrillic) |
Tg-Cyrl-TJ |
Primary: ru-RU Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0428 |
1064 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Tamil (India) |
ta-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0449 |
1097 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Tatar (Russia) |
tt-RU |
Primary: ru-RU Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0444 |
1092 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Telugu (India) |
te-IN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x044a |
1098 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Tigrinya |
Ti-ET |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0473 |
1139 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Turkmen |
Tk-TM |
Primary: ru-RU Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0442 |
1090 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Urdu |
ur-PK |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0420 |
1056 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Uyghur |
Ug-CN |
Primary: zh-CN Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0480 |
1152 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Uzbek (Latin) |
uz-Latn-UZ |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB, ru-RU |
0x0443 |
1091 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Valencian |
Ca-ES-valencia |
Primary: es-ES Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0803 |
2051 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Vietnamese |
vi-VN |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x042a |
1066 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Welsh (United Kingdom) |
cy-GB |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x0452 |
1106 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
Wolof |
Wo-SN |
Primary: fr-FR Secondary: en-GB, en-US |
0x0488 |
1160 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8 |
Yoruba (Nigeria) |
yo-NG |
Primary: en-US Secondary: en-GB |
0x046a |
1130 |
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista |
See Also
Reference
Windows Language Pack Default Values
Default Input Locales for Windows Language Packs