Available Language Packs
The following tables show the supported language packs and language interface packs available with Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008.
Note
For a complete list of supported languages and locales, see this Microsoft Web site.
Supported Language Packs and Language Interface Packs
| Display Name | Culture | Language Pack Type | Windows Operating System Support | Supported Base or Parent Languages | Hexadecimal Identifier | Decimal Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
English (United States) |
en-US |
Full Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Server 2008 |
Not applicable |
0x0409 |
1033 |
Dutch (Netherlands) |
nl-NL |
Full Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Not applicable |
0x0413 |
1043 |
French (France) |
fr-FR |
Full Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Server 2008 |
Not applicable |
0x040c |
1036 |
German (Germany) |
de-DE |
Full Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Not applicable |
0x0407 |
1031 |
Italian (Italy) |
it-IT |
Full Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Not applicable |
0x0410 |
1040 |
Japanese (Japan) |
ja-JP |
Full Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Not applicable |
0x0411 |
1041 |
Spanish (Spain) |
es-ES |
Full Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Server 2008 |
Not applicable |
0x0c0a |
3082 |
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) |
ar-SA |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US, fr-FR |
0x0401 |
1025 |
Chinese (PRC) |
zh-CN |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0804 |
2052 |
Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.) |
zh-HK |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: zh-TW, en-US |
0x0c04 |
3076 |
Chinese (Taiwan) |
zh-TW |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0404 |
1028 |
Czech (Czech Republic) |
cs-CZ |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0405 |
1029 |
Danish (Denmark) |
da-DK |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0406 |
1030 |
Finnish (Finland) |
fi-FI |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista |
Base Language: en-US |
0x040b |
1035 |
Greek (Greece) |
el-GR |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0408 |
1032 |
Hebrew (Israel) |
he-IL |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista |
Base Language: en-US |
0x040d |
1037 |
Hungarian (Hungary) |
hu-HU |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x040e |
1038 |
Korean (Korea) |
ko-KR |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0412 |
1042 |
Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway) |
nb-NO |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0414 |
1044 |
Polish (Poland) |
pl-PL |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0415 |
1045 |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
pt-BR |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0416 |
1046 |
Portuguese (Portugal) |
pt-PT |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0816 |
2070 |
Russian (Russia) |
ru-RU |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0419 |
1049 |
Swedish (Sweden) |
sv-SE |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x041d |
1053 |
Turkish (Turkey) |
tr-TR |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter, Windows Server 2008 |
Base Language: en-US |
0x041f |
1055 |
Bulgarian (Bulgaria) |
bg-BG |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0402 |
1026 |
Croatian (Croatia) |
hr-HR |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x041a |
1050 |
Estonian (Estonia) |
et-EE |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0425 |
1061 |
Latvian (Latvia) |
lv-LV |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0426 |
1062 |
Lithuanian (Lithuania) |
lt-LT |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0427 |
1063 |
Romanian (Romania) |
ro-RO |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0418 |
1048 |
Serbian (Latin, Serbia) |
sr-Latn-CS |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x081a |
2074 |
Slovak (Slovakia) |
sk-SK |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x041b |
1051 |
Slovenian (Slovenia) |
sl-SI |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0424 |
1060 |
Thai (Thailand) |
th-TH |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x041e |
1054 |
Ukrainian (Ukraine) |
uk-UA |
Partial Language Pack |
Windows Vista, Windows Vista Starter |
Base Language: en-US |
0x0422 |
1058 |
Afrikaans (South Africa) |
af-ZA |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0436 |
1078 |
Albanian (Albania) |
sq-AL |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x041c |
1052 |
Amharic (Ethiopia) |
am-ET |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x045e |
1118 |
Armenian (Armenia) |
hy-AM |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x042b |
1067 |
Assamese (India) |
as-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x044d |
1101 |
Azeri (Latin, Azerbaijan) |
az-Latn-AZ |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US, ru-RU |
0x042c |
1068 |
Basque (Basque) |
eu-ES |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: es-ES, fr-FR |
0x042d |
1069 |
Belarusian (Belarus) |
be-BY |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: ru-RU |
0x0423 |
1059 |
Bengali (Bangladesh) |
bn-BD |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0845 |
2117 |
Bengali (India) |
bn-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0445 |
1093 |
