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[MS-LCID]:
Windows Language Code Identifier (LCID) Reference
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Contents
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 5
1.1 Glossary ............................................................................................................... 5
1.2 References ............................................................................................................ 6
1.2.1 Normative References ....................................................................................... 6
1.2.2 Informative References ..................................................................................... 7
1.3 Overview .............................................................................................................. 7
1.4 Relationship to Protocols and Other Structures .......................................................... 7
1.5 Applicability Statement ........................................................................................... 7
1.6 Versioning and Localization ..................................................................................... 7
1.7 Vendor-Extensible Fields ......................................................................................... 7
2 Structures ................................................................................................................ 8
2.1 Language Code Identifiers ...................................................................................... 8
2.2 LCID Structure ...................................................................................................... 8
2.2.1 Locale Names without LCIDs ............................................................................ 26
3 Structure Examples ................................................................................................ 27
4 Security Considerations.......................................................................................... 28
5 Appendix A: Product Behavior ................................................................................ 29
6 Change Tracking..................................................................................................... 46
7 Index ..................................................................................................................... 49
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1 Introduction
This document provides an overview of language code identifiers (LCIDs), also known as culture
identifiers.
Additionally, this document specifies a set of locale identifiers that designate culture-specific
information such as how text is sorted, how a date is formatted, and the display format for numbers
and currency.
Sections 1.7 and 2 of this specification are normative and can contain the terms MAY, SHOULD,
MUST, MUST NOT, and SHOULD NOT as defined in RFC 2119. All other sections and examples in this
specification are informative.
1.1 Glossary
The following terms are specific to this document:
alternate sort: Specifies an alternate collation for a language that has multiple methods for
sorting data. For example, German has both "Dictionary" and "Phone Book" sorts. "Dictionary"
sorting (de-DE) is the default for German, but developers can specify the alternate "Phone
Book" sort (de-DE_phoneb) explicitly.
BIG5: Believed to be derived from either the five companies (Acer, MiTAC, JiaJia, Zero One, and
FIC) that developed this standard or from the intended development and support of five major
software packages from these companies. The original character set is sorted first by usage
frequency, second by stroke count, and finally by radical. The BIG5 encoding was defined by
the Institute for Information Industry of Taiwan in 1984.
Bopomofo: A phonetic system used for transcribing Chinese. Named for the first four letters of
the traditional Chinese phonemic alphabet (bo, po, mo, and fo).
Chinese BIG5 order: Ideographs are ordered according to the code point values of the
Taiwanese BIG5 industrial standard.
Chinese radical stroke order: Ideographs are ordered according to radical stroke count.
Chinese Unicode order: Deprecated. Identical to the default sort information used for English.
Georgian modern order: An order for the Georgian language that places archaic characters
that are no longer used at the end of the alphabet.
Georgian traditional order: An order for the Georgian language that intersperses archaic
characters that are no longer used among the rest of the alphabet in their traditional places.
German phone book order: An order that equates Ä, Ö, and Ü with AE, OE, and UE,
respectively (commonly used in German phone books).
Hungarian default order: The typical expected alphabetical order for the Hungarian language.
Hungarian technical order: A sort order that places capital letters before lowercase ones,
unlike most sorts, which sort lowercase first.
Japanese radical/stroke sort order: Ideographs are ordered by their radical and stroke
components, much like an ideographic dictionary might do.
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Japanese Unicode order: Deprecated. Identical to the default sort information used for English,
except that the backslash (\) is equal to the currency symbol, 0x00A5, the yen sign.
Japanese XJIS order: Ideographs are ordered according to the code point values of the [JIS X
208] and [JIS X 212] government standards.
Korean KSC order: Ideographs are ordered according to the Korean Hangul pronunciation, as
specified in the Korean [KSC 6501] government standard.
Korean Unicode order: Deprecated. Identical to the default sort information used for English,
except that the backslash (\) is equal to the currency symbol, 0x20A9, the won sign.
neutral locale: A locale describing a language without any region-specific information.
PRC Chinese phonetic order: Ideographs are ordered according to their A to Z pronunciation
order.
PRC Chinese stroke count order: Ideographs are ordered according to their stroke count.
specific locale: A locale describing a language that has a qualifying regional variant. For
example, variants for English can be en-US or en-GB.
Traditional Chinese Bopomofo order: Ideographs are ordered by their most common
Mandarin pronunciation, using the Chinese Bopomofo order of the pronunciations.
MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as
described in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or
SHOULD NOT.
1.2 References
References to Microsoft Open Specifications documentation do not include a publishing year because
links are to the latest version of the documents, which are updated frequently. References to other
documents include a publishing year when one is available.
A reference marked "(Archived)" means that the reference document was either retired and is no
longer being maintained or was replaced with a new document that provides current implementation
details. We archive our documents online [Windows Protocol].
1.2.1 Normative References
We conduct frequent surveys of the normative references to assure their continued availability. If
you have any issue with finding a normative reference, please contact dochelp@microsoft.com. We
will assist you in finding the relevant information. Please check the archive site,
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/E4BD6494-06AD-4aed-9823-445E921C9624, as an
additional source.
[ISO-639] International Organization for Standardization, "Codes for the Representation of Names
of Languages", ISO 639, http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/
[ISO-3166] International Organization for Standardization, "Codes for the Representation of Names
of Countries and Their Subdivisions", ISO 3166,
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=24591
Note There is a charge to download the specification.
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[ISO-15924] International Organization for Standardization, "ISO 15924 Registration Authority",
http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/
[MS-DTYP] Microsoft Corporation, "Windows Data Types".
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC
2119, March 1997, http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt
[RFC4646] A. Phillips, Ed., and M. Davis, Ed., "Tags for Identifying Languages", BCP 47, RFC 4646,
September 2006, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4646.txt
1.2.2 Informative References
[JIS X 208] http://koba.jp/network/mail/JIS-X-0208.html
[JIS X 212] http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~AX2S-KMTN/ref/jisx0212/index.html
[KSC 6501] http://www.standard.go.kr/upload/simsa/C/C_6501.htm
1.3 Overview
The LCID structure is used to identify specific languages for the purpose of customizing software for
particular languages and cultures. For example, it can specify the way dates, times, and numbers
are formatted as strings. It can also specify paper sizes and preferred sort order based on language
elements.
1.4 Relationship to Protocols and Other Structures
This structure is related to protocols and structures that need to make special cases for specific
languages and cultures.
1.5 Applicability Statement
This structure applies in scenarios where special cases need to be made for specific languages and
cultures.
1.6 Versioning and Localization
This structure serves to identify particular languages, locales, and cultures.
1.7 Vendor-Extensible Fields
None.
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2 Structures
2.1 Language Code Identifiers
LCIDs are identifiers used to specify localizable information. They are also known as culture
identifiers in the Microsoft .NET Framework environment.
The name of a culture consists of its [ISO-639] language code, its [ISO-3166] country/region code,
and an optional [ISO-15924] script tag for the written language, as described in [RFC4646]. For
example, the name of the culture in which the language is Bosnian (as written in Latin script and
used in the Bosnia and Herzegovina region) is bs-Latn-BA.<1><2><3>
Many APIs permit use of the culture name, which is preferred over the LCID form.
2.2 LCID Structure
This protocol references commonly used data types as defined in [MS-DTYP].
An LCID is a 4-byte value. The value supplied in an LCID is a standard numeric substitution for the
international [RFC4646] string.
The following diagram is shown in host byte order.
1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
Reserved Sort ID Language ID
Reserved (12 bits): This field is reserved for future use. It MUST be 0.
Sort ID (4 bits): The sort order. In most cases, this value can be 0x0, which indicates a default
sort (SORT_DEFAULT). However, other values can be used when an alternate sort is required.
These alternate values are listed in the following table. For example, 0x0407 (German -
Germany) becomes 0x10407 when SORT_GERMAN_PHONE_BOOK is used.
Value Meaning
SORT_CHINESE_BIG5 Chinese BIG5 order

