MAKELANGID (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

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 for system use.

  • 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 for system use.

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 and Locales.

Requirements

Header winnt.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later

See Also

Reference

MAKELCID

Other Resources

National Language Support (NLS) Macros