MAKELANGID (Compact 2013)

3/28/2014

This macro creates a language identifier from a primary language identifier and a sub-language identifier.

Syntax

WORD MAKELANGID( 
  USHORT usPrimaryLanguage, 
  USHORT usSubLanguage 
);

Parameters

  • usPrimaryLanguage
    Primary language identifier. The following table shows the values this parameter can take.

    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_UKRAINIAN

    LANG_JAPANESE

    LANG_URDU

    LANG_KANNADA

    LANG_UZBEK

    LANG_KASHMIRI

    LANG_VIETNAMESE

    LANG_KAZAK

     

    For a user-defined language, usPrimaryLanguage can be a value in the range 0x0200 to 0x03FF. All other values are reserved.

  • usSubLanguage
    Secondary language identifier. The following table shows the values this parameter can take.

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA

    SUBLANG_GERMAN_AUSTRIAN

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_IRAQ

    SUBLANG_GERMAN_LUXEMBOURG

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_EGYPT

    SUBLANG_GERMAN_LIECHTENSTEIN

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_LIBYA

    SUBLANG_ITALIAN

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_ALGERIA

    SUBLANG_ITALIAN_SWISS

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO

    SUBLANG_KASHMIRI_INDIA

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_TUNISIA

    SUBLANG_KOREAN

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_OMAN

    SUBLANG_LITHUANIAN

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_YEMEN

    SUBLANG_LITHUANIAN_CLASSIC

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_SYRIA

    SUBLANG_MALAY_BRUNEI_DARUSSALAM

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_JORDAN

    SUBLANG_MALAY_MALAYSIA

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_LEBANON

    SUBLANG_NEPALI_INDIA

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_KUWAIT

    SUBLANG_NEUTRAL

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_UAE

    SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_BAHRAIN

    SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_NYNORSK

    SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR

    SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE

    SUBLANG_AZERI_CYRILLIC

    SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN

    SUBLANG_AZERI_LATIN

    SUBLANG_SERBIAN_LATIN

    SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL

    SUBLANG_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC

    SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED

    SUBLANG_SPANISH

    SUBLANG_CHINESE_HONGKONG

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_MEXICAN

    SUBLANG_CHINESE_SINGAPORE

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_MODERN

    SUBLANG_CHINESE_MACAU

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_GUATEMALA

    SUBLANG_DEFAULT

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_COSTA_RICA

    SUBLANG_DUTCH

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_PANAMA

    SUBLANG_DUTCH_BELGIAN

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_VENEZUELA

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_COLOMBIA

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_AUS

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_PERU

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CAN

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_ARGENTINA

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_NZ

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_ECUADOR

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_EIRE

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_CHILE

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_SOUTH_AFRICA

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_URUGUAY

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_JAMAICA

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_PARAGUAY

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CARIBBEAN

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_BOLIVIA

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_BELIZE

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_EL_SALVADOR

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_TRINIDAD

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_HONDURAS

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_PHILIPPINES

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_NICARAGUA

    SUBLANG_ENGLISH_ZIMBABWE

    SUBLANG_SPANISH_PUERTO_RICO

    SUBLANG_FRENCH

    SUBLANG_SWEDISH

    SUBLANG_FRENCH_BELGIAN

    SUBLANG_SWEDISH_FINLAND

    SUBLANG_FRENCH_CANADIAN

    SUBLANG_SYS_DEFAULT

    SUBLANG_FRENCH_SWISS

    SUBLANG_URDU_INDIA

    SUBLANG_FRENCH_LUXEMBOURG

    SUBLANG_URDU_PAKISTAN

    SUBLANG_FRENCH_MONACO

    SUBLANG_UZBEK_CYRILLIC

    SUBLANG_GERMAN

    SUBLANG_UZBEK_LATIN

    SUBLANG_GERMAN_SWISS

     

    For a user-defined secondary language, usSubLanguage can be a value in the range 0x20 to 0x3F. All other values are reserved.

Return Value

The return value is a language identifier.

Remarks

The following table shows three combinations of usPrimaryLanguage and usSubLanguage that have a special meaning.

Primary language identifier

Secondary language identifier

Description

LANG_NEUTRAL

SUBLANG_NEUTRAL

Language neutral

LANG_NEUTRAL

SUBLANG_DEFAULT

User default language

LANG_NEUTRAL

SUBLANG_SYS_DEFAULT

System default language

The MAKELANGID macro is defined as follows:

#define MAKELANGID(p, s) ((((WORD) (s)) << 10) | (WORD) (p))

For more information about language identifiers and locales, see Language Identifiers.

Requirements

Header

winnt.h

See Also

Reference

National/Regional Language Support (NLS) Macros
MAKELCID