TBLEN10007: LangID Values and their meaning. (Language Code Identifiers)
A Windows system is installed with a default language. Additional a user can install a language pack which is call the Userlanguage.
The respective API calls in C/C++ are:
- GetSystemDefaultUILangue() and
- GetUserDefaultUILanguage()
You will have to include the following header file:"winnls.h". The return value is a LANGID.
The following table lists the LANGID and the respective language.
| LangID (decimal) | LangID (hex) | Language - Region |
|---|---|---|
| 1078 | 436 | Afrikaans - South Africa |
| 1052 | 041c | Albanian - Albania |
| 1156 | 484 | Alsatian |
| 1118 | 045e | Amharic - Ethiopia |
| 1025 | 401 | Arabic - Saudi Arabia |
| 5121 | 1401 | Arabic - Algeria |
| 15361 | 3c01 | Arabic - Bahrain |
| 3073 | 0c01 | Arabic - Egypt |
| 2049 | 801 | Arabic - Iraq |
| 11265 | 2c01 | Arabic - Jordan |
| 13313 | 3401 | Arabic - Kuwait |
| 12289 | 3001 | Arabic - Lebanon |
| 4097 | 1001 | Arabic - Libya |
| 6145 | 1801 | Arabic - Morocco |
| 8193 | 2001 | Arabic - Oman |
| 16385 | 4001 | Arabic - Qatar |
| 10241 | 2801 | Arabic - Syria |
| 7169 | 1c01 | Arabic - Tunisia |
| 14337 | 3801 | Arabic - U.A.E. |
| 9217 | 2401 | Arabic - Yemen |
| 1067 | 042b | Armenian - Armenia |
| 1101 | 044d | Assamese |
| 2092 | 082c | Azeri (Cyrillic) |
| 1068 | 042c | Azeri (Latin) |
| 1133 | 046d | Bashkir |
| 1069 | 042d | Basque |
| 1059 | 423 | Belarusian |
| 1093 | 445 | Bengali (India) |
| 2117 | 845 | Bengali (Bangladesh) |
| 5146 | 141A | Bosnian (Bosnia/Herzegovina) |
| 1150 | 047e | Breton |
| 1026 | 402 | Bulgarian |
| 1109 | 455 | Burmese |
| 1027 | 403 | Catalan |
| 1116 | 045c | Cherokee - United States |
| 2052 | 804 | Chinese - People's Republic of China |
| 4100 | 1004 | Chinese - Singapore |
| 1028 | 404 | Chinese - Taiwan |
| 3076 | 0c04 | Chinese - Hong Kong SAR |
| 5124 | 1404 | Chinese - Macao SAR |
| 1155 | 483 | Corsican |
| 1050 | 041a | Croatian |
| 4122 | 101a | Croatian (Bosnia/Herzegovina) |
| 1029 | 405 | Czech |
| 1030 | 406 | Danish |
| 1164 | 048c | Dari |
| 1125 | 465 | Divehi |
| 1043 | 413 | Dutch - Netherlands |
| 2067 | 813 | Dutch - Belgium |
| 1126 | 466 | Edo |
| 1033 | 409 | English - United States |
| 2057 | 809 | English - United Kingdom |
| 3081 | 0c09 | English - Australia |
| 10249 | 2809 | English - Belize |
| 4105 | 1009 | English - Canada |
| 9225 | 2409 | English - Caribbean |
| 15369 | 3c09 | English - Hong Kong SAR |
| 16393 | 4009 | English - India |
| 14345 | 3809 | English - Indonesia |
| 6153 | 1809 | English - Ireland |
| 8201 | 2009 | English - Jamaica |
| 17417 | 4409 | English - Malaysia |
| 5129 | 1409 | English - New Zealand |
| 13321 | 3409 | English - Philippines |
| 18441 | 4809 | English - Singapore |
| 7177 | 1c09 | English - South Africa |
