INFO: INFO: Table for Language, Locale Names, and Corresponding LCIDs (Three-Letter Abbreviations)

ID: Q224804


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 98
    on the following platforms: Win98
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0


SUMMARY

It is sometimes necessary to know the primary language and locale name and the corresponding locale ID (LCID) and its three-letter abbreviation. The following table lists the available locales. When new locales become available, this list will be updated.

Primary Language Locale Name LCID
Afrikaans Afrikaans (0436; AFK)
Albanian Albanian (041c; SQI)
Arabic Arabic (Saudi Arabia) (0401; ARA)
Arabic Arabic (Iraq) (0801; ARI)
Arabic Arabic (Egypt) (0C01; ARE)
Arabic Arabic (Libya) (1001; ARL)
Arabic Arabic (Algeria) (1401; ARG)
Arabic Arabic (Morocco) (1801; ARM)
Arabic Arabic (Tunisia) (1C01; ART)
Arabic Arabic (Oman) (2001; ARO)
Arabic Arabic (Yemen) (2401; ARY)
Arabic Arabic (Syria) (2801; ARS)
Arabic Arabic (Jordan) (2C01; ARJ)
Arabic Arabic (Lebanon) (3001; ARB)
Arabic Arabic (Kuwait) (3401; ARK)
Arabic Arabic (U.A.E.) (3801; ARU)
Arabic Arabic (Bahrain) (3C01; ARH)
Arabic Arabic (Qatar) (4001; ARQ)
Armenian Armenian (042b; HYE)
Assamese Assamese (044d; ASM)
Azeri Azeri (Latin) (042c; AZE)
Azeri Azeri (Cyrillic) (082c; AZC)
Basque Basque (042D; EUQ)
Belarussian Belarussian (0423, BEL)
Bengali Bengali (0445; BEN)
Bulgarian Bulgarian (0402, BGR)
Catalan Catalan (0403; CAT)
Chinese Chinese (Taiwan) (0404; CHT)
Chinese Chinese (PRC) (0804; CHS)
Chinese Chinese (Hong Kong) (0C04; ZHH)
Chinese Chinese (Singapore) (1004; ZHI)
Chinese Chinese (Macau) (1404; ZHM)
Croatian Croatian (041a; HRV)
Czech Czech (0405; CSY)
Danish Danish (0406; DAN)
Dutch Dutch (Netherlands) (0413; NLD)
Dutch Dutch (Belgium) (0813; NLB)
English English (United States) (0409; ENU)
English English (United Kingdom) (0809; ENG)
English English (Australia) (0c09; ENA)
English English (Canada) (1009; ENC)
English English (New Zealand) (1409; ENZ)
English English (Ireland) (1809; ENI)
English English (South Africa) (1c09; ENS)
English English (Jamaica) (2009; ENJ)
English English (Caribbean) (2409; ENB)
English English (Belize) (2809; ENL)
English English (Trinidad) (2c09; ENT)
English English (Zimbabwe) (3009; ENW)
English English (Philippines) (3409; ENP)
Estonian Estonian (0425, ETI)
Faeroese Faeroese (0438, FOS)
Farsi Farsi (0429; FAR)
Finnish Finnish (040b; FIN)
French French (France) (040c; FRA)
French French (Belgium) (080c; FRB)
French French (Canada) (0c0c; FRC)
French French (Switzerland) (100c; FRS)
French French (Luxembourg) (140c; FRL)
French French (Monaco) (180c; FRM)
Georgian Georgian (0437; KAT)
German German (Germany) (0407; DEU)
German German (Switzerland) (0807; DES)
German German (Austria) (0c07; DEA)
German German (Luxembourg) (1007; DEL)
German German (Liechtenstein) (1407; DEC)
Greek Greek (0408; ELL)
Gujarati Gujarati (0447; GUJ)
Hebrew Hebrew (040D; HEB)
Hindi Hindi (0439; HIN)
Hungarian Hungarian (040e; HUN)
Icelandic Icelandic (040F; ISL)
Indonesian Indonesian (0421; IND)
Italian Italian (Italy) (0410; ITA)
Italian Italian (Switzerland) (0810; ITS)
Japanese Japanese (0411; JPN)
Kannada Kannada (044b; KAN)
Kashmiri Kashmiri (India) (0860; KAI)
Kazakh Kazakh (043f; KAZ)
Konkani Konkani (0457; KOK)
Korean Korean (0412; KOR)
Korean Korean (Johab) (0812; KOJ)
Latvian Latvian (0426, LVI)
Lithuanian Lithuanian (0427, LTH)
Lithuanian Lithuanian (Classic) (0827, LTH)
Macedonian Macedonian (042f; MKD)
Malay Malaysian (043e;MSL)
Malay Malay Brunei Darussalam (083e;MSB)
Malayalam Malayalam (044c; MAL)
Marathi Marathi (044e; MAR)
Nepali Nepali (Nepal) (0461; NEP)
Nepali Nepali (India) (0861; NEI)
Norwegian Norwegian (Bokmal) (0414; NOR)
Norwegian Norwegian (Nynorsk) (0814; NON)
Oriya Oriya (0448; ORI)
Polish Polish (0415; PLK)
Portuguese Portuguese (Brazil) (0416; PTB)
Portuguese Portuguese (Portugal) (0816; PTG)
Punjabi Punjabi (0446; PAN)
Rhaeto-Romanic Rhaeto-Romanic (0417; RMS)
Romanian Romanian (0418, ROM)
Romanian Romanian (Moldova) (0818, ROV)
Russian Russian (0419; RUS)
Russian Russian (Moldova) (0819, RUM)
Sami Sami (Lappish) (043b; SZI)
Sanskrit Sanskrit (044f; SAN)
Serbian Serbian (Cyrillic) (0c1a; SRB)
Serbian Serbian (Latin) (081a; SRL)
Sindhi Sindhi (0459; SND)
Slovak Slovak (041b; SKY)
Slovenian Slovenian (0424, SLV)
Sorbian Sorbian (042e, SBN)
Spanish Spanish (Spain - Traditional Sort) (040a; ESP)
Spanish Spanish (Mexico) (080a; ESM)
Spanish Spanish (Spain - Modern Sort) (0c0a; ESN)
Spanish Spanish (Guatemala) (100a; ESG)
Spanish Spanish (Costa Rica) (140a; ESC)
Spanish Spanish (Panama) (180a; ESA)
Spanish Spanish (Dominican Republic) (1c0a; ESD)
Spanish Spanish (Venezuela) (200a; ESV)
Spanish Spanish (Colombia) (240a; ESO)
Spanish Spanish (Peru) (280a; ESR)
Spanish Spanish (Argentina) (2c0a; ESS)
Spanish Spanish (Ecuador) (300a; ESF)
Spanish Spanish (Chile) (340a; ESL)
Spanish Spanish (Uruguay) (380a; ESY)
Spanish Spanish (Paraguay) (3c0a; ESZ)
Spanish Spanish (Bolivia) (400a; ESB)
Spanish Spanish (El Salvador) (440a; ESE)
Spanish Spanish (Honduras) (480a; ESH)
Spanish Spanish (Nicaragua) (4c0a; ESI)
Spanish Spanish (Puerto Rico) (500a; ESU
Sutu Sutu (0430; SXT)
Swahili Swahili (Kenya) (0441; SWK)
Swedish Swedish (041D; SVE)
Swedish Swedish (Finland) (081d; SVF)
Tamil Tamil (0449; TAM)
Tatar Tatar (Tatarstan) (0444; TAT)
Telugu Telugu (044a; TEL)
Thai Thai (041E; THA)
Tsonga Tsonga (0431; TSG)
Tswana Tswana (0432; TNA)
Turkish Turkish (041f; TRK)
Ukrainian Ukrainian (0422, UKR)
Urdu Urdu (Pakistan) (0420; URD)
Urdu Urdu (India) (0820; URI)
Uzbek Uzbek (Latin) (0443; UZB)
Uzbek Uzbek (Cyrillic) (0843; UZC)
Venda Venda (0433; VEN)
Vietnamese Vietnamese (042a; VIT)
Xhosa Xhosa (0434; XHS)
Yiddish Yiddish (043d; JII)
Zulu Zulu (0435; ZUL)

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Version : WINDOWS:; winnt:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbinfo


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