Contains one row for each language present in Microsoft® SQL Server™. Although U.S. English is not in syslanguages, it is always available to SQL Server. This table is stored only in the master database.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| langid | smallint | Unique language ID. |
| dateformat | nchar(3) | Date order (for example, DMY). |
| datefirst | tinyint | First day of the week: 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on through 7 for Sunday. |
| upgrade | int | Reserved for system use. |
| name | sysname | Official language name (for example, français). |
| alias | sysname | Alternate language name (for example, French). |
| months | nvarchar(372) | Comma-separated list of full-length month names in order from January through December, with each name containing as many as 20 characters. |
| shortmonths | varchar(132) | Comma-separated list of short-month names in order from January through December, with each name containing as many as 9 characters. |
| days | nvarchar(217) | Comma-separated list of day names in order from Monday through Sunday, with each name containing as many as 30 characters. |
| lcid | int | Microsoft Windows NT® locale ID for the language. |
| mslangid | smallint | SQL Server message group ID. |
Twenty-four SQL Server provided languages are installed. Here is a list of the languages.
| Name in English | NT LCID | SQL Server Message Group ID |
|---|---|---|
| English | 1033 | 1033 |
| German | 1031 | 1031 |
| French | 1036 | 1036 |
| Japanese | 1041 | 1041 |
| Danish | 1030 | 1030 |
| Spanish | 1034 | 1034 |
| Italian | 1040 | 1040 |
| Dutch | 1043 | 1043 |
| Norwegian | 2068 | 2068 |
| Portuguese | 2070 | 2070 |
| Finnish | 1035 | 1035 |
| Swedish | 1053 | 1053 |
| Czech | 1029 | 1029 |
| Hungarian | 1038 | 1038 |
| Polish | 1045 | 1045 |
| Romanian | 1048 | 1048 |
| Croatian | 1050 | 1050 |
| Slovak | 1051 | 1051 |
| Slovene | 1060 | 1060 |
| Greek | 1032 | 1032 |
| Bulgarian | 1026 | 1026 |
| Russian | 1049 | 1049 |
| Turkish | 1055 | 1055 |