The following is a list of Country/Region strings recognized by setlocale. Strings for countries/regions that are not supported by the operating system are not accepted by setlocale. Three-letter Country/Region-name codes are from the International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) specification 3166.
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Country/Region |
Country/Region string |
|---|---|
|
Australia |
"aus" or "australia" |
|
Austria |
"aut" or "austria" |
|
Belgium |
"bel" or "belgium" |
|
Brazil |
"bra" or "brazil" |
|
Canada |
"can" or "canada" |
|
China |
"china", "chn", "pr china", or "pr-china" |
|
Czech Republic |
"cze" or "czech" |
|
Denmark |
"dnk" or "denmark" |
|
Finland |
"fin" or "finland" |
|
France |
"fra" or "france" |
|
Germany |
"deu" or "germany" |
|
Greece |
"grc" or "greece" |
|
Hong Kong SAR |
"hkg", "hong kong", or "hong-kong" |
|
Hungary |
"hun" or "hungary" |
|
Iceland |
"iceland" or "isl" |
|
Ireland |
"irl" or "ireland" |
|
Italy |
"ita" or "italy" |
|
Japan |
"jpn" or "japan" |
|
Korea |
"kor" or "korea" |
|
Mexico |
"mex" or "mexico" |
|
The Netherlands |
"nld", "holland", or "netherlands" |
|
New Zealand |
"nzl", "new zealand", "new-zealand", or "nz" |
|
Norway |
"nor" or "norway" |
|
Poland |
"pol" or "poland" |
|
Portugal |
"prt" or "portugal" |
|
Russia |
"rus" or "russia" |
|
Singapore |
"sgp" or "singapore" |
|
Slovakia |
"svk" or "slovak" |
|
Spain |
"esp" or "spain" |
|
Sweden |
"swe" or "sweden" |
|
Switzerland |
"che" or "switzerland" |
|
Taiwan |
"twn" or "taiwan" |
|
Turkey |
"tur" or "turkey" |
|
United Kingdom |
"gbr", "britain", "england", "great britain", "uk", "united kingdom", or "united-kingdom" |
|
United States |
"usa", "america", "united states", "united-states", or "us" |
The following language strings are recognized by setlocale. Any language not supported by the operating system is not accepted by setlocale. The three-letter language-string codes are only valid in Windows 2000 and later operating systems.
|
Primary language |
Sublanguage |
Language string |
|---|---|---|
|
Chinese |
Chinese |
"chinese" |
|
Chinese |
Chinese (simplified) |
"chinese-simplified" or "chs" |
|
Chinese |
Chinese (traditional) |
"chinese-traditional" or "cht" |
|
Czech |
Czech |
"csy" or "czech" |
|
Danish |
Danish |
"dan" or "danish" |
|
Dutch |
Dutch (default) |
"dutch" or "nld" |
|
Dutch |
Dutch (Belgium) |
"belgian", "dutch-belgian", or "nlb" |
|
English |
English (default) |
"english" |
|
English |
English (Australia) |
"australian", "ena", or "english-aus" |
|
English |
English (Canada) |
"canadian", "enc", or "english-can" |
|
English |
English (New Zealand) |
"english-nz" or "enz" |
|
English |
English (United Kingdom) |
"eng", "english-uk", or "uk" |
|
English |
English (United States) |
"american", "american english", "american-english", "english-american", "english-us", "english-usa", "enu", "us", or "usa" |
|
Finnish |
Finnish |
"fin" or "finnish" |
|
French |
French (default) |
"fra" or "french" |
|
French |
French (Belgium) |
"frb" or "french-belgian" |
|
French |
French (Canada) |
"frc" or "french-canadian" |
|
French |
French (Switzerland) |
"french-swiss" or "frs" |
|
German |
German (default) |
"deu" or "german" |
|
German |
German (Austria) |
"dea" or "german-austrian" |
|
German |
German (Switzerland) |
"des", "german-swiss", or "swiss" |
|
Greek |
Greek |
"ell" or "greek" |
|
Hungarian |
Hungarian |
"hun" or "hungarian" |
|
Icelandic |
Icelandic |
"icelandic" or "isl" |
|
Italian |
Italian (default) |
"ita" or "italian" |
|
Italian |
Italian (Switzerland) |
"italian-swiss" or "its" |
|
Japanese |
Japanese |
"japanese" or "jpn" |
|
Korean |
Korean |
"kor" or "korean" |
|
Norwegian |
Norwegian (default) |
"norwegian" |
|
Norwegian |
Norwegian (Bokmal) |
"nor" or "norwegian-bokmal" |
|
Norwegian |
Norwegian (Nynorsk) |
"non" or "norwegian-nynorsk" |
|
Polish |
Polish |
"plk" or "polish" |
|
Portuguese |
Portuguese (default) |
"portuguese" or "ptg" |
|
Portuguese |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
"portuguese-brazilian" or "ptb" |
|
Russian |
Russian (default) |
"rus" or "russian" |
|
Slovak |
Slovak |
"sky" or "slovak" |
|
Spanish |
Spanish (default) |
"esp" or "spanish" |
|
Spanish |
Spanish (Mexico) |
"esm" or "spanish-mexican" |
|
Spanish |
Spanish (Modern) |
"esn" or "spanish-modern" |
|
Swedish |
Swedish |
"sve" or "swedish" |
|
Turkish |
Turkish |
"trk" or "turkish" |