0x0
SORT_CHINESE_PRCP PRC Chinese phonetic order

0x0
SORT_DEFAULT Default sort order

0x0
SORT_GEORGIAN_TRADITIONAL Georgian traditional order

0x0
SORT_HUNGARIAN_DEFAULT Hungarian default order

0x0
SORT_JAPANESE_XJIS Japanese XJIS order

0x0
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Value Meaning
SORT_KOREAN_KSC Korean KSC order

0x0
SORT_CHINESE_UNICODE Chinese Unicode order<4>

0x1
SORT_GEORGIAN_MODERN Georgian modern order

0x1
SORT_GERMAN_PHONE_BOOK German phone book order

0x1
SORT_HUNGARIAN_TECHNICAL Hungarian technical order

0x1
SORT_JAPANESE_UNICODE Japanese Unicode order<5>

0x1
SORT_KOREAN_UNICODE Korean Unicode order<6>

0x1
SORT_CHINESE_PRC PRC Chinese stroke count order

0x2
SORT_CHINESE_BOPOMOFO Traditional Chinese Bopomofo order

0x3
SORT_CHINESE_RADICALSTROKE Chinese radical/stroke order<7>

0x4
SORT_JAPANESE_RADICALSTROKE Japanese radical/stroke sort order

0x4
Language ID (2 bytes): The language component of the LCID.<8>
LCID Language tag
0x0001 ar
0x0002 bg
0x0003 ca
0x0004 zh-Hans
0x0005 cs
0x0006 da
0x0007 de
0x0008 el
0x0009 en
0x000a es
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LCID Language tag
0x000b fi
0x000c fr
0x000d he
0x000e hu
0x000f is
0x0010 it
0x0011 ja
0x0012 ko
0x0013 nl
0x0014 no
0x0015 pl
0x0016 pt
0x0017 rm
0x0018 ro
0x0019 ru
0x001a bs, hr, or sr
0x001b sk
0x001c sq
0x001d sv
0x001e th
0x001f tr
0x0020 ur
0x0021 id
0x0022 uk
0x0023 be
0x0024 sl
0x0025 et
0x0026 lv
0x0027 lt
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LCID Language tag
0x0028 tg
0x0029 fa
0x002a vi
0x002b hy
0x002c az
0x002d eu
0x002e dsb or hsb
0x002f mk
0x0030 st
0x0031 ts
0x0032 tn
0x0033 ve, reserved
0x0034 xh
0x0035 zu
0x0036 af
0x0037 ka
0x0038 fo
0x0039 hi
0x003a mt
0x003b se
0x003c ga
0x003d yi, reserved
0x003e ms
0x003f kk
0x0040 ky
0x0041 sw
0x0042 tk
0x0043 uz
0x0044 tt
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LCID Language tag
0x0045 bn
0x0046 pa
0x0047 gu
0x0048 or
0x0049 ta
0x004a te
0x004b kn
0x004c ml
0x004d as
0x004e mr
0x004f sa
0x0050 mn
0x0051 bo
0x0052 cy
0x0053 km
0x0054 lo
0x0055 my
0x0056 gl
0x0057 kok
0x0058 mni, reserved
0x0059 sd
0x005a syr
0x005b si
0x005c chr
0x005d iu
0x005e am
0x005f tzm
0x0060 ks, reserved
0x0061 ne
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LCID Language tag
0x0062 fy
0x0063 ps
0x0064 fil
0x0065 dv
0x0066 bin, reserved
0x0067 ff
0x0068 ha
0x0069 ibb, reserved
0x006a yo
0x006b quz
0x006c nso
0x006d ba
0x006e lb
0x006f kl
0x0070 ig
0x0071 kr, reserved
0x0072 om
0x0073 ti
0x0074 gn
0x0075 haw
0x0076 la, reserved
0x0077 so, reserved
0x0078 ii
0x0079 pap, reserved
0x007a arn
0x007b Neither defined nor reserved
0x007c moh
0x007d Neither defined nor reserved
0x007e br
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LCID Language tag
0x007f Reserved for invariant locale behavior
0x0080 ug
0x0081 mi
0x0082 oc
0x0083 co
0x0084 gsw
0x0085 sah
0x0086 qut
0x0087 rw
0x0088 wo
0x0089 Neither defined nor reserved
0x008a Neither defined nor reserved
0x008b Neither defined nor reserved
0x008c prs
0x008d Neither defined nor reserved
0x008e Neither defined nor reserved
0x008f Neither defined nor reserved
0x0091 gd
0x0092 ku
0x0093 quc, reserved
0x0401 ar-SA
0x0402 bg-BG
0x0403 ca-ES
0x0404 zh-TW
0x0405 cs-CZ
0x0406 da-DK
0x0407 de-DE
0x0408 el-GR
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LCID Language tag
0x0409 en-US
0x040a es-ES_tradnl
0x040b fi-FI
0x040c fr-FR
0x040d he-IL
0x040e hu-HU
0x040f is-IS
0x0410 it-IT
0x0411 ja-JP
0x0412 ko-KR
0x0413 nl-NL
0x0414 nb-NO
0x0415 pl-PL
0x0416 pt-BR
0x0417 rm-CH
0x0418 ro-RO
0x0419 ru-RU
0x041a hr-HR
0x041b sk-SK
0x041c sq-AL
0x041d sv-SE
0x041e th-TH
0x041f tr-TR
0x0420 ur-PK
0x0421 id-ID
0x0422 uk-UA
0x0423 be-BY
0x0424 sl-SI
0x0425 et-EE
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LCID Language tag
0x0426 lv-LV
0x0427 lt-LT
0x0428 tg-Cyrl-TJ
0x0429 fa-IR
0x042a vi-VN
0x042b hy-AM
0x042c az-Latn-AZ
0x042d eu-ES
0x042e hsb-DE
0x042f mk-MK
0x0430 st-ZA
0x0431 ts-ZA
0x0432 tn-ZA
0x0433 ve-ZA, reserved
0x0434 xh-ZA
0x0435 zu-ZA
0x0436 af-ZA
0x0437 ka-GE
0x0438 fo-FO
0x0439 hi-IN
0x043a mt-MT
0x043b se-NO
0x043d yi-Hebr, reserved
0x043e ms-MY
0x043f kk-KZ
0x0440 ky-KG
0x0441 sw-KE
0x0442 tk-TM
0x0443 uz-Latn-UZ
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LCID Language tag
0x0444 tt-RU
0x0445 bn-IN
0x0446 pa-IN
0x0447 gu-IN
0x0448 or-IN
0x0449 ta-IN
0x044a te-IN
0x044b kn-IN
0x044c ml-IN
0x044d as-IN
0x044e mr-IN
0x044f sa-IN
0x0450 mn-MN
0x0451 bo-CN
0x0452 cy-GB
0x0453 km-KH
0x0454 lo-LA
0x0455 my-MM
0x0456 gl-ES
0x0457 kok-IN
0x0458 mni-IN, reserved
0x0459 sd-Deva-IN, reserved
0x045a syr-SY
0x045b si-LK
0x045c chr-Cher-US
0x045d iu-Cans-CA
0x045e am-ET
0x045f tzm-Arab-MA, reserved
0x0460 ks-Arab, reserved
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LCID Language tag
0x0461 ne-NP
0x0462 fy-NL
0x0463 ps-AF
0x0464 fil-PH
0x0465 dv-MV
0x0466 bin-NG, reserved
0x0467 fuv-NG, reserved
0x0468 ha-Latn-NG
0x0469 ibb-NG, reserved
0x046a yo-NG
0x046b quz-BO
0x046c nso-ZA
0x046d ba-RU
0x046e lb-LU
0x046f kl-GL
0x0470 ig-NG
0x0471 kr-NG, reserved
0x0472 om-ET
0x0473 ti-ET
0x0474 gn-PY
0x0475 haw-US
0x0476 la-Latn, reserved
0x0477 so-SO
0x0478 ii-CN
0x0479 pap-029, reserved
0x047a arn-CL
0x047c moh-CA
0x047e br-FR
0x0480 ug-CN
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LCID Language tag
0x0481 mi-NZ
0x0482 oc-FR
0x0483 co-FR
0x0484 gsw-FR
0x0485 sah-RU
0x0486 qut-GT
0x0487 rw-RW
0x0488 wo-SN
0x048c prs-AF
0x048d plt-MG, reserved
0x048e zh-yue-HK, reserved
0x048f tdd-Tale-CN, reserved
0x0490 khb-Talu-CN, reserved
0x0491 gd-GB
0x0492 ku-Arab-IQ
0x0493 quc-CO, reserved
0x0501 qps-ploc
0x05fe qps-ploca
0x0801 ar-IQ
0x0803 ca-ES-valencia
0x0804 zh-CN
0x0807 de-CH
0x0809 en-GB
0x080a es-MX
0x080c fr-BE
0x0810 it-CH
0x0811 ja-Ploc-JP, reserved
0x0813 nl-BE
0x0814 nn-NO
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LCID Language tag
0x0816 pt-PT
0x0818 ro-MD
0x0819 ru-MD, reserved
0x081a sr-Latn-CS
0x081d sv-FI
0x0820 ur-IN
0x082c az-Cyrl-AZ
0x082e dsb-DE
0x0832 tn-BW
0x083b se-SE
0x083c ga-IE
0x083e ms-BN
0x0843 uz-Cyrl-UZ
0x0845 bn-BD
0x0846 pa-Arab-PK
0x0849 ta-LK
0x0850 mn-Mong-CN
0x0851 bo-BT, reserved
0x0859 sd-Arab-PK
0x085d iu-Latn-CA
0x085f tzm-Latn-DZ
0x0860 ks-Deva, reserved
0x0861 ne-IN
0x0867 ff-Latn-SN
0x086b quz-EC
0x0873 ti-ER
0x09ff qps-plocm
0x0c01 ar-EG
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LCID Language tag
0x0c04 zh-HK
0x0c07 de-AT
0x0c09 en-AU
0x0c0a es-ES
0x0c0c fr-CA
0x0c1a sr-Cyrl-CS
0x0c3b se-FI
0x0c50 mn-Mong-MN
0x0c5f tmz-MA, reserved
0x0c6b quz-PE
0x1001 ar-LY
0x1004 zh-SG
0x1007 de-LU
0x1009 en-CA
0x100a es-GT
0x100c fr-CH
0x101a hr-BA
0x103b smj-NO
0x105f tzm-Tfng-MA
0x1401 ar-DZ
0x1404 zh-MO
0x1407 de-LI
0x1409 en-NZ
0x140a es-CR
0x140c fr-LU
0x141a bs-Latn-BA
0x143b smj-SE
0x1801 ar-MA
0x1809 en-IE
