This macro extracts a primary language identifier from a language identifier.
At a Glance
| Header file: | Winnt.h |
| Windows CE versions: | 1.0 and later |
Syntax
WORD PRIMARYLANGID ( WORD lgid );
Parameters
lgid
Specifies the language identifier. This value is a combination of a primary language identifier and a secondary language identifier and is usually created by using the MAKELANGID macro.
Return Values
The return value is a primary language identifier. The following primary language identifiers are defined:
| LANG_AFRIKAANS | LANG_KONKANI |
| LANG_ALBANIAN | LANG_KOREAN |
| LANG_ARABIC | LANG_LATVIAN |
| LANG_ARMENIAN | LANG_LITHUANIAN |
| LANG_ASSAMESE | LANG_MACEDONIAN |
| LANG_AZERI | LANG_MALAY |
| LANG_BASQUE | LANG_MALAYALAM |
| LANG_BELARUSIAN | LANG_MANIPURI |
| LANG_BENGALI | LANG_MARATHI |
| LANG_BULGARIAN | LANG_NEPALI |
| LANG_CATALAN | LANG_NEUTRAL |
| LANG_CHINESE | LANG_NORWEGIAN |
| LANG_CROATIAN | LANG_ORIYA |
| LANG_CZECH | LANG_POLISH |
| LANG_DANISH | LANG_PORTUGUESE |
| LANG_DUTCH | LANG_PUNJABI |
| LANG_ENGLISH | LANG_ROMANIAN |
| LANG_ESTONIAN | LANG_RUSSIAN |
| LANG_FAEROESE | LANG_SANSKRIT |
| LANG_FARSI | LANG_SERBIAN |
| LANG_FINNISH | LANG_SINDHI |
| LANG_FRENCH | LANG_SLOVAK |
| LANG_GEORGIAN | LANG_SLOVENIAN |
| LANG_GERMAN | LANG_SPANISH |
| LANG_GREEK | LANG_SWAHILI |
| LANG_GUJARATI | LANG_SWEDISH |
| LANG_HEBREW | LANG_TAMIL |
| LANG_HINDI | LANG_TATAR |
| LANG_HUNGARIAN | LANG_TELUGU |
| LANG_ICELANDIC | LANG_THAI |
| LANG_INDONESIAN | LANG_TURKISH |
| LANG_ITALIAN | LANG_UKRANIAN |
| LANG_JAPANESE | LANG_URDU |
| LANG_KANNADA | LANG_UZBEK |
| LANG_KASHMIRI | LANG_VIETNAMESE |
| LANG_KAZAK |
Remarks
The PRIMARYLANGID macro is defined as follows:
#define PRIMARYLANGID(lgid) ((WORD )(lgid) & 0x3ff)
See Also