Language Codes
From ConTeXt wiki
Here's a list of ConTeXt's language codes, taken from the sources (et al.).
It's probably not complete and contains obsolete entries. I couldn't find a complete list. --Hraban
You use these codes in \mainlanguage or \language
| code | language | group |
|---|---|---|
| af | afrikaans | germanic |
| agr | greek (ancient) | uralic |
| ar | arabic | arabic |
| ar-sy | arabic (Syria) | arabic |
| ar-iq | arabic (Iraq) | arabic |
| ar-jo | arabic (Jordan) | arabic |
| ar-lb | arabic (Lebanon) | arabic |
| ar-dz | arabic (Algeria) | arabic |
| ar-ma | arabic (Morocco) | arabic |
| ba | basque (same as eu?) | celtic? |
| bg | bulgarian | slavic |
| ca | catalan | romance |
| cn | chinese (which?) | CJK |
| cs | czech | slavic |
| cy | welsh | celtic |
| da | danish | germanic |
| de, de-de | german | germanic |
| deo | german (pre-reform orthography) | germanic |
| de-at | german (Austria) | germanic |
| de-ch | german (Switzerland) | germanic |
| en, en-us | english (USA, default) | germanic |
| en-gb | english (UK) | germanic |
| es | spanish (which?) | romance |
| et | estonian | uralic? |
| eu | basque (same as ba?) | celtic? |
| fi | finnish | uralic |
| fr | french | romance |
| gb | english (UK, same as uk?) | germanic |
| gr | greek (modern) | uralic |
| hr | croatian | slavic |
| hu | hungarian | uralic |
| il | ukrainian | slavic |
| is | icelandic | germanic |
| it | italian | romance |
| ja | japanese | CJK |
| la | latin | romance |
| nb | norwegian (bokmål) | germanic |
| nl | dutch | germanic |
| nn | norwegian (nynorsk) | germanic |
| no | norwegian (obsolete?) | germanic |
| pl | polish | slavic |
| pt | portuguese | romance |
| ro | romanian | romance |
| ru | russian | slavic |
| sk | slovak | slavic |
| sl | slovenian | slavic |
| sv | swedish | germanic |
| tr | turkish | altaic |
| ua | ukrainian | slavic |
| uk | english (UK, same as gb?) | germanic |
| us | english (USA, same as en?) | germanic |
| vn | vietnamese | romance |