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LCID Language tag
0x180a es-PA
0x180c fr-MC
0x181a sr-Latn-BA
0x183b sma-NO
0x1c01 ar-TN
0x1c09 en-ZA
0x1c0a es-DO
0x1c0c Neither defined nor reserved
0x1c1a sr-Cyrl-BA
0x1c3b sma-SE
0x2001 ar-OM
0x2009 en-JM
0x200a es-VE
0x200c fr-RE
0x201a bs-Cyrl-BA
0x203b sms-FI
0x2401 ar-YE
0x2409 en-029
0x240a es-CO
0x240c fr-CD
0x241a sr-Latn-RS
0x243b smn-FI
0x2801 ar-SY
0x2809 en-BZ
0x280a es-PE
0x280c fr-SN
0x281a sr-Cyrl-RS
0x2c01 ar-JO
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LCID Language tag
0x2c09 en-TT
0x2c0a es-AR
0x2c0c fr-CM
0x2c1a sr-Latn-ME
0x3001 ar-LB
0x3009 en-ZW
0x300a es-EC
0x300c fr-CI
0x301a sr-Cyrl-ME
0x3401 ar-KW
0x3409 en-PH
0x340a es-CL
0x340c fr-ML
0x3801 ar-AE
0x3809 en-ID, reserved
0x380a es-UY
0x380c fr-MA
0x3c01 ar-BH
0x3c09 en-HK
0x3c0a es-PY
0x3c0c fr-HT
0x4001 ar-QA
0x4009 en-IN
0x400a es-BO
0x4401 ar-Ploc-SA, reserved
0x4409 en-MY
0x440a es-SV
0x4801 ar-145, reserved
0x4809 en-SG
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LCID Language tag
0x480a es-HN
0x4c09 en-AE, reserved
0x4c0a es-NI
0x5009 en-BH, reserved
0x500a es-PR
0x5409 en-EG, reserved
0x540a es-US
0x5809 en-JO, reserved
0x580a es-419
0x5c09 en-KW, reserved
0x6009 en-TR, reserved
0x6409 en-YE, reserved
0x641a bs-Cyrl
0x681a bs-Latn
0x6c1a sr-Cyrl
0x701a sr-Latn
0x703b smn
0x742c az-Cyrl
0x743b sms
0x7804 zh
0x7814 nn
0x781a bs
0x782c az-Latn
0x783b sma
0x7843 uz-Cyrl
0x7850 mn-Cyrl
0x785d iu-Cans
0x785f tzm-Tfng
0x7c04 zh-Hant
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0x7c14 nb
0x7c1a sr
0x7c28 tg-Cyrl
0x7c2e dsb
0x7c3b smj
0x7c43 uz-Latn
0x7c46 pa-Arab
0x7c50 mn-Mong
0x7c59 sd-Arab
0x7c5c chr-Cher
0x7c5d iu-Latn
0x7c5f tzm-Latn
0x7c67 ff-Latn
0x7c68 ha-Latn
0x7c92 ku-Arab
Some locales have more than one method of sorting, such as by pronunciation or stroke count. The
primary sort for each locale is provided by the identifiers in the preceding Language ID table.
Alternate sorts can be selected by using one of the identifiers from the following table.
LCID Language tag (string name)
0x0001007f x-IV-mathan (math alphanumeric sorting)
0x00010407 de-DE_phoneb
0x0001040e hu-HU_tchncl
0x00010437 ka-GE_modern
0x00020804 zh-CN_stroke
0x00021404 zh-MO_stroke
0x00021004 zh-SG_stroke
0x00030404 zh-TW_pronun
0x00040404<9> zh-TW_radstr
0x00040411 ja-JP_radstr
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LCID Language tag (string name)
0x00040c04<10> zh-HK_radstr
0x00041404<11> zh-MO_radstr
2.2.1 Locale Names without LCIDs
Locale names that are valid but not associated with a given LCID MAY be assigned the LCID 1000, if
an LCID is demanded by the application.<12>
Locale Name Assigned LCID
jv 0x1000
jv-Latn 0x1000
jv-Latn-ID 0x1000
mg 0x1000
mg-MG 0x1000
ngo 0x1000
ngo-GN 0x1000
pt-AO 0x1000
sn 0x1000
sn-Latn 0x1000
sn-Latn-ZW 0x1000
zgh 0x1000
zgh-Tfng 0x1000
zgh-Tfng-MA 0x1000
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The following are examples of LCID values.
LCID Language tag (string name) Type
0x00000075 haw neutral locale
0x00000409 en-US specific locale
0x00010407 de-DE_phoneb alternate sort for locale
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None.
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5 Appendix A: Product Behavior
The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental
software. References to product versions include released service packs:
Windows NT operating system
Windows 2000 operating system
Windows XP operating system
Windows Server 2003 operating system
Windows Vista operating system
Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system
Windows Server 2012 operating system
Windows 8.1 operating system
Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system
Exceptions, if any, are noted below. If a service pack or Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) number
appears with the product version, behavior changed in that service pack or QFE. The new behavior
also applies to subsequent service packs of the product unless otherwise specified. If a product
edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.
Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed
using the terms SHOULD or SHOULD NOT implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD
or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term MAY implies that the product
does not follow the prescription.
<1> Section 2.1: Enabled Languages Kit (ELK) refers to a set of locales that is available through a
web download. Everything that is related to a locale is available from an ELK package (including
information on data formatting, such as date and time, font, keyboard layout, sorting, and currency
information). Additional LCID support is available through a separate ELK package for Windows XP
and Windows Vista clients and for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 servers.
<2> Section 2.1: In Windows, locales are primarily identified with numeric LCIDs.
<3> Section 2.1: Windows Server 2003 supports all languages defined for Windows 95, Windows
98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP,
and Windows Server 2003 through the ELK.
<4> Section 2.2: Supported only on Windows NT.
<7> Section 2.2: Supported only on Windows 7.
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<8> Section 2.2: The following table shows LCIDs and the versions of Windows in which they were
first made available.
Supported Versions Key
Release
key Supported versions
Release A Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows
Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8,
Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Release B Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008,
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows
Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Release C Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP,
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and
Windows Server 2012 R2.
Release D Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 7,
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows
Server 2012 R2.
Release Windows XP ELK v1, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008,
E1 Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012,
Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Release Windows XP ELK v2, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008,
E2 Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012,
Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Release V Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8,
Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Release 7 Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and
Windows Server 2012 R2.
Release 8 Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Release Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

