Language ID

Language ID and Code Pages

• Language ID and Code Page are different concept.
• The language determines the text and data formatting conventions.
• A code page is a character set, which can include numbers, punctuation marks, and other glyphs.
• Different languages might use different code pages.
• Different languages can use the same code pages: For example, the ANSI code page 1252 is used for English and most European languages.

Language Identifiers

A language identifier is constructed using the MAKELANGID macro.

+-------------------------+-------------------------+|     SubLanguage ID      |   Primary Language ID   |+-------------------------+-------------------------+15                    10  9                         0   bit+-------------------------+-------------------------+

Language ID in resource file

LANGUAGE Primary Language ID, SubLanguage ID   

Sample:

LANGUAGE LANG_CHINESE, SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED

Language ID Constants

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Common Use Language ID

ID Dec. Primary language Prim. lang. symbol Sublanguage Sublang. symbol Code Page 0x0804 2052 Chinese (zh) LANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED Simplified (Hans) SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED 936 0x0404 1028 Chinese (zh) LANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL Traditional (Hant) SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL 950 0x0405 1029 Czech (cs) LANG_CZECH Czech Republic (CZ) SUBLANG_CZECH_CZECH_REPUBLIC 1250 0x0406 1030 Danish (da) LANG_DANISH Denmark (DK) SUBLANG_DANISH_DENMARK 1252 0x0413 1043 Dutch (nl) LANG_DUTCH Netherlands (NL) SUBLANG_DUTCH 1252 0x0409 1033 English (en) LANG_ENGLISH United States (US) SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US 1252 0x040B 1035 Finnish (fi) LANG_FINNISH Finland (FI) SUBLANG_FINNISH_FINLAND 1252 0x040c 1036 French (fr) LANG_FRENCH France (FR) SUBLANG_FRENCH 1252 0x0407 1031 German (de) LANG_GERMAN Germany (DE) SUBLANG_GERMAN 1252 0x0408 1032 Greek (el) LANG_GREEK Greece (GR) SUBLANG_GREEK_GREECE 1253 0x040E 1038 Hungarian (hu) LANG_HUNGARIAN Hungary (HU) SUBLANG_HUNGARIAN_HUNGARY 1250 0x040D 1037 Hebrew (he) LANG_HEBREW Israel (IL) SUBLANG_HEBREW_ISRAEL 1255 0x0410 1040 Italian (it) LANG_ITALIAN Italy (IT) SUBLANG_ITALIAN 1252 0x0411 1041 Japanese (ja) LANG_JAPANESE Japan (JP) SUBLANG_JAPANESE_JAPAN 932 0x0412 1042 Korean (ko) LANG_KOREAN Korea (KR) SUBLANG_KOREAN 949 0x0414 1044 Norwegian (no) LANG_NORWEGIAN Bokmål, Norway (NO) SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL 1252 0x0415 1045 Polish (pl) LANG_POLISH Poland (PL) SUBLANG_POLISH_POLAND 1250 0x0416 1046 Portuguese (pt) LANG_PORTUGUESE Brazil (BR) SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN 1252 0x0816 2070 Portuguese (pt) LANG_PORTUGUESE Portugal (PT) SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE 1252 0x0419 1049 Russian (ru) LANG_RUSSIAN Russia (RU) SUBLANG_RUSSIAN_RUSSIA 1251 0x040A 1034 Spanish (es) LANG_SPANISH Spain, Traditional Sort (ES) SUBLANG_SPANISH 1252 0x041D 1053 Swedish (sv) LANG_SWEDISH Sweden (SE) SUBLANG_SWEDISH 1252 0x041F 1055 Turkish (tr) LANG_TURKISH Turkey (TR) SUBLANG_TURKISH_TURKEY 1254

Reference Document

• Locales and Code Pages
• Language Identifiers