Solaris 9 Installation Guide

Chapter 40 Locale Values (Reference)

The tables below list the values that are needed to set the locale keyword in a profile or to preconfigure a locale.

A locale determines how online information is displayed in a specific language and region. A language might also include more than one locale to accommodate regional differences, such as differences in the format of date and time, numeric and monetary conventions, and spelling. For additional information about locales, see the International Language Environments Guide.

Table 40-1 Asia

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

hi_IN.UTF-8

English 

India 

UTF-8 [UTF-8 is the UTF-8 defined in ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000 and also Unicode 3.1.]

Hindi (UTF-8) Unicode 3.1 

ja

Japanese 

Japan 

eucJP [eucJP signifies the Japanese EUC codeset. Specification of ja_JP.eucJP locale conforms to UI_OSF Japanese Environment Implementation Agreement Version 1.1 and ja locale conforms to the traditional specification from the past Solaris releases. ]

Japanese (EUC) 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0201-1976 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0208-1990 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0212-1990 

ja_JP.eucJP

Japanese 

Japan 

eucJP 

Japanese (EUC) 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0201-1976 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0208-1990 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0212-1990 

ja_JP.PCK

Japanese 

Japan 

PCK [PCK is also known as Shift_JIS (SJIS).]

Japanese (PC kanji) 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0201-1976 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0208-1990 

ja_JP.UTF-8

Japanese 

Japan 

UTF-8 

Japanese (UTF-8) Unicode 3.1 

ko_KR.EUC

Korean 

Korea 

1001 

Korean (EUC) KS X 1001 

ko_KR.UTF-8

Korean 

Korea 

UTF-8 

Korean (UTF-8) Unicode 3.1 

th_TH.UTF-8

English 

Thailand 

UTF-8 

Thai (UTF-8) Unicode 3.1 

th_TH.TIS620

English 

Thailand 

TIS620.2533 

Thai TIS620.2533 

zh_CN.EUC

Simplified Chinese 

PRC 

gb2312 [gb2312 signifies Simplified Chinese EUC codeset, which contains GB 1988-80 and GB 2312-80.]

Simplified Chinese (EUC) GB2312-1980 

zh_CN.GBK

Simplified Chinese 

PRC 

GBK [GBK signifies GB extensions. This includes all GB 2312-80 characters and all Unified Han characters of ISO/IEC 10646-1, as well as Japanese Hiragana and Katakana characters. It also includes many characters of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean character sets and of ISO/IEC 10646-1.]

Simplified Chinese (GBK)  

zh_CN.GB18030

Simplified Chinese 

PRC 

GB18030-2000 

 

Simplified Chinese (GB18030-2000) GB18030-2000 

zh_CN.UTF-8

Simplified Chinese 

PRC 

UTF-8 

Simplified Chinese (UTF-8) Unicode 3.1 

zh_HK.BIG5HK

Traditional Chinese 

Hong Kong 

Big5+HKSCS 

Traditional Chinese (BIG5+HKSCS) 

zh_HK.UTF-8

Traditional Chinese 

Hong Kong 

UTF-8  

Traditional Chinese (UTF-8) Unicode 3.1 

zh_TW.EUC

Traditional Chinese 

Taiwan 

cns11643 

Traditional Chinese (EUC) CNS 11643-1992 

zh_TW.BIG5

Traditional Chinese 

Taiwan 

BIG5 

Traditional Chinese (BIG5) 

zh_TW.UTF-8

Traditional Chinese 

Taiwan 

UTF-8 

Traditional Chinese (UTF-8) Unicode 3.1 

Table 40-2 Australasia

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

en_AU.ISO8859-1

English 

Australia 

ISO8859-1 

English (Australia)  

en_NZ.ISO8859-1

English 

New Zealand 

ISO8859-1 

English (New Zealand) 

Table 40-3 Central America

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

es_CR.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Costa Rica 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Costa Rica) 

es_GT.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Guatemala 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Guatemala) 

es_NI.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Nicaragua 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Nicaragua) 

es_PA.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Panama 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Panama) 

es_SV.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

El Salvador 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (El Salvador) 

Table 40-4 Central Europe

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

cs_CZ.ISO8859-2

English 

Czech Republic 

ISO8859-2 

Czech (Czech Republic) 

de_AT.ISO8859-1

German  

Austria 

ISO8859-1 

German (Austria)  

de_AT.ISO8859-15

German  

Austria 

ISO8859-15 

German (Austria, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

de_CH.ISO8859-1

German  

Switzerland 

ISO8859-1 

German (Switzerland)  

de_DE.UTF-8

German  

Germany 

UTF-8 

German (Germany, Unicode 3.1) 

de_DE.ISO8859-1

German  

Germany 

ISO8859-1 

German (Germany) 

de_DE.ISO8859-15

German  

Germany 

ISO8859-15 

German (Germany, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

fr_CH.ISO8859-1

French  

Switzerland 

ISO8859-1 

French (Switzerland) 

hu_HU.ISO8859-2

English 

Hungary 

ISO8859-2 

Hungarian (Hungary) 

pl_PL.ISO8859-2

English 

Poland 

ISO8859-2 

Polish (Poland) 

pl_PL.UTF-8

English 

Poland 

UTF-8 

Polish (Poland, Unicode 3.1) 

sk_SK.ISO8859-2

English 

Slovakia 

ISO8859-2 

Slovak (Slovakia) 

Table 40-5 Eastern Europe

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

bg_BG.ISO8859-5

English 

Bulgaria 

ISO8859-5 

Bulgarian (Bulgaria) 

et_EE.ISO8859-15

English 

Estonia 

ISO8859-15 

Estonian (Estonia) 

hr_HR.ISO8859-2

English 

Croatia 

ISO8859-2 

Croatian (Croatia) 

lt_LT.ISO8859-13

English 

Lithuania 

ISO8859-13 

Lithuanian (Lithuania) 

lv_LV.ISO8859-13

English 

Latvia 

ISO8859-13 

Latvian (Latvia) 

mk_MK.ISO8859-5

English 

Macedonia 

ISO8859-5 

Macedonian (Macedonia) 

ro_RO.ISO8859-2

English 

Romania 

ISO8859-2 

Romanian (Romania) 

ru_RU.KOI8-R

English 

Russia 

KOI8-R 

Russian (Russia, KOI8-R) 

ru_RU.ANSI1251

English 

Russia 

ansi-1251 

Russian (Russia, ANSI 1251) 

ru_RU.ISO8859-5

English 

Russia 

ISO8859-5 

Russian (Russia) 

ru_RU.UTF-8

English 

Russia 

UTF-8 

Russian (Russia, Unicode 3.1) 

sh_BA.ISO8859-2@bosnia

English 

Bosnia 

ISO8859-2 

Bosnian (Bosnia) 

sl_SI.ISO8859-2

English 

Slovenia 

ISO8859-2 

Slovenian (Slovenia) 

sq_AL.ISO8859-2

English 

Albania 

ISO8859-2 

Albanian (Albania) 

sr_YU.ISO8859-5

English 

Serbia 

ISO8859-5 

Serbian (Serbia) 

tr_TR.ISO8859-9

English 

Turkey 

ISO8859-9 

Turkish (Turkey) 

tr_TR.UTF-8

English 

Turkey 

UTF-8 

Turkish (Turkey, Unicode 3.1) 

Table 40-6 Middle East

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

He

English 

Israel 

ISO8859-8 

Hebrew (Israel) 

Table 40-7 North Africa

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

ar_EG.UTF-8

English 

Egypt 

UTF-8 

Arabic (Egypt) 

Ar

English 

Egypt 

ISO8859-6 

Arabic (Egypt) 

Table 40-8 North America

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

en_CA.ISO8859-1

English 

Canada 

ISO8859-1 

English (Canada) 

en_US.ISO8859-1

English 

USA 

ISO8859-1 

English (U.S.A.) 

en_US.ISO8859-15

English 

USA 

ISO8859-15 

English (U.S.A., ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

en_US.UTF-8

English 

USA 

UTF-8 

English (U.S.A., Unicode 3.1) 

fr_CA.ISO8859-1

French 

Canada 

ISO8859-1 

French (Canada) 

es_MX.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Mexico 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Mexico) 

