Complete List of WordPress Language Locales

Last Update: April 18, 2024

WordPress Locale Codes

This is a complete list of WordPress Language Locales. A locale is a set of parameters that defines the user’s language, region and any special variant preferences that the user wants to see in their user interface. Usually a locale identifier consists of at least a language code and a country/region code.

Please Note – You can search by using CRTL/CMD + F to find a specific language.

Locale Name Native Name Locale Code WordPress Locale
Afrikaans Afrikaans af af
Akan Akan ak ak
Albanian Shqip sq sq
Algerian Arabic الدارجة الجزايرية arq arq
Amharic አማርኛ am am
Arabic العربية ar ar
Armenian Հայերեն hy hy
Aromanian Armãneashce rup rup_MK
Arpitan Arpitan frp frp
Assamese অসমীয়া as as
Azerbaijani Azərbaycan dili az az
Azerbaijani (Turkey) Azərbaycan Türkcəsi az-tr az_TR
Balochi Southern بلوچی مکرانی bcc bcc
Bashkir башҡорт теле ba ba
Basque Euskara eu eu
Belarusian Беларуская мова bel bel
Bengali বাংলা bn bn_BD
Bosnian Bosanski bs bs_BA
Breton Brezhoneg br bre
Bulgarian Български bg bg_BG
Catalan Català ca ca
Catalan (Balear) Català (Balear) bal bal
Cebuano Cebuano ceb ceb
Chinese (China) 简体中文 zh-cn zh_CN
Chinese (Hong Kong) 香港中文版 zh-hk zh_HK
Chinese (Taiwan) 繁體中文 zh-tw zh_TW
Corsican Corsu co co
Croatian Hrvatski hr hr
Czech Čeština‎ cs cs_CZ
Danish Dansk da da_DK
Dhivehi ދިވެހި dv dv
Dutch Nederlands nl nl_NL
Dutch (Belgium) Nederlands (België) nl-be nl_BE
Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁ dzo dzo
Emoji 🌏🌍🌎 (Emoji) art-xemoji art_xemoji
English English en en_US
English (Australia) English (Australia) en-au en_AU
English (Canada) English (Canada) en-ca en_CA
English (New Zealand) English (New Zealand) en-nz en_NZ
English (South Africa) English (South Africa) en-sa en_SA
English (UK) English (UK) en-gb en_GB
Esperanto Esperanto eo eo
Estonian Eesti et et
Faroese Føroyskt fo fo
Finnish Suomi fi fi
French (Belgium) Français de Belgique fr-be fr_BE
French (Canada) Français du Canada fr-ca fr_CA
French (France) Français fr fr_FR
Frisian Frysk fy fy
Friulian Friulian fur fur
Fulah Pulaar fuc fuc
Galician Galego gl gl_ES
Georgian ქართული ka ka_GE
German Deutsch de de_DE
German (Switzerland) Deutsch (Schweiz) de-ch de_CH
Greek Ελληνικά el el
Greenlandic Kalaallisut kal kal
Guaraní Avañe’ẽ gn gn
Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu gu
Hawaiian Ōlelo Hawaiʻi haw haw_US
Hazaragi هزاره گی haz haz
Hebrew עִבְרִית he he_IL
Hindi हिन्दी hi hi_IN
Hungarian Magyar hu hu_HU
Icelandic Íslenska is is_IS
Ido Ido ido ido
Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia id id_ID
Irish Gaelige ga ga
Italian Italiano it it_IT
Japanese 日本語 ja ja
Javanese Basa Jawa jv jv_ID
Kabyle Taqbaylit kab kab
Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ kn kn
