Console-supported languages

Users can select a language/locale combination during Out of Box Experience (OOBE) or later by using the Settings app. The languages and locales are connected on console. The Locale drop-down menu contains only those countries that support the selected language. Changing the selected language changes the Locale drop-down menu values.

Region Name Region Code Language Preferred Languages Console Locale Normalized BCP-47 Console Localization Narrator Support
Argentina AR Spanish es-AR;es-MX es-AR es-AR es-MX Yes
Australia AU English en-AU;en-GB en-AU en-AU en-GB Yes
Austria AT German de-AT;de-DE de-AT de-AT de-DE Yes
Belgium BE Dutch nl-BE;nl-NL nl-BE nl-BE nl-NL Yes
Belgium BE French fr-BE;fr-FR fr-BE fr-BE fr-FR Yes
Brazil BR Portuguese pt-BR pt-BR pt-BR pt-BR Yes
Canada CA English en-CA;en-GB en-CA en-CA en-GB Yes
Canada CA French fr-CA;fr-FR fr-CA fr-CA fr-FR Yes
Chile CL Spanish es-CL;es-MX es-CL es-CL es-MX Yes
China CN Chinese zh-CN zh-CN zh-Hans-CN zh-CN No
Columbia CO Spanish es-CO;es-MX es-CO es-CO es-MX Yes
Czech Republic CZ Czech cs-CZ cs-CZ cs cs-CZ No
Czech Republic CZ English en-CZ;en-GB en-CZ en-CZ en-GB Yes
Denmark DK Danish da-DK da-DK da da-DK No
Finland FI Finnish fi-FI fi-FI fi fi-FI No
France FR French fr-FR fr-FR fr-FR fr-FR Yes
Germany DE German de-DE de-DE de-DE de-DE Yes
Greece GR English en-GR;en-GB en-GR en-GR en-GB Yes
Greece GR Greek el-GR el-GR el el-GR No
Hong Kong HK Chinese trad. zh-HK;zh-TW zh-HK zh-Hant-TW zh-TW No
Hong Kong HK English en-HK;en-GB en-HK en-HK en-GB Yes
Hungary HU English en-HU;en-GB en-HU en-HU en-GB Yes
Hungary HU Hungarian hu-HU hu-HU hu hu-HU No
India IN English en-IN;en-GB en-IN en-IN en-GB Yes
Ireland IE English en-IE;en-GB en-IE en-IE en-GB Yes
Israel IL English en-IL;en-GB en-IL en-IL en-GB Yes
Israel IL Hebrew he-IL he-IL he he-IL No
Italy IT Italian it-IT it-IT it-IT it-IT Yes
Japan JP Japanese ja-JP ja-JP ja ja-JP No
Korea KR Korean ko-KR ko-KR ko ko-KR No
Mexico MX Spanish es-MX es-MX es-MX es-MX Yes
Netherlands NL Dutch nl-NL nl-NL nl-NL nl-NL Yes
New Zealand NZ English en-NZ;en-GB en-NZ en-NZ en-GB Yes
Norway NO Norwegian nb-NO nb-NO nb nb-NO No
Poland PL Polish pl-PL pl-PL pl pl-PL Yes
Portugal PT Portuguese pt-PT;pt-BR pt-PT pt-PT pt-BR Yes
Russia RU Russian ru-RU ru-RU ru ru-RU No
Saudia Arabia SA Arabic ar-SA ar-SA ar-SA ar-SA No
Saudia Arabia SA English en-SA;en-GB en-SA en-SA en-GB Yes
Singapore SG Chinese simpl. zh-SG;zh-CN zh-SG zh-Hans-SG zh-CN No
Singapore SG English en-SG;en-GB en-SG en-SG en-GB Yes
Slovakia SK English en-SK;en-GB en-SK en-SK en-GB Yes
Slovakia SK Slovak sk-SK sk-SK sk sk-SK No
South Africa ZA English en-ZA;en-GB en-ZA en-ZA en-GB Yes
Spain ES Spanish es-ES es-ES es-ES es-ES Yes
Sweden SE Swedish sv-SE sv-SE sv-SE sv-SE Yes
Switzerland CH French fr-CH;fr-FR fr-CH fr-CH fr-FR Yes
Switzerland CH German de-CH;de-DE de-CH de-CH de-DE Yes
Taiwan TW Chinese trad. zh-TW zh-TW zh-Hant-TW zh-TW No
Türkiye TR Turkish tr-TR tr-TR tr tr-TR Yes
United Arab Emirates AE Arabic ar-AE;ar-SA ar-AE ar-AE ar-SA No
United Arab Emirates AE English en-AE;en-GB en-AE en-AE en-GB Yes
United Kingdom GB English en-GB en-GB en-GB en-GB Yes
United States US English en-US en-US en-US en-US Yes

See also

Localization and globalization