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iOS Locale Identifiers
We can make this file beautiful and searchable if this error is corrected: It looks like row 22 should actually have 1 column, instead of 2. in line 21.
mr Marathi
bs Bosnian
ee_TG Ewe (Togo)
ms Malay
kam_KE Kamba (Kenya)
mt Maltese
ha Hausa
es_HN Spanish (Honduras)
ml_IN Malayalam (India)
ro_MD Romanian (Moldova)
kab_DZ Kabyle (Algeria)
he Hebrew
es_CO Spanish (Colombia)
my Burmese
es_PA Spanish (Panama)
az_Latn Azerbaijani (Latin)
mer Meru
en_NZ English (New Zealand)
xog_UG Soga (Uganda)
sg Sango
fr_GP French (Guadeloupe)
sr_Cyrl_BA Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
hi Hindi
fil_PH Filipino (Philippines)
lt_LT Lithuanian (Lithuania)
si Sinhala
en_MT English (Malta)
si_LK Sinhala (Sri Lanka)
luo_KE Luo (Kenya)
it_CH Italian (Switzerland)
teo Teso
mfe Morisyen
sk Slovak
uz_Cyrl_UZ Uzbek (Cyrillic, Uzbekistan)
sl Slovenian
rm_CH Romansh (Switzerland)
az_Cyrl_AZ Azerbaijani (Cyrillic, Azerbaijan)
fr_GQ French (Equatorial Guinea)
kde Makonde
sn Shona
cgg_UG Chiga (Uganda)
so Somali
fr_RW French (Rwanda)
es_SV Spanish (El Salvador)
mas_TZ Masai (Tanzania)
en_MU English (Mauritius)
sq Albanian
hr Croatian
sr Serbian
en_PH English (Philippines)
ca Catalan
hu Hungarian
mk_MK Macedonian (Macedonia)
fr_TD French (Chad)
nb Norwegian Bokmål
sv Swedish
kln_KE Kalenjin (Kenya)
sw Swahili
nd North Ndebele
sr_Latn Serbian (Latin)
el_GR Greek (Greece)
hy Armenian
ne Nepali
el_CY Greek (Cyprus)
es_CR Spanish (Costa Rica)
fo_FO Faroese (Faroe Islands)
pa_Arab_PK Punjabi (Arabic, Pakistan)
seh Sena
ar_YE Arabic (Yemen)
ja_JP Japanese (Japan)
ur_PK Urdu (Pakistan)
pa_Guru Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
gl_ES Galician (Spain)
zh_Hant_HK Chinese (Traditional Han, Hong Kong SAR China)
ar_EG Arabic (Egypt)
nl Dutch
th_TH Thai (Thailand)
es_PE Spanish (Peru)
fr_KM French (Comoros)
nn Norwegian Nynorsk
kk_Cyrl_KZ Kazakh (Cyrillic, Kazakhstan)
kea Kabuverdianu
lv_LV Latvian (Latvia)
kln Kalenjin
tzm_Latn Central Morocco Tamazight (Latin)
yo Yoruba
gsw_CH Swiss German (Switzerland)
ha_Latn_GH Hausa (Latin, Ghana)
is_IS Icelandic (Iceland)
pt_BR Portuguese (Brazil)
cs Czech
en_PK English (Pakistan)
fa_IR Persian (Iran)
zh_Hans_SG Chinese (Simplified Han, Singapore)
luo Luo
ta Tamil
fr_TG French (Togo)
kde_TZ Makonde (Tanzania)
mr_IN Marathi (India)
ar_SA Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
ka_GE Georgian (Georgia)
mfe_MU Morisyen (Mauritius)
id Indonesian
fr_LU French (Luxembourg)
de_LU German (Luxembourg)
ru_MD Russian (Moldova)
cy Welsh
zh_Hans_HK Chinese (Simplified Han, Hong Kong SAR China)
te Telugu
bg_BG Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
shi_Latn Tachelhit (Latin)
ig Igbo
ses Koyraboro Senni
ii Sichuan Yi
es_BO Spanish (Bolivia)
th Thai
ko_KR Korean (South Korea)
ti Tigrinya
it_IT Italian (Italy)
shi_Latn_MA Tachelhit (Latin, Morocco)
pt_MZ Portuguese (Mozambique)
ff_SN Fulah (Senegal)
haw Hawaiian
zh_Hans Chinese (Simplified Han)
so_KE Somali (Kenya)
bn_IN Bengali (India)
en_UM English (U.S. Minor Outlying Islands)
to Tonga
id_ID Indonesian (Indonesia)
uz_Cyrl Uzbek (Cyrillic)
en_GU English (Guam)
es_EC Spanish (Ecuador)
en_US_POSIX English (United States, Computer)
sr_Latn_BA Serbian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
is Icelandic
luy Luyia
tr Turkish
en_NA English (Namibia)
it Italian
da Danish
bo_IN Tibetan (India)
vun_TZ Vunjo (Tanzania)
ar_SD Arabic (Sudan)
uz_Latn_UZ Uzbek (Latin, Uzbekistan)
az_Latn_AZ Azerbaijani (Latin, Azerbaijan)
de German
es_GQ Spanish (Equatorial Guinea)
ta_IN Tamil (India)
de_DE German (Germany)
fr_FR French (France)
rof_TZ Rombo (Tanzania)
ar_LY Arabic (Libya)
en_BW English (Botswana)
asa Asu
zh Chinese
ha_Latn Hausa (Latin)
fr_NE French (Niger)
es_MX Spanish (Mexico)
bem_ZM Bemba (Zambia)
zh_Hans_CN Chinese (Simplified Han, China)
bn_BD Bengali (Bangladesh)
pt_GW Portuguese (Guinea-Bissau)
om Oromo
jmc Machame
de_AT German (Austria)
kk_Cyrl Kazakh (Cyrillic)
sw_TZ Swahili (Tanzania)
ar_OM Arabic (Oman)
et_EE Estonian (Estonia)
or Oriya
da_DK Danish (Denmark)
ro_RO Romanian (Romania)
zh_Hant Chinese (Traditional Han)
bm_ML Bambara (Mali)
ja Japanese
fr_CA French (Canada)
naq Nama
zu Zulu
en_IE English (Ireland)
ar_MA Arabic (Morocco)
es_GT Spanish (Guatemala)
uz_Arab_AF Uzbek (Arabic, Afghanistan)
en_AS English (American Samoa)
bs_BA Bosnian (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
am_ET Amharic (Ethiopia)
ar_TN Arabic (Tunisia)
haw_US Hawaiian (United States)
ar_JO Arabic (Jordan)
fa_AF Persian (Afghanistan)
uz_Latