2.2 LCID Structure

This protocol references commonly used data types as defined in [MS-DTYP].

An LCID is a 4-byte value. The value supplied in an LCID is a standard numeric substitution for the international [RFC5646] string.

The following diagram is shown in host byte order.


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Reserved

Sort ID

Language ID

Reserved (12 bits): This field is reserved for future use. It MUST be 0.

Sort ID (4 bits): The sort order. In most cases, this value can be 0x0, which indicates a default sort (SORT_DEFAULT). However, other values can be used when an alternate sort is required. These alternate values are listed in the following table. For example, 0x0407 (German - Germany) becomes 0x10407 when SORT_GERMAN_PHONE_BOOK is used.

Value

Meaning

SORT_CHINESE_BIG5

0x0

Chinese BIG5 order

Default sort for Simplified Chinese locales

Use with zh-TW, zh-HK, or zh-MO

SORT_CHINESE_PRCP

0x0

PRC Chinese phonetic order

Default sort for Traditional Chinese locales.

Use with zn-CN or zh-SG

SORT_DEFAULT

0x0

Default sort order

SORT_GEORGIAN_TRADITIONAL

0x0

Georgian traditional order

Default sort for Georgian, use with ka-GE

SORT_HUNGARIAN_DEFAULT

0x0

Hungarian default order

Default sort for Hungarian, use with hu-HU

SORT_JAPANESE_XJIS

0x0

Japanese XJIS order

Use with ja-JP

SORT_KOREAN_KSC

0x0

Korean KSC order

Default sort for Korean, use with ko-KR

SORT_CHINESE_UNICODE

0x1

Chinese Unicode order<4>

Do not use, deprecated

SORT_GEORGIAN_MODERN

0x1

Georgian modern order

Use with ka-GE, resolves to ka-GE_modern

SORT_GERMAN_PHONE_BOOK

0x1

German phone book order

Use with de-DE, resolves to de-DE_phoneb

SORT_HUNGARIAN_TECHNICAL

0x1

Hungarian technical order

Use with hu-HU, resolves to hu-HU_technl

SORT_JAPANESE_UNICODE

0x1

Japanese Unicode order<5>

Do not use, deprecated

SORT_KOREAN_UNICODE

0x1

Korean Unicode order<6>

Do not use, deprecated

SORT_CHINESE_PRC

0x2

PRC Chinese stroke count order

Use with zh-CN, resolves to zh-CN_stroke

Use with zh-SG, resolves to zh-SG_stroke

SORT_CHINESE_BOPOMOFO

0x3

Traditional Chinese Bopomofo order

Use with zh-TW, resolves to zh-TW_pronun

SORT_CHINESE_RADICALSTROKE

0x4

Chinese radical/stroke order<7>

Use with zh-HK, resolves to zh-HK_radstr

Use with zh-MO, resolves to zh-MO_radstr

Use with zh-TW, resolves to zh-TW_radstr

SORT_JAPANESE_RADICALSTROKE

0x4

Japanese radical/stroke sort order

Use with ja-JP, resolves to ja-JP_radstr

Language ID (2 bytes): The language component of the LCID.<8>

Language ID

Language tag

0x0001

ar

0x0002

bg

0x0003

ca

0x0004

zh-Hans

0x0005

cs

0x0006

da

0x0007

de

0x0008

el

0x0009

en

0x000A

es

0x000B

fi

0x000C

fr

0x000D

he

0x000E

hu

0x000F

is

0x0010

it

0x0011

ja

0x0012

ko

0x0013

nl

0x0014

no

0x0015

pl

0x0016

pt

0x0017

rm

0x0018

ro

0x0019

ru

0x001A

hr

0x001B

sk

0x001C

sq

0x001D

sv

0x001E

th

0x001F

tr

0x0020

ur

0x0021

id

0x0022

uk

0x0023

be

0x0024

sl

0x0025

et

0x0026

lv

0x0027

lt

0x0028

tg

0x0029

fa

0x002A

vi

0x002B

hy

0x002C

az

0x002D

eu

0x002E

hsb

0x002F

mk

0x0030

st

0x0031

ts

0x0032

tn

0x0033

ve

0x0034

xh

0x0035

zu

0x0036

af

0x0037

ka

0x0038

fo

0x0039

hi

0x003A

mt

0x003B

se

0x003C

ga

0x003D

yi, reserved

0x003E

ms

0x003F

kk

0x0040

ky

0x0041

sw

0x0042

tk

0x0043

uz

0x0044

tt

0x0045

bn

0x0046

pa

0x0047

gu

0x0048

or

0x0049

ta

0x004A

te

0x004B

kn

0x004C

ml

0x004D

as

0x004E

mr

0x004F

sa

0x0050

mn

0x0051

bo

0x0052

cy

0x0053

km

0x0054

lo

0x0055

my

0x0056

gl

0x0057

kok

0x0058

mni, reserved

0x0059

sd

0x005A

syr

0x005B

si

0x005C

chr

0x005D

iu

0x005E

am

0x005F

tzm

0x0060

ks

0x0061

ne

0x0062

fy

0x0063

ps

0x0064

fil

0x0065

dv

0x0066

bin, reserved

0x0067

ff

0x0068

ha

0x0069

ibb, reserved

0x006A

yo

0x006B

quz

0x006C

nso

0x006D

ba

0x006E

lb

0x006F

kl

0x0070

ig

0x0071

kr, reserved

0x0072

om

0x0073

ti

0x0074

gn

0x0075

haw

0x0076

la, reserved

0x0077

so, reserved

0x0078

ii

0x0079

pap, reserved

0x007A

arn

0x007B

Neither defined nor reserved

0x007C

moh

0x007D

Neither defined nor reserved

0x007E

br

0x007F

Reserved for invariant locale behavior

0x0080

ug

0x0081

mi

0x0082

oc

0x0083

co

0x0084

gsw

0x0085

sah

0x0086

qut

0x0087

rw

0x0088

wo

0x0089

Neither defined nor reserved

0x008A

Neither defined nor reserved

0x008B

Neither defined nor reserved

0x008C

prs

0x008D

Neither defined nor reserved

0x008E

Neither defined nor reserved

0x008F

Neither defined nor reserved

0x0090

Neither defined nor reserved

0x0091

gd

0x0092

ku

0x0093

quc, reserved

0x0401

ar-SA

0x0402

bg-BG

0x0403

ca-ES

0x0404

zh-TW

0x0405

cs-CZ

0x0406

da-DK

0x0407

de-DE

0x0408

el-GR

0x0409

en-US

0x040A

es-ES_tradnl

0x040B

fi-FI

0x040C

fr-FR

0x040D

he-IL

0x040E

hu-HU

0x040F

is-IS

0x0410

it-IT

0x0411

ja-JP

0x0412

ko-KR

0x0413

nl-NL

0x0414

nb-NO

0x0415

pl-PL

0x0416

pt-BR

0x0417

rm-CH

0x0418

ro-RO

0x0419

ru-RU

0x041A

hr-HR

0x041B

sk-SK

0x041C

sq-AL

0x041D

sv-SE

0x041E

th-TH

0x041F

tr-TR

0x0420

ur-PK

0x0421

id-ID

0x0422

uk-UA

0x0423

be-BY

0x0424

sl-SI

0x0425

et-EE

0x0426

lv-LV

0x0427

lt-LT

0x0428

tg-Cyrl-TJ

0x0429

fa-IR

0x042A

vi-VN

0x042B

hy-AM

0x042C

az-Latn-AZ

0x042D

eu-ES

0x042E

hsb-DE

0x042F

mk-MK

0x0430

st-ZA

0x0431

ts-ZA

0x0432

tn-ZA

0x0433

ve-ZA

0x0434

xh-ZA

0x0435

zu-ZA

0x0436

af-ZA

0x0437

ka-GE

0x0438

fo-FO

0x0439

hi-IN

0x043A

mt-MT

0x043B

se-NO

0x043D

yi-001

0x043E

ms-MY

0x043F

kk-KZ

0x0440

ky-KG

0x0441

sw-KE

0x0442

tk-TM

0x0443

uz-Latn-UZ

0x0444

tt-RU

0x0445

bn-IN

0x0446

pa-IN

0x0447

gu-IN

0x0448

or-IN

0x0449

ta-IN

0x044A

te-IN

0x044B

kn-IN

0x044C

ml-IN

0x044D

as-IN

0x044E

mr-IN

0x044F

sa-IN

0x0450

mn-MN

0x0451

bo-CN

0x0452

cy-GB

0x0453

km-KH

0x0454

lo-LA

0x0455

my-MM

0x0456

gl-ES

0x0457

kok-IN

0x0458

mni-IN, reserved

0x0459

sd-Deva-IN, reserved

0x045A

syr-SY

0x045B

si-LK

0x045C

chr-Cher-US

0x045D

iu-Cans-CA

0x045E

am-ET

0x045F

tzm-Arab-MA

0x0460

ks-Arab

0x0461

ne-NP

0x0462

fy-NL

0x0463

ps-AF

0x0464

fil-PH

0x0465

dv-MV

0x0466

bin-NG, reserved

0x0467

ff-NG, ff-Latn-NG

0x0468

ha-Latn-NG

0x0469

ibb-NG, reserved

0x046A

yo-NG

0x046B

quz-BO

0x046C

nso-ZA

0x046D

ba-RU

0x046E

lb-LU

0x046F

kl-GL

0x0470

ig-NG

0x0471

kr-Latn-NG

0x0472

om-ET

0x0473

ti-ET

0x0474

gn-PY

0x0475

haw-US

0x0476

la-VA

0x0477

so-SO

0x0478

ii-CN

0x0479

pap-029, reserved

0x047A

arn-CL

0x047C

moh-CA

0x047E

br-FR

0x0480

ug-CN

0x0481

mi-NZ

0x0482

oc-FR

0x0483

co-FR

0x0484

gsw-FR

0x0485

sah-RU

0x0486

qut-GT, reserved

0x0487

rw-RW

0x0488

wo-SN

0x048C

prs-AF

0x048D

plt-MG, reserved

0x048E

zh-yue-HK, reserved

0x048F

tdd-Tale-CN, reserved

0x0490

khb-Talu-CN, reserved

0x0491

gd-GB

0x0492

ku-Arab-IQ

0x0493

quc-CO, reserved

0x0501

qps-ploc

0x05FE

qps-ploca

0x0801

ar-IQ

0x0803

ca-ES-valencia

0x0804

zh-CN

0x0807

de-CH

0x0809

en-GB

0x080A

es-MX

0x080C

fr-BE

0x0810

it-CH

0x0811

ja-Ploc-JP, reserved

0x0813

nl-BE

0x0814

nn-NO

0x0816

pt-PT

0x0818

ro-MD

0x0819

ru-MD

0x081A

sr-Latn-CS

0x081D

sv-FI

0x0820

ur-IN

0x0827

Neither defined nor reserved

0x082C

az-Cyrl-AZ, reserved

0x082E

dsb-DE

0x0832

tn-BW

0x083B

se-SE

0x083C

ga-IE

0x083E

ms-BN

0x083F

kk-Latn-KZ, reserved

0x0843

uz-Cyrl-UZ, reserved

0x0845

bn-BD

0x0846

pa-Arab-PK

0x0849

ta-LK

0x0850

mn-Mong-CN, reserved

0x0851

bo-BT, reserved

0x0859

sd-Arab-PK

0x085D

iu-Latn-CA

0x085F

tzm-Latn-DZ

0x0860

ks-Deva-IN

0x0861

ne-IN

0x0867

ff-Latn-SN

0x086B

quz-EC

0x0873

ti-ER

0x09FF

qps-plocm

0x0C00

Locale without assigned LCID if the current user default locale. See section 2.2.1.

0x0C01

ar-EG

0x0C04

zh-HK

0x0C07

de-AT

0x0C09

en-AU

0x0C0A

es-ES

0x0C0C

fr-CA

0x0C1A

sr-Cyrl-CS

0x0C3B

se-FI

0x0C50

mn-Mong-MN

0x0C51

dz-BT

0x0C5F

tmz-MA, reserved

0x0C6b

quz-PE

0x1000

Locale without assigned LCID if the current user default locale. See section 2.2.1.

0x1001

ar-LY

0x1004

zh-SG

0x1007

de-LU

0x1009

en-CA

0x100A

es-GT

0x100C

fr-CH

0x101A

hr-BA

0x103B

smj-NO

0x105F

tzm-Tfng-MA

0x1401

ar-DZ

0x1404

zh-MO

0x1407

de-LI

0x1409

en-NZ

0x140A

es-CR

0x140C

fr-LU

0x141A

bs-Latn-BA

0x143B

smj-SE

0x1801

ar-MA

0x1809

en-IE

0x180A

es-PA

0x180C

fr-MC

0x181A

sr-Latn-BA

0x183B

sma-NO

0x1C01

ar-TN

0x1C09

en-ZA

0x1C0A

es-DO

0x1C0C

fr-029

0x1C1A

sr-Cyrl-BA

0x1C3B

sma-SE

0x2001

ar-OM

0x2008

Neither defined nor reserved

0x2009

en-JM

0x200A

es-VE

0x200C

fr-RE

0x201A

bs-Cyrl-BA

0x203B

sms-FI

0x2401

ar-YE

0x2409

en-029, reserved

0x240A

es-CO

0x240C

fr-CD

0x241A

sr-Latn-RS

0x243B

smn-FI

0x2801

ar-SY

0x2809

en-BZ

0x280A

es-PE

0x280C

fr-SN

0x281A

sr-Cyrl-RS

0x2C01

ar-JO

0x2C09

en-TT

0x2C0A

es-AR

0x2C0C

fr-CM

0x2C1A

sr-Latn-ME

0x3000

Unassigned LCID locale temporarily assigned to LCID 0x3000. See section 2.2.1.

0x3001

ar-LB

0x3009

en-ZW

0x300A

es-EC

0x300C

fr-CI

0x301A

sr-Cyrl-ME

0x3400

Unassigned LCID locale temporarily assigned to LCID 0x3400. See section 2.2.1.

0x3401

ar-KW

0x3409

en-PH

0x340A

es-CL

0x340C

fr-ML

0x3800

Unassigned LCID locale temporarily assigned to LCID 0x3800. See section 2.2.1.

0x3801

ar-AE

0x3809

en-ID, reserved

0x380A

es-UY

0x380C

fr-MA

0x3C00

Unassigned LCID locale temporarily assigned to LCID 0x3C00. See section 2.2.1.

0x3C01

ar-BH

0x3C09

en-HK

0x3C0A

es-PY

0x3C0C

fr-HT

0x4000

Unassigned LCID locale temporarily assigned to LCID 0x4000. See section 2.2.1.

0x4001

ar-QA

0x4009

en-IN

0x400A

es-BO

0x4400

Unassigned LCID locale temporarily assigned to LCID 0x4400. See section 2.2.1.

0x4401

ar-Ploc-SA, reserved

0x4409

en-MY

0x440A

es-SV

0x4800

Unassigned LCID locale temporarily assigned to LCID 0x4800. See section 2.2.1.

0x4801

ar-145, reserved

0x4809

en-SG

0x480A

es-HN

0x4C00

Unassigned LCID locale temporarily assigned to LCID 0x4C00. See section 2.2.1.

0x4C09

en-AE

0x4C0A

es-NI

0x5009

en-BH, reserved

0x500A

es-PR

0x5409

en-EG, reserved

0x540A

es-US

0x5809

en-JO, reserved

0x580A

es-419, reserved

0x5C09

en-KW, reserved

0x5C0A

es-CU

0x6009

en-TR, reserved

0x6409

en-YE, reserved

0x641A

bs-Cyrl

0x681A

bs-Latn

0x6C1A

sr-Cyrl

0x701A

sr-Latn

0x703B

smn

0x742C

az-Cyrl

0x743B

sms

0x7804

zh

0x7814

nn

0x781A

bs

0x782C

az-Latn

0x783B

sma

0x783F

kk-Cyrl, reserved

0x7843

uz-Cyrl

0x7850

mn-Cyrl

0x785D

iu-Cans

0x785F

tzm-Tfng

0x7C04

zh-Hant

0x7C14

nb

0x7C1A

sr

0x7C28

tg-Cyrl

0x7C2E

dsb

0x7C3B

smj

0x7C3F

kk-Latn, reserved

0x7C43

uz-Latn

0x7C46

pa-Arab

0x7C50

mn-Mong

0x7C59

sd-Arab

0x7C5C

chr-Cher

0x7C5D

iu-Latn

0x7C5F

tzm-Latn

0x7C67

ff-Latn

0x7C68

ha-Latn

0x7C92

ku-Arab

0xF2EE

reserved

0xE40C

fr-015, reserved

0xEEEE

reserved

Some locales have more than one method of sorting, such as by pronunciation or stroke count. The primary sort for each locale is provided by the identifiers in the preceding Language ID table. Alternate sorts can be selected by using one of the identifiers from the following table.

LCID

Language tag (string name)

0x0001007F

x-IV-mathan (math alphanumeric sorting)

0x00010407

de-DE_phoneb

0x0001040E

hu-HU_tchncl

0x00010437

ka-GE_modern

0x00020804

zh-CN_stroke

0x00021004

zh-SG_stroke

0x00021404

zh-MO_stroke

0x00030404

zh-TW_pronun

0x00040404<9>

zh-TW_radstr

0x00040411

ja-JP_radstr

0x00040C04<10>

zh-HK_radstr

0x00041404<11>

zh-MO_radstr

0x00050804<12>

zh-CN_phoneb

0x00051004<13>

zh-SG_phoneb