International Language Environments Guide

Supported Locales

The following tables list all the locales supported by the Solaris 9 environment. The locale names have been updated in keeping with international naming standards.

Table 3–1 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 3–2 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 3–3 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 3–4 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 3–5 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 3–6 Middle East


Locale	User Interface	Territory	Codeset	Language Support
`He`	English	Israel	ISO8859-8	Hebrew (Israel)

Table 3–7 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 3–8 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 3–9 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 3–10 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 3–11 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 3–12 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)