8.1
Language Supported
Language Location (or type) LCID tag version
Afrikaans 0x0036 af Release 7
Afrikaans South Africa 0x0436 af-ZA Release B
Albanian 0x001c sq Release 7
Albanian Albania 0x041c sq-AL Release B
Alsatian 0x0084 gsw Release 7
Alsatian France 0x0484 gsw-FR Release V
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Amharic 0x005e am Release 7
Amharic Ethiopia 0x045e am-ET Release V
Arabic 0x0001 ar Release 7
Arabic Algeria 0x1401 ar-DZ Release B
Arabic Bahrain 0x3c01 ar-BH Release B
Arabic Egypt 0x0c01 ar-EG Release B
Arabic Iraq 0x0801 ar-IQ Release B
Arabic Jordan 0x2c01 ar-JO Release B
Arabic Kuwait 0x3401 ar-KW Release B
Arabic Lebanon 0x3001 ar-LB Release B
Arabic Libya 0x1001 ar-LY Release B
Arabic Morocco 0x1801 ar-MA Release B
Arabic Oman 0x2001 ar-OM Release B
Arabic Qatar 0x4001 ar-QA Release B
Arabic Saudi Arabia 0x0401 ar-SA Release B
Arabic Syria 0x2801 ar-SY Release B
Arabic Tunisia 0x1c01 ar-TN Release B
Arabic U.A.E. 0x3801 ar-AE Release B
Arabic Yemen 0x2401 ar-YE Release B
Armenian 0x002b hy Release 7
Armenian Armenia 0x042b hy-AM Release C
Assamese 0x004d as Release 7
Assamese India 0x044d as-IN Release V
Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) 0x742c az-Cyrl Windows 7
Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) Azerbaijan 0x082c az-Cyrl-AZ Release C
Azerbaijani (Latin) 0x002c az Release 7
Azerbaijani (Latin) 0x782c az-Latn Windows 7
Azerbaijani (Latin) Azerbaijan 0x042c az-Latn-AZ Release C
Bangla 0x0045 bn Release 7
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Bangla Bangladesh 0x0845 bn-BD Release V
Bangla India 0x0445 bn-IN Release E1
Bashkir 0x006d ba Release 7
Bashkir Russia 0x046d ba-RU Release V
Basque 0x002d eu Release 7
Basque Spain 0x042d eu-ES Release B
Belarusian 0x0023 be Release 7
Belarusian Belarus 0x0423 be-BY Release B
Bosnian (Cyrillic) 0x641a bs-Cyrl Windows 7
Bosnian (Cyrillic) Bosnia and Herzegovina 0x201a bs-Cyrl-BA Release E1
Bosnian (Latin) 0x681a bs-Latn Windows 7
Bosnian (Latin) 0x781a bs Release 7
Bosnian (Latin) Bosnia and Herzegovina 0x141a bs-Latn-BA Release E1
Breton 0x007e br Release 7
Breton France 0x047e br-FR Release V
Bulgarian 0x0002 bg Release 7
Bulgarian Bulgaria 0x0402 bg-BG Release B
Burmese 0x0055 my Release 8.1
Burmese Myanmar 0x0455 my-MM Release 8.1
Catalan 0x0003 ca Release 7
Catalan Spain 0x0403 ca-ES Release B
Central Kurdish 0x0092 ku Release 8
Central Kurdish 0x7c92 ku-Arab Release 8
Central Kurdish Iraq 0x0492 ku-Arab-IQ Release 8
Cherokee 0x005c chr Release 8
Cherokee 0x7c5c chr-Cher Release 8
Cherokee United States 0x045c chr-Cher-US Release 8
Chinese (Simplified) 0x0004 zh-Hans Release A
Chinese (Simplified) 0x7804 zh Windows 7
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Chinese (Simplified) People's Republic of China 0x0804 zh-CN Release A
Chinese (Simplified) Singapore 0x1004 zh-SG Release A
Chinese (Traditional) 0x7c04 zh-Hant Release A
Chinese (Traditional) Hong Kong S.A.R. 0x0c04 zh-HK Release A
Chinese (Traditional) Macao S.A.R. 0x1404 zh-MO Release D
Chinese (Traditional) Taiwan 0x0404 zh-TW Release A
Corsican 0x0083 co Release 7
Corsican France 0x0483 co-FR Release V
Croatian 0x001a bs, hr, or sr Release 7
Croatian Croatia 0x041a hr-HR Release A
Croatian (Latin) Bosnia and Herzegovina 0x101a hr-BA Release E1
Czech 0x0005 cs Release 7
Czech Czech Republic 0x0405 cs-CZ Release A
Danish 0x0006 da Release 7
Danish Denmark 0x0406 da-DK Release A
Dari 0x008c prs Release 7
Dari Afghanistan 0x048c prs-AF Release V
Divehi 0x0065 dv Release 7
Divehi Maldives 0x0465 dv-MV Release D
Dutch 0x0013 nl Release 7
Dutch Belgium 0x0813 nl-BE Release A
Dutch Netherlands 0x0413 nl-NL Release A
English 0x0009 en Release 7
English Australia 0x0c09 en-AU Release A
English Belize 0x2809 en-BZ Release B
English Canada 0x1009 en-CA Release A
English Caribbean 0x2409 en-029 Release B
English Hong Kong 0x3c09 en-HK Release 8.1
English India 0x4009 en-IN Release V
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English Ireland 0x1809 en-IE Release A
English Jamaica 0x2009 en-JM Release B
English Malaysia 0x4409 en-MY Release V
English New Zealand 0x1409 en-NZ Release A
English Republic of the Philippines 0x3409 en-PH Release C
English Singapore 0x4809 en-SG Release V
English South Africa 0x1c09 en-ZA Release B
English Trinidad and Tobago 0x2c09 en-TT Release B
English United Kingdom 0x0809 en-GB Release A
English United States 0x0409 en-US Release A
English Zimbabwe 0x3009 en-ZW Release C
Estonian 0x0025 et Release 7
Estonian Estonia 0x0425 et-EE Release B
Faroese 0x0038 fo Release 7
Faroese Faroe Islands 0x0438 fo-FO Release B
Filipino 0x0064 fil Release 7
Filipino Philippines 0x0464 fil-PH Release E2
Finnish 0x000b fi Release 7
Finnish Finland 0x040b fi-FI Release A
French 0x000c fr Release 7
French Belgium 0x080c fr-BE Release A
French Cameroon 0x2c0c fr-CM Release 8.1
French Canada 0x0c0c fr-CA Release A
French Congo, DRC 0x240c fr-CD Release 8.1
French Côte d’Ivoire 0x300c fr-CI Release 8.1
French France 0x040c fr-FR Release A
French Haiti 0x3c0c fr-HT Release 8.1
French Luxembourg 0x140c fr-LU Release A
French Mali 0x340c fr-ML Release 8.1
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French Morocco 0x380c fr-MA Release 8.1
French Principality of Monaco 0x180c fr-MC Release A
French Reunion 0x200c fr-RE Release 8.1
French Senegal 0x280c fr-SN Release 8.1
French Switzerland 0x100c fr-CH Release A
Frisian 0x0062 fy Release 7
Frisian Netherlands 0x0462 fy-NL Release E2
Fulah 0x0067 ff Release 8
Fulah 0x7c67 ff-Latn Release 8
Fulah Senegal 0x0867 ff-Latn-SN Release 8
Galician 0x0056 gl Release 7
Galician Spain 0x0456 gl-ES Release D
Georgian 0x0037 ka Release 7
Georgian Georgia 0x0437 ka-GE Release C
German 0x0007 de Release 7
German Austria 0x0c07 de-AT Release A
German Germany 0x0407 de-DE Release A
German Liechtenstein 0x1407 de-LI Release B
German Luxembourg 0x1007 de-LU Release B
German Switzerland 0x0807 de-CH Release A
Greek 0x0008 el Release 7
Greek Greece 0x0408 el-GR Release A
Greenlandic 0x006f kl Release 7
Greenlandic Greenland 0x046f kl-GL Release V
Guarani 0x0074 gn Release 8.1
Guarani Paraguay 0x0474 gn-PY Release 8.1
Gujarati 0x0047 gu Release 7
Gujarati India 0x0447 gu-IN Release D
Hausa (Latin) 0x0068 ha Release 7
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Hausa (Latin) 0x7c68 ha-Latn Windows 7
Hausa (Latin) Nigeria 0x0468 ha-Latn-NG Release V
Hawaiian 0x0075 haw Release 8
Hawaiian United States 0x0475 haw-US Release 8
Hebrew 0x000d he Release 7
Hebrew Israel 0x040d he-IL Release B
Hindi 0x0039 hi Release 7
Hindi India 0x0439 hi-IN Release C
Hungarian 0x000e hu Release 7
Hungarian Hungary 0x040e hu-HU Release A
Icelandic 0x000f is Release 7
Icelandic Iceland 0x040f is-IS Release A
Igbo 0x0070 ig Release 7
Igbo Nigeria 0x0470 ig-NG Release V
Indonesian 0x0021 id Release 7
Indonesian Indonesia 0x0421 id-ID Release B
Inuktitut (Latin) 0x005d iu Release 7
Inuktitut (Latin) 0x7c5d iu-Latn Windows 7
Inuktitut (Latin) Canada 0x085d iu-Latn-CA Release E2
Inuktitut (Syllabics) 0x785d iu-Cans Windows 7
Inuktitut (Syllabics) Canada 0x045d iu-Cans-CA Release V
Irish 0x003c ga Windows 7
Irish Ireland 0x083c ga-IE Release E2
Italian 0x0010 it Release 7
Italian Italy 0x0410 it-IT Release A
Italian Switzerland 0x0810 it-CH Release A
Japanese 0x0011 ja Release 7
Japanese Japan 0x0411 ja-JP Release A
Javanese 0x1000 jv Release 8.1
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Javanese Latin 0x1000 jv-Latn Release 8.1
Javanese Latin, Indonesia 0x1000 jv-Latn-ID Release 8.1
K'iche 0x0086 qut Release 7
K'iche Guatemala 0x0486 qut-GT Release V
Kannada 0x004b kn Release 7
Kannada India 0x044b kn-IN Release D
Kazakh 0x003f kk Release 7
Kazakh Kazakhstan 0x043f kk-KZ Release C
Khmer 0x0053 km Release 7
Khmer Cambodia 0x0453 km-KH Release V
Kinyarwanda 0x0087 rw Release 7
Kinyarwanda Rwanda 0x0487 rw-RW Release V
Kiswahili 0x0041 sw Release 7
Kiswahili Kenya 0x0441 sw-KE Release C
Konkani 0x0057 kok Release 7
Konkani India 0x0457 kok-IN Release C
Korean 0x0012 ko Release 7
Korean Korea 0x0412 ko-KR Release A
Kyrgyz 0x0040 ky Release 7
Kyrgyz Kyrgyzstan 0x0440 ky-KG Release D
Lao 0x0054 lo Release 7
Lao Lao P.D.R. 0x0454 lo-LA Release V
Latvian 0x0026 lv Release 7
Latvian Latvia 0x0426 lv-LV Release B
Lithuanian 0x0027 lt Release 7
Lithuanian Lithuania 0x0427 lt-LT Release B
Lower Sorbian 0x7c2e dsb Windows 7
Lower Sorbian Germany 0x082e dsb-DE Release V
Luxembourgish 0x006e lb Release 7
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Luxembourgish Luxembourg 0x046e lb-LU Release E2
Macedonian 0x002f mk Release 7
Macedonian Macedonia (Former Yugoslav 0x042f mk-MK Release C

Republic of Macedonia)
Malagasy 0x1000 mg Release 8.1
Malagasy Madagascar 0x1000 mg-MG Release 8.1
Malay 0x003e ms Release 7
Malay Brunei Darussalam 0x083e ms-BN Release C
Malay Malaysia 0x043e ms-MY Release C
Malayalam 0x004c ml Release 7
Malayalam India 0x044c ml-IN Release E1
Maltese 0x003a mt Release 7
Maltese Malta 0x043a mt-MT Release E1
Maori 0x0081 mi Release 7
Maori New Zealand 0x0481 mi-NZ Release E1
Mapudungun 0x007a arn Release 7
Mapudungun Chile 0x047a arn-CL Release E2
Marathi 0x004e mr Release 7
Marathi India 0x044e mr-IN Release C
Mohawk 0x007c moh Release 7
Mohawk Canada 0x047c moh-CA Release E2
Mongolian (Cyrillic) 0x0050 mn Release 7
Mongolian (Cyrillic) 0x7850 mn-Cyrl Windows 7
Mongolian (Cyrillic) Mongolia 0x0450 mn-MN Release D
Mongolian (Traditional 0x7c50 mn-Mong Windows 7

Mongolian)
Mongolian (Traditional People's Republic of China 0x0850 mn-Mong- Release V

Mongolian) CN
N’ko 0x1000 nqo Release 8.1
N’ko Guinea 0x1000 nqo-GN Release 8.1
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Nepali 0x0061 ne Release 7
Nepali India 0x0861 ne-IN Release 8.1
Nepali Nepal 0x0461 ne-NP Release E2
Norwegian (Bokmal) 0x0014 no Release 7
Norwegian (Bokmal) 0x7c14 nb Release 7
Norwegian (Bokmal) Norway 0x0414 nb-NO Release A
Norwegian (Nynorsk) 0x7814 nn Release 7
Norwegian (Nynorsk) Norway 0x0814 nn-NO Release A
Occitan 0x0082 oc Release 7
Occitan France 0x0482 oc-FR Release V
Odia 0x0048 or Release 7
Odia India 0x0448 or-IN Release V
Oromo 0x0072 om Release 8.1
Oromo Ethiopia 0x0472 om-ET Release 8.1
Pashto 0x0063 ps Release 7
Pashto Afghanistan 0x0463 ps-AF Release E2
Persian 0x0029 fa Release 7
Persian Iran 0x0429 fa-IR Release B
Polish 0x0015 pl Release 7
Polish Poland 0x0415 pl-PL Release A
Portuguese 0x0016 pt Release 7
Portuguese Angola 0x1000 pt-AO Release 8.1
Portuguese Brazil 0x0416 pt-BR Release A
Portuguese Portugal 0x0816 pt-PT Release A
Pseudo Language Pseudo locale used for localization 0x0501 qps-ploc Release 7
testing
Pseudo Language Pseudo locale for east 0x05fe qps-ploca Release 7

Asian/complex script localization
testing
Pseudo Language Pseudo locale used for localization 0x09ff qps-plocm Release 7
testing of mirrored locales
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Punjabi 0x0046 pa Release 7
Punjabi 0x7c46 pa-Arab Release 8
Punjabi India 0x0446 pa-IN Release D
Punjabi Islamic Republic of Pakistan 0x0846 pa-Arab-PK Release 8
Quechua 0x006b quz Release 7
Quechua Bolivia 0x046b quz-BO Release E1
Quechua Ecuador 0x086b quz-EC Release E1
Quechua Peru 0x0c6b quz-PE Release E1
Romanian 0x0018 ro Release 7
Romanian Moldova 0x0818 ro-MD Release 8.1
Romanian Romania 0x0418 ro-RO Release A
Romansh 0x0017 rm Release 7
Romansh Switzerland 0x0417 rm-CH Release E2
Russian 0x0019 ru Release 7
Russian Russia 0x0419 ru-RU Release A
Sakha 0x0085 sah Release 7
Sakha Russia 0x0485 sah-RU Release V
Sami (Inari) 0x703b smn Windows 7
Sami (Inari) Finland 0x243b smn-FI Release E1
Sami (Lule) 0x7c3b smj Windows 7
Sami (Lule) Norway 0x103b smj-NO Release E1
Sami (Lule) Sweden 0x143b smj-SE Release E1
Sami (Northern) 0x003b se Release 7
Sami (Northern) Finland 0x0c3b se-FI Release E1
Sami (Northern) Norway 0x043b se-NO Release E1
Sami (Northern) Sweden 0x083b se-SE Release E1
Sami (Skolt) 0x743b sms Windows 7
Sami (Skolt) Finland 0x203b sms-FI Release E1
Sami (Southern) 0x783b sma Windows 7
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Sami (Southern) Norway 0x183b sma-NO Release E1
Sami (Southern) Sweden 0x1c3b sma-SE Release E1
Sanskrit 0x004f sa Release 7
Sanskrit India 0x044f sa-IN Release C
Scottish Gaelic 0x0091 gd Windows 7
Scottish Gaelic United Kingdom 0x0491 gd-GB Release 7
Serbian (Cyrillic) 0x6c1a sr-Cyrl Windows 7
Serbian (Cyrillic) Bosnia and Herzegovina 0x1c1a sr-Cyrl-BA Release E1
Serbian (Cyrillic) Montenegro 0x301a sr-Cyrl-ME Release 7
Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbia 0x281a sr-Cyrl-RS Release 7
Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbia and Montenegro (Former) 0x0c1a sr-Cyrl-CS Release B
Serbian (Latin) 0x701a sr-Latn Windows 7
Serbian (Latin) 0x7c1a sr Release 7
Serbian (Latin) Bosnia and Herzegovina 0x181a sr-Latn-BA Release E1
Serbian (Latin) Montenegro 0x2c1a sr-Latn-ME Release 7
Serbian (Latin) Serbia 0x241a sr-Latn-RS Release 7
Serbian (Latin) Serbia and Montenegro (Former) 0x081a sr-Latn-CS Release B
Sesotho sa Leboa 0x006c nso Release 7
Sesotho sa Leboa South Africa 0x046c nso-ZA Release E1
Setswana 0x0032 tn Release 7
Setswana Botswana 0x0832 tn-BW Release 8
Setswana South Africa 0x0432 tn-ZA Release E1
Shona 0x1000 sn Release 8.1
Shona Latin 0x1000 sn-Latn Release 8.1
Shona Zimbabwe 0x1000 sn-Latn-ZW Release 8.1
Sindhi 0x0059 sd Release 8
Sindhi 0x7c59 sd-Arab Release 8
Sindhi Islamic Republic of Pakistan 0x0859 sd-Arab-PK Release 8
Sinhala 0x005b si Release 7
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Sinhala Sri Lanka 0x045b si-LK Release V
Slovak 0x001b sk Release 7
Slovak Slovakia 0x041b sk-SK Release A
Slovenian 0x0024 sl Release 7
Slovenian Slovenia 0x0424 sl-SI Release A
Somali 0x0077 so Release 8.1
Somali Somalia 0x0477 so-SO Release 8.1
Sotho 0x0030 st Release 8.1
Sotho South Africa 0x0430 st-ZA Release 8.1
Spanish 0x000a es Release 7
Spanish Argentina 0x2c0a es-AR Release B
Spanish Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 0x200a es-VE Release B
Spanish Bolivia 0x400a es-BO Release B
Spanish Chile 0x340a es-CL Release B
Spanish Colombia 0x240a es-CO Release B
Spanish Costa Rica 0x140a es-CR Release B
Spanish Dominican Republic 0x1c0a es-DO Release B
Spanish Ecuador 0x300a es-EC Release B
Spanish El Salvador 0x440a es-SV Release B
Spanish Guatemala 0x100a es-GT Release B
Spanish Honduras 0x480a es-HN Release B
Spanish Latin America 0x580a es-419 Release 8.1
Spanish Mexico 0x080a es-MX Release A
Spanish Nicaragua 0x4c0a es-NI Release B
Spanish Panama 0x180a es-PA Release B
Spanish Paraguay 0x3c0a es-PY Release B
Spanish Peru 0x280a es-PE Release B
Spanish Puerto Rico 0x500a es-PR Release B
Spanish Spain 0x040a es- Release A

ES_tradnl
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Spanish Spain 0x0c0a es-ES Release A
Spanish United States 0x540a es-US Release V
Spanish Uruguay 0x380a es-UY Release B
Standard Moroccan 0x1000 zgh Release 8.1

Tamazight
Standard Moroccan Morocco 0x1000 zgh-Tfng- Release 8.1

Tamazight MA
Standard Moroccan Tifinagh 0x1000 zgh-Tfng Release 8.1

Tamazight
Swedish 0x001d sv Release 7
Swedish Finland 0x081d sv-FI Release B
Swedish Sweden 0x041d sv-SE Release A
Syriac 0x005a syr Release 7
Syriac Syria 0x045a syr-SY Release D
Tajik (Cyrillic) 0x0028 tg Release 7
Tajik (Cyrillic) 0x7c28 tg-Cyrl Windows 7
Tajik (Cyrillic) Tajikistan 0x0428 tg-Cyrl-TJ Release V
Tamazight (Latin) 0x005f tzm Release 7
Tamazight (Latin) 0x7c5f tzm-Latn Windows 7
Tamazight (Latin) Algeria 0x085f tzm-Latn- Release V

