CultureInfo.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName Property
Gets the three-letter code for the language as defined in the Windows API.
Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.StringThe three-letter code for the language as defined in the Windows API.
This property returns the same value as the Windows API method GetLocaleInfo with the LOCALE_SABBREVLANGNAME value. For example, the three-letter code for English (United States) as defined in the Windows API is "enu".
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When communicating between processes or persisting data it is usually better to use the full CultureInfo.Name. Using just the language can lose context and data. |
The following code example displays several properties of the neutral cultures.
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The example displays the older zh-CHS and zh-CHT culture names with the 0x0004 and 0x7C04 culture identifiers, respectively. However, your Windows Vista applications should use the zh-Hans name instead of zh-CHS and the zh-Hant name instead of zh-CHT. The zh-Hans and zh-Hant names represent the current standard, and should be used unless you have a reason for using the older names. |
using System; using System.Globalization; public class SamplesCultureInfo { public static void Main() { // Displays several properties of the neutral cultures. Console.WriteLine("CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME"); foreach (CultureInfo ci in CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.NeutralCultures)) { Console.Write("{0,-7}", ci.Name); Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.TwoLetterISOLanguageName); Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName); Console.Write(" {0,-3}", ci.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName); Console.Write(" {0,-40}", ci.DisplayName); Console.WriteLine(" {0,-40}", ci.EnglishName); } } } /* This code produces the following output. This output has been cropped for brevity. CULTURE ISO ISO WIN DISPLAYNAME ENGLISHNAME ar ar ara ARA Arabic Arabic bg bg bul BGR Bulgarian Bulgarian ca ca cat CAT Catalan Catalan zh-Hans zh zho CHS Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified) cs cs ces CSY Czech Czech da da dan DAN Danish Danish de de deu DEU German German el el ell ELL Greek Greek en en eng ENU English English es es spa ESP Spanish Spanish fi fi fin FIN Finnish Finnish zh zh zho CHS Chinese Chinese zh-Hant zh zho CHT Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Traditional) zh-CHS zh zho CHS Chinese (Simplified) Legacy Chinese (Simplified) Legacy zh-CHT zh zho CHT Chinese (Traditional) Legacy Chinese (Traditional) Legacy */
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
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