Table 40-9 Northern Europe

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

da_DK.ISO8859-1

English 

Denmark 

ISO8859-1 

Danish (Denmark) 

da_DK.ISO8859-15

English 

Denmark 

ISO8859-15 

Danish (Denmark, ISO8859-15-Euro) 

fi_FI.ISO8859-1

English 

Finland 

ISO8859-1 

Finnish, Unicode 3.1) 

fi_FI.ISO8859-15

English 

Finland 

ISO8859-15 

Finnish (Finland, ISO8859-15-Euro) 

fi_FI.UTF-8

English 

Finland 

UTF-8 

Finnish (Finland) 

is_IS.ISO8859-1

English 

Iceland 

ISO8859-1 

Icelandic (Iceland) 

no_NO.ISO8859-1@bokmal

English 

Norway 

ISO8859-1 

Norwegian (Norway-Bokmal) 

no_NO.ISO8859-1@nyorsk

English 

Norway 

ISO8859-1 

Norwegian (Norway-Nynorsk) 

sv_SE.ISO8859-1

Swedish 

Sweden 

ISO8859-1 

Swedish (Sweden) 

sv_SE.ISO8859-15

Swedish 

Sweden 

ISO8859-15 

Swedish (Sweden, ISO8859-15-Euro) 

sv_SE.UTF-8

Swedish 

Sweden 

UTF-8 

Swedish (Sweden, Unicode 3.1) 

Table 40-10 South America

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

es_AR.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Argentina 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Argentina) 

es_BO.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Bolivia 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Bolivia)  

es_CL.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Chile 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Chile) 

es_CO.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Colombia 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Colombia) 

es_EC.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Ecuador 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Ecuador)  

es_PE.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Peru 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Peru) 

es_PY.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Paraguay 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Paraguay) 

es_UY.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Uruguay 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Uruguay) 

es_VE.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Venezuela 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Venezuela) 

pt_BR.ISO8859-1

English 

Brazil 

ISO8859-1 

Portuguese (Brazil) 

pt_BR.UTF-8

English 

Brazil 

UTF-8 

Portuguese (Brazil, Unicode 3.1) 

Table 40-11 South Europe

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

ca_ES.ISO8859-1

English 

Spain 

ISO8859-1 

Catalan (Spain) 

ca_ES.ISO8859-15

English 

Spain 

ISO8859-15 

Catalan (Spain, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

el_GR.ISO8859-7

English 

Greece 

ISO8859-7 

Greek (Greece) 

es_ES.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Spain 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Spain) 

es_ES.ISO8859-15

Spanish 

Spain 

ISO8859-15 

Spanish (Spain, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

es_ES.UTF-8

Spanish 

Spain 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Spain, Unicode 3.1) 

it_IT.ISO8859-1

Italian 

Italy 

ISO8859-1 

Italian (Italy) 

it_IT.ISO8859-15

Italian 

Italy 

ISO8859-15 

Italian (Italy, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

it_IT.UTF-8

Italian 

Italy 

UTF-8 

Italian (Italy, Unicode 3.1) 

pt_PT.ISO8859-1

English 

Portugal 

ISO8859-1 

Portuguese (Portugal) 

pt_PT.ISO8859-15

English 

Portugal 

ISO8859-15 

Portuguese (Portugal, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

Table 40-12 Western Europe

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Codeset 

Language Support 

en_GB.ISO8859-1

English 

Great Britain 

ISO8859-1 

English (Great Britain) 

en_IE.ISO8859-1

English 

Ireland 

ISO8859-1 

English (Ireland) 

fr_BE.ISO8859-1

French 

Belgium- 

Walloon 

ISO8859-1  

French (Belgium-Walloon, Unicode 3.1) 

fr_BE.UTF-8

French 

Belgium- 

Walloon 

UTF-8 

French (Belgium-Walloon, Unicode 3.1) 

fr_FR.ISO8859-1

French 

France 

ISO8859-1 

French (France) 

fr_FR.UTF-8

French 

France 

UTF-8 

French (France, Unicode 3.1) 

nl_BE.ISO8859-1

English 

Belgium-Flemish  

ISO8859-1 

Dutch (Belgium-Flemish) 

nl_NL.ISO8859-1

English 

Netherlands 

ISO8859-1 

Dutch (Netherlands)