Kazakh Қазақ тілі kk kk
Khmer ភាសាខ្មែរ km km
Kinyarwanda Ikinyarwanda kin kin
Kirghiz кыргыз тили ky ky_KY
Korean 한국어 ko ko_KR
Kurdish (Sorani) كوردی ckb ckb
Lao ພາສາລາວ lo lo
Latvian Latviešu valoda lv lv
Limburgish Limburgs li li
Lingala Ngala lin lin
Lithuanian Lietuvių kalba lt lt_LT
Luxembourgish Lëtzebuergesch lb lb_LU
Macedonian Македонски јазик mk mk_MK
Malagasy Malagasy mg mg_MG
Malay Bahasa Melayu ms ms_MY
Malayalam മലയാളം ml ml_IN
Maori Te Reo Māori mri mri
Marathi मराठी mr mr
Mingrelian მარგალური ნინა xmf xmf
Mongolian Монгол mn mn
Montenegrin Crnogorski jezik me me_ME
Moroccan Arabic العربية المغربية ary ary
Myanmar (Burmese) ဗမာစာ mya my_MM
Nepali नेपाली ne ne_NP
Norwegian (Bokmål) Norsk bokmål nb nb_NO
Norwegian (Nynorsk) Norsk nynorsk nn nn_NO
Occitan Occitan oci oci
Oriya ଓଡ଼ିଆ ory ory
Ossetic Ирон os os
Pashto پښتو ps ps
Persian فارسی fa fa_IR
Persian (Afghanistan) (فارسی (افغانستان fa-af fa_AF
Polish Polski pl pl_PL
Portuguese (Brazil) Português do Brasil pt-br pt_BR
Portuguese (Portugal) Português pt pt_PT
Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa pa_IN
Rohingya Ruáinga rhg rhg
Romanian Română ro ro_RO
Romansh Vallader Rumantsch Vallader roh roh
Russian Русский ru ru_RU
Rusyn Русиньскый rue rue
Sakha Сахалыы sah sah
Sanskrit भारतम् sa_in sa_IN
Sardinian Sardu srd srd
Scottish Gaelic Gàidhlig gd gd
Serbian Српски језик sr sr_RS
Silesian Ślōnskŏ gŏdka szl szl
Sindhi سنڌي snd snd
Sinhala සිංහල si si_LK
Slovak Slovenčina sk sk_SK
Slovenian Slovenščina sl sl_SI
Somali Afsoomaali so so_SO
South Azerbaijani گؤنئی آذربایجان azb azb
Spanish (Argentina) Español de Argentina es-ar es_AR
Spanish (Chile) Español de Chile es-cl es_CL
Spanish (Colombia) Español de Colombia es-co es_CO
Spanish (Guatemala) Español de Guatemala es-gt es_GT
Spanish (Mexico) Español de México es-mx es_MX
Spanish (Peru) Español de Perú es-pe es_PE
Spanish (Puerto Rico) Español de Puerto Rico es-pr es_PR
Spanish (Spain) Español es es_ES
Spanish (Venezuela) Español de Venezuela es-ve es_VE
Sundanese Basa Sunda su su_ID
Swahili Kiswahili sw sw
Swedish Svenska sv sv_SE
Swiss German Schwyzerdütsch gsw gsw
Tagalog Tagalog tl tl
Tahitian Reo Tahiti tah tah
Tajik Тоҷикӣ tg tg
Tamazight (Central Atlas) ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ tzm tzm
Tamil தமிழ் ta ta_IN
Tamil (Sri Lanka) தமிழ் ta-lk ta_LK
Tatar Татар теле tt tt_RU
Telugu తెలుగు te te
Thai ไทย th th
Tibetan བོད་སྐད bo bo
Tigrinya ትግርኛ tir tir
Turkish Türkçe tr tr_TR
Turkmen Türkmençe tuk tuk
Tweants Twents twd twd
Uighur Uyƣurqə ug ug_CN
Ukrainian Українська uk uk
Urdu اردو ur ur
Uzbek O‘zbekcha uz uz_UZ
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi vi
Walloon Walon wa wa
Welsh Cymraeg cy cy
Yoruba Yorùbá yor yor

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