| 11273 | 2c09 | English - Trinidad |
| 12297 | 3009 | English - Zimbabwe |
| 1061 | 425 | Estonian |
| 1080 | 438 | Faroese |
| 1065 | 429 | Farsi |
| 1124 | 464 | Filipino |
| 1035 | 040b | Finnish |
| 1036 | 040c | French - France |
| 2060 | 080c | French - Belgium |
| 11276 | 2c0c | French - Cameroon |
| 3084 | 0c0c | French - Canada |
| 9228 | 240c | French - Democratic Rep. of Congo |
| 12300 | 300c | French - Cote d'Ivoire |
| 15372 | 3c0c | French - Haiti |
| 5132 | 140c | French - Luxembourg |
| 13324 | 340c | French - Mali |
| 6156 | 180c | French - Monaco |
| 14348 | 380c | French - Morocco |
| 58380 | e40c | French - North Africa |
| 8204 | 200c | French - Reunion |
| 10252 | 280c | French - Senegal |
| 4108 | 100c | French - Switzerland |
| 7180 | 1c0c | French - West Indies |
| 1122 | 462 | Frisian - Netherlands |
| 1127 | 467 | Fulfulde - Nigeria |
| 1071 | 042f | FYRO Macedonian |
| 1110 | 456 | Galician |
| 1079 | 437 | Georgian |
| 1031 | 407 | German - Germany |
| 3079 | 0c07 | German - Austria |
| 5127 | 1407 | German - Liechtenstein |
| 4103 | 1007 | German - Luxembourg |
| 2055 | 807 | German - Switzerland |
| 1032 | 408 | Greek |
| 1135 | 046f | Greenlandic |
| 1140 | 474 | Guarani - Paraguay |
| 1095 | 447 | Gujarati |
| 1128 | 468 | Hausa - Nigeria |
| 1141 | 475 | Hawaiian - United States |
| 1037 | 040d | Hebrew |
| 1081 | 439 | Hindi |
| 1038 | 040e | Hungarian |
| 1129 | 469 | Ibibio - Nigeria |
| 1039 | 040f | Icelandic |
| 1136 | 470 | Igbo - Nigeria |
| 1057 | 421 | Indonesian |
| 1117 | 045d | Inuktitut |
| 2108 | 083c | Irish |
| 1040 | 410 | Italian - Italy |
| 2064 | 810 | Italian - Switzerland |
| 1041 | 411 | Japanese |
| 1158 | 486 | K'iche |
| 1099 | 044b | Kannada |
| 1137 | 471 | Kanuri - Nigeria |
| 2144 | 860 | Kashmiri |
| 1120 | 460 | Kashmiri (Arabic) |
| 1087 | 043f | Kazakh |
| 1107 | 453 | Khmer |
| 1159 | 487 | Kinyarwanda |
| 1111 | 457 | Konkani |
| 1042 | 412 | Korean |
| 1088 | 440 | Kyrgyz (Cyrillic) |
| 1108 | 454 | Lao |
| 1142 | 476 | Latin |
| 1062 | 426 | Latvian |
| 1063 | 427 | Lithuanian |
| 1134 | 046e | Luxembourgish |
| 1086 | 043e | Malay - Malaysia |
| 2110 | 083e | Malay - Brunei Darussalam |
| 1100 | 044c | Malayalam |
| 1082 | 043a | Maltese |
| 1112 | 458 | Manipuri |
| 1153 | 481 | Maori - New Zealand |
| 1146 | 471 | Mapudungun |
| 1102 | 044e | Marathi |
| 1148 | 047c | Mohawk |
| 1104 | 450 | Mongolian (Cyrillic) |
| 2128 | 850 | Mongolian (Mongolian) |
| 1121 | 461 | Nepali |
| 2145 | 861 | Nepali - India |
| 1044 | 414 | Norwegian (Bokmål) |
| 2068 | 814 | Norwegian (Nynorsk) |
| 1154 | 482 | Occitan |
| 1096 | 448 | Oriya |
| 1138 | 472 | Oromo |
| 1145 | 479 | Papiamentu |
| 1123 | 463 | Pashto |
| 1045 | 415 | Polish |
| 1046 | 416 | Portuguese - Brazil |
| 2070 | 816 | Portuguese - Portugal |
| 1094 | 446 | Punjabi |
| 2118 | 846 | Punjabi (Pakistan) |
| 1131 | 046B | Quecha - Bolivia |
| 2155 | 086B | Quecha - Ecuador |
| 3179 | 0C6B | Quecha - Peru |
| 1047 | 417 | Rhaeto-Romanic |
| 1048 | 418 | Romanian |
| 2072 | 818 | Romanian - Moldava |
| 1049 | 419 | Russian |
| 2073 | 819 | Russian - Moldava |
| 1083 | 043b | Sami (Lappish) |
| 1103 | 044f | Sanskrit |
| 1084 | 043c | Scottish Gaelic |
| 1132 | 046c | Sepedi |
| 3098 | 0c1a | Serbian (Cyrillic) |
| 2074 | 081a | Serbian (Latin) |
| 1113 | 459 | Sindhi - India |
| 2137 | 859 | Sindhi - Pakistan |
| 1115 | 045b | Sinhalese - Sri Lanka |
| 1051 | 041b | Slovak |
| 1060 | 424 | Slovenian |
| 1143 | 477 | Somali |
| 1070 | 042e | Sorbian |
| 3082 | 0c0a | Spanish - Spain (Modern Sort) |
| 1034 | 040a | Spanish - Spain (Traditional Sort) |
| 11274 | 2c0a | Spanish - Argentina |
| 16394 | 400a | Spanish - Bolivia |
| 13322 | 340a | Spanish - Chile |
| 9226 | 240a | Spanish - Colombia |
| 5130 | 140a | Spanish - Costa Rica |
| 7178 | 1c0a | Spanish - Dominican Republic |
| 12298 | 300a | Spanish - Ecuador |
| 17418 | 440a | Spanish - El Salvador |
| 4106 | 100a | Spanish - Guatemala |
| 18442 | 480a | Spanish - Honduras |
| 22538 | 580a | Spanish - Latin America |
| 2058 | 080a | Spanish - Mexico |
| 19466 | 4c0a | Spanish - Nicaragua |
| 6154 | 180a | Spanish - Panama |
| 15370 | 3c0a | Spanish - Paraguay |
| 10250 | 280a | Spanish - Peru |
| 20490 | 500a | Spanish - Puerto Rico |
| 21514 | 540a | Spanish - United States |
| 14346 | 380a | Spanish - Uruguay |
| 8202 | 200a | Spanish - Venezuela |
| 1072 | 430 | Sutu |
| 1089 | 441 | Swahili |
| 1053 | 041d | Swedish |
| 2077 | 081d | Swedish - Finland |
| 1114 | 045a | Syriac |
| 1064 | 428 | Tajik |
| 1119 | 045f | Tamazight (Arabic) |
| 2143 | 085f | Tamazight (Latin) |
| 1097 | 449 | Tamil |
| 1092 | 444 | Tatar |
| 1098 | 044a | Telugu |
| 1054 | 041e | Thai |
| 2129 | 851 | Tibetan - Bhutan |
| 1105 | 451 | Tibetan - People's Republic of China |
| 2163 | 873 | Tigrigna - Eritrea |
| 1139 | 473 | Tigrigna - Ethiopia |
| 1073 | 431 | Tsonga |
| 1074 | 432 | Tswana |
| 1055 | 041f | Turkish |
| 1090 | 442 | Turkmen |
| 1152 | 480 | Uighur - China |
| 1058 | 422 | Ukrainian |
| 1056 | 420 | Urdu |
| 2080 | 820 | Urdu - India |
| 2115 | 843 | Uzbek (Cyrillic) |
| 1091 | 443 | Uzbek (Latin) |
| 1075 | 433 | Venda |
| 1066 | 042a | Vietnamese |
| 1106 | 452 | Welsh |
| 1160 | 488 | Wolof |
| 1076 | 434 | Xhosa |
| 1157 | 485 | Yakut |
| 1144 | 478 | Yi |
| 1085 | 043d | Yiddish |
| 1130 | 046a | Yoruba |
| 1077 | 435 | Zulu |
| 1279 | 04ff | HID (Human Interface Device) |
Hope this helps.
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Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
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Latest update: 02.10.2025 | Comment: