Language Codes

The following table lists all the possible language codes used to specify various system settings.

afAfrikaans sqAlbanian
ar-saArabic (Saudi Arabia) ar-iqArabic (Iraq)
ar-egArabic (Egypt) ar-lyArabic (Libya)
ar-dzArabic (Algeria) ar-maArabic (Morocco)
ar-tnArabic (Tunisia) ar-omArabic (Oman)
ar-yeArabic (Yemen) ar-syArabic (Syria)
ar-joArabic (Jordan) ar-lbArabic (Lebanon)
ar-kwArabic (Kuwait) ar-aeArabic (U.A.E.)
ar-bhArabic (Bahrain) ar-qaArabic (Qatar)
euBasque bgBulgarian
beBelarusian caCatalan
zh-twChinese (Taiwan) zh-cnChinese (PRC)
zh-hkChinese (Hong Kong SAR) zh-sgChinese (Singapore)
hrCroatian csCzech
daDanish nlDutch (Standard)
nl-beDutch (Belgium) enEnglish
en-usEnglish (United States) en-gbEnglish (United Kingdom)
en-auEnglish (Australia) en-caEnglish (Canada)
en-nzEnglish (New Zealand) en-ieEnglish (Ireland)
en-zaEnglish (South Africa) en-jmEnglish (Jamaica)
enEnglish (Caribbean) en-bzEnglish (Belize)
en-ttEnglish (Trinidad) etEstonian
foFaeroese faFarsi
fiFinnish frFrench (Standard)
fr-beFrench (Belgium) fr-caFrench (Canada)
fr-chFrench (Switzerland) fr-luFrench (Luxembourg)
gdGaelic (Scotland) gaIrish
deGerman (Standard) de-chGerman (Switzerland)
de-atGerman (Austria) de-luGerman (Luxembourg)
de-liGerman (Liechtenstein) elGreek
heHebrew hiHindi
huHungarian isIcelandic
idIndonesian itItalian (Standard)
it-chItalian (Switzerland) jaJapanese
koKorean koKorean (Johab)
lvLatvian ltLithuanian
mkMacedonian (FYROM)msMalaysian
mtMaltese noNorwegian (Bokmal)
noNorwegian (Nynorsk) plPolish
pt-brPortuguese (Brazil) ptPortuguese (Portugal)
rmRhaeto-Romanic roRomanian
ro-moRomanian (Republic of Moldova) ruRussian
ru-moRussian (Republic of Moldova) szSami (Lappish)
srSerbian (Cyrillic) srSerbian (Latin)
skSlovak slSlovenian
sbSorbian esSpanish (Spain)
es-mxSpanish (Mexico) es-gtSpanish (Guatemala)
es-crSpanish (Costa Rica) es-paSpanish (Panama)
es-doSpanish (Dominican Republic) es-veSpanish (Venezuela)
es-coSpanish (Colombia) es-peSpanish (Peru)
es-arSpanish (Argentina) es-ecSpanish (Ecuador)
es-clSpanish (Chile) es-uySpanish (Uruguay)
es-pySpanish (Paraguay) es-boSpanish (Bolivia)
es-svSpanish (El Salvador) es-hnSpanish (Honduras)
es-niSpanish (Nicaragua) es-prSpanish (Puerto Rico)
sxSutu svSwedish
sv-fiSwedish (Finland) thThai
tsTsonga tnTswana
trTurkish ukUkrainian
urUrdu veVenda
viVietnamese xhXhosa
jiYiddish zuZulu
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Michal Boleslav Měchura
Language codes for Gaelic and Irish
I'd like to point out that the code for the language called here "Gaelic (Ireland)" is incorrect. It should be ga, not gd-ie. And the appropriate English name for the language is "Irish", not "Gaelic (Ireland)".

Gaelic is a language spoken in the Highlands of Scotland. Its IANA code is gd, as it correctly appears here.

Irish is a language spoken in some parts of Ireland, it is related to Gaelic but it isn't a variant of it, it is a separate language and its IANA code is ga.

More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language
Tags : ga gaelic gd irish

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