Xbox Services Language Fallback
If a user's system language setting is not included in a title's localized strings, Xbox services are able to automatically fallback to a language that is closest to it.
For example, if a console is set to Belgium French (fr-BE) and a localization for an achievement isn't available for it, then the system will check for a localization in its fallback language, France French (fr-FR). If a localization still cannot be found, it will fall back further into the default en-US.
Official Xbox services languages that are available on console
| Locale | Fallback |
|---|---|
| ar-AE | ar-SA |
| ar-SA | ar-SA |
| da-DK | da-DK |
| de-AT | de-DE |
| de-CH | de-DE |
| de-DE | de-DE |
| en-AE | en-GB |
| en-AU | en-GB |
| en-CA | en-GB |
| en-CZ | en-GB |
| en-GB | en-GB |
| en-GR | en-GB |
| en-HK | en-GB |
| en-HU | en-GB |
| en-IE | en-GB |
| en-IL | en-GB |
| en-IN | en-GB |
| en-NZ | en-GB |
| en-SA | en-GB |
| en-SG | en-GB |
| en-SK | en-GB |
| en-ZA | en-GB |
| en-US | en-US |
| es-ES | es-ES |
| es-AR | es-MX |
| es-CL | es-MX |
| es-CO | es-MX |
| es-MX | es-MX |
| fi-FI | fi-FI |
| fr-BE | fr-FR |
| fr-CA | fr-FR |
| fr-CH | fr-FR |
| fr-FR | fr-FR |
| he-IL | he-IL |
| it-IT | it-IT |
| ja-JP | ja-JP |
| ko-KR | ko-KR |
| nb-NO | nb-NO |
| nl-BE | nl-NL |
| nl-NL | nl-NL |
| pl-PL | pl-PL |
| pt-BR | pt-BR |
| pt-PT | pt-PT |
| ru-RU | ru-RU |
| sv-SE | sv-SE |
| tr-TR | tr-TR |
| zh-CN | zh-CN |
| zh-SG | zh-CN |
| zh-HK | zh-TW |
| zh-TW | zh-TW |
| uk-UA | uk-UA |
Note
While the default fallback is en-US, there are exceptions if the locale's language root is either "es", "fr", or "sa".
| Language-root | Fallback |
|---|---|
| es | es-MX |
| fr | fr-FR |
| sa | ar-SA |
See also
Configuring localized strings in Partner Center
Console-supported languages