DZ
Tamil 0x0049 ta Release 7
Tamil India 0x0449 ta-IN Release C
Tamil Sri Lanka 0x0849 ta-LK Release 8
Tatar 0x0044 tt Release 7
Tatar Russia 0x0444 tt-RU Release D
Telugu 0x004a te Release 7
Telugu India 0x044a te-IN Release D
Thai 0x001e th Release 7
Thai Thailand 0x041e th-TH Release B
Tibetan 0x0051 bo Release 7
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Language Supported
Tibetan People's Republic of China 0x0451 bo-CN Release V
Tigrinya 0x0073 ti Release 8
Tigrinya Eritrea 0x0873 ti-ER Release 8
Tigrinya Ethiopia 0x0473 ti-ET Release 8
Tsonga 0x0031 ts Release 8.1
Tsonga South Africa 0x0431 ts-ZA Release 8.1
Turkish 0x001f tr Release 7
Turkish Turkey 0x041f tr-TR Release A
Turkmen 0x0042 tk Release 7
Turkmen Turkmenistan 0x0442 tk-TM Release V
Urdu India 0x0820 ur-IN Release 8.1
Ukrainian 0x0022 uk Release 7
Ukrainian Ukraine 0x0422 uk-UA Release B
Upper Sorbian 0x002e dsb or hsb Release 7
Upper Sorbian Germany 0x042e hsb-DE Release V
Urdu 0x0020 ur Release 7
Urdu Islamic Republic of Pakistan 0x0420 ur-PK Release C
Uyghur 0x0080 ug Release 7
Uyghur People's Republic of China 0x0480 ug-CN Release V
Uzbek (Cyrillic) 0x7843 uz-Cyrl Windows 7
Uzbek (Cyrillic) Uzbekistan 0x0843 uz-Cyrl-UZ Release C
Uzbek (Latin) 0x0043 uz Release 7
Uzbek (Latin) 0x7c43 uz-Latn Windows 7
Uzbek (Latin) Uzbekistan 0x0443 uz-Latn-UZ Release C
Valencian Spain 0x0803 ca-ES- Release 8

valencia
Vietnamese 0x002a vi Release 7
Vietnamese Vietnam 0x042a vi-VN Release B
Welsh 0x0052 cy Release 7
Welsh United Kingdom 0x0452 cy-GB Release E1
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Wolof 0x0088 wo Release 7
Wolof Senegal 0x0488 wo-SN Release V
Yi 0x0078 ii Release 7
Yi People's Republic of China 0x0478 ii-CN Release V
Yoruba 0x006a yo Release 7
Yoruba Nigeria 0x046a yo-NG Release V
isiXhosa 0x0034 xh Release 7
isiXhosa South Africa 0x0434 xh-ZA Release E1
isiZulu 0x0035 zu Release 7
isiZulu South Africa 0x0435 zu-ZA Release E1
<12> Section 2.2.1: Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 recognize these locale names and
assign them the LCID value of 0x1000 for backward compatibility.
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6 Change Tracking
This section identifies changes that were made to the [MS-LCID] protocol document between the
January 2013 and August 2013 releases. Changes are classified as New, Major, Minor, Editorial, or
No change.
The revision class New means that a new document is being released.
The revision class Major means that the technical content in the document was significantly revised.
Major changes affect protocol interoperability or implementation. Examples of major changes are:
A document revision that incorporates changes to interoperability requirements or functionality.
An extensive rewrite, addition, or deletion of major portions of content.
The removal of a document from the documentation set.
Changes made for template compliance.
The revision class Minor means that the meaning of the technical content was clarified. Minor
changes do not affect protocol interoperability or implementation. Examples of minor changes are
updates to clarify ambiguity at the sentence, paragraph, or table level.
The revision class Editorial means that the language and formatting in the technical content was
changed. Editorial changes apply to grammatical, formatting, and style issues.
The revision class No change means that no new technical or language changes were introduced.
The technical content of the document is identical to the last released version, but minor editorial
and formatting changes, as well as updates to the header and footer information, and to the revision
summary, may have been made.
Major and minor changes can be described further using the following change types:
New content added.
Content updated.
Content removed.
New product behavior note added.
Product behavior note updated.
Product behavior note removed.
New protocol syntax added.
Protocol syntax updated.
Protocol syntax removed.
New content added due to protocol revision.
Content updated due to protocol revision.
Content removed due to protocol revision.
New protocol syntax added due to protocol revision.
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Protocol syntax updated due to protocol revision.
Protocol syntax removed due to protocol revision.
New content added for template compliance.
Content updated for template compliance.
Content removed for template compliance.
Obsolete document removed.
Editorial changes are always classified with the change type Editorially updated.
Some important terms used in the change type descriptions are defined as follows:
Protocol syntax refers to data elements (such as packets, structures, enumerations, and
methods) as well as interfaces.
Protocol revision refers to changes made to a protocol that affect the bits that are sent over
the wire.
The changes made to this document are listed in the following table. For more information, please
contact protocol@microsoft.com.
Major
change
Tracking number (if applicable) (Y or Change
Section and description N) type
1.1 67565 N Content

Glossary Added the terms "alternate sort", "neutral locale", and "specific updated.
locale".
2.2 67564 N Content

LCID Changed Language ID Value and Meaning column titles to updated.
Structure "LCID" and "Language tag".
2.2 67833 N Content

LCID Updated language tag values for LCIDs 0x0472 and 0x240c, updated.
Structure and added LCID entry for 0x580a.
2.2 68051 N Content

LCID Updated language tag values for LCIDs 0x0818 and 0x0819. updated.
Structure
2.2 68052 N Content

LCID Added language tag values for LCIDs 0x0c50, 0x105f, and updated.
Structure 0x785f, and updated tags for 0x0030, 0x0031, 0x0055,
0x0072, 0x0074, 0x0430, 0x0431, 0x0455, 0x0474, 0x0477,
0x0820, 0x0861, 0x200c, 0x280c, 0x2c0c, 0x300c, 0x340c,
0x380c, 0x3c09, and 0x3c0c.
2.2.1 Added section with content for Windows 8.1 operating system Y New
Locale and Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system. content
Names added.
without
LCIDs
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Major
change
Tracking number (if applicable) (Y or Change
Section and description N) type
3 67565 N Content
Structure Clarified the terms "alternate sort", "neutral locale", and updated.
Examples "specific locale".
5 Modified this section to include references to Windows 8.1 and Y Content

Appendix A: Windows Server 2012 R2. updated.
Product
Behavior
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7 Index
.NET - LCIDs as culture identifiers 8 Tracking changes 46
A V
Applicability 7 Vendor-extensible fields 7

Versioning 7
C
Change tracking 46
Culture identifiers 8
Examples - LCID values 27
Fields - vendor-extensible 7
Glossary 5
Informative references 7
Introduction 5
LCID packet 8
Localization 7
Normative references 6
Overview (synopsis) 7
Product behavior 29
References
informative 7
normative 6
Relationship to protocols and other structures 7
Security 28
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