Bosnian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
bs-Cyrl-BA |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US, hr-HR, sr-Latn-SP |
0x201a |
8218 |
Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
bs-Latn-BA |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US, hr-HR, sr-Latn-SP |
0x141a |
5146 |
Catalan (Catalan) |
ca-ES |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: es-ES, fr-FR |
0x0403 |
1027 |
Filipino (Philippines) |
fil-PH |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0464 |
1124 |
Galician (Galician) |
gl-ES |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: es-ES |
0x0456 |
1110 |
Georgian (Georgia) |
ka-GE |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0437 |
1079 |
Gujarati (India) |
gu-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0447 |
1095 |
Hausa (Latin, Nigeria) |
ha-Latn-NG |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0468 |
1128 |
Hindi (India) |
hi-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0439 |
1081 |
Icelandic (Iceland) |
is-IS |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x040f |
1039 |
Igbo (Nigeria) |
ig-NG |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0470 |
1136 |
Indonesian (Indonesia) |
id-ID |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0421 |
1057 |
Inuktitut (Latin, Canada) |
iu-Latn-CA |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x085d |
2141 |
Irish (Ireland) |
ga-IE |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x083c |
2108 |
isiXhosa (South Africa) |
xh-ZA |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0434 |
1076 |
isiZulu (South Africa) |
zu-ZA |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0435 |
1077 |
Kannada (India) |
kn-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x044b |
1099 |
Kazakh (Kazakhstan) |
kk-KZ |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: ru-RU, en-US |
0x043f |
1087 |
Khmer (Cambodia) |
km-KH |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0453 |
1107 |
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) |
rw-RW |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US, fr-FR |
0x0487 |
1159 |
Kiswahili (Kenya) |
sw-KE |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0441 |
1089 |
Konkani (India) |
kok-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0457 |
1111 |
Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan) |
ky-KG |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: ru-RU |
0x0440 |
1088 |
Lao (Lao P.D.R.) |
lo-LA |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0454 |
1108 |
Luxembourgish (Luxembourg) |
lb-LU |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: fr-FR, en-US |
0x046e |
1134 |
Macedonian (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) |
mk-MK |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x042f |
1071 |
Malay (Brunei Darussalam) |
ms-BN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x083e |
2110 |
Malay (Malaysia) |
ms-MY |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x043e |
1086 |
Malayalam (India) |
ml-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x044c |
1100 |
Maltese (Malta) |
mt-MT |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x043a |
1082 |
Maori (New Zealand) |
mi-NZ |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0481 |
1153 |
Marathi (India) |
mr-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x044e |
1102 |
Nepali (Nepal) |
ne-NP |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0461 |
1121 |
Norwegian, Nynorsk (Norway) |
nn-NO |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: nb-NO |
0x0814 |
2068 |
Oriya (India) |
or-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0448 |
1096 |
Pashto (Afghanistan) |
ps-AF |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0463 |
1123 |
Persian |
fa-IR |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0429 |
1065 |
Punjabi (India) |
pa-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0446 |
1094 |
Quechua (Peru) |
quz-PE |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: es-ES |
0x0c6b |
3179 |
Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia) |
sr-Cyrl-CS |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: sr-Latn-SP, en-US |
0x0c1a |
3098 |
Sesotho sa Leboa (South Africa) |
nso-ZA |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x046c |
1132 |
Setswana (South Africa) |
tn-ZA |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0432 |
1074 |
Sinhala (Sri Lanka) |
si-LK |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x045b |
1115 |
Tamil (India) |
ta-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0449 |
1097 |
Tatar (Russia) |
tt-RU |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: ru-RU |
0x0444 |
1092 |
Telugu (India) |
te-IN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x044a |
1098 |
Urdu (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) |
ur-PK |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0420 |
1056 |
Uzbek (Latin, Uzbekistan) |
uz-Latn-UZ |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US, ru-RU |
0x0443 |
1091 |
Vietnamese (Vietnam) |
vi-VN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x042a |
1066 |
Welsh (United Kingdom) |
cy-GB |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x0452 |
1106 |
Wolof (Senegal) |
wo-SN |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: fr-FR |
0x0488 |
1160 |
Yoruba (Nigeria) |
yo-NG |
Language Interface Pack |
Windows Vista |
Parent Language: en-US |
0x046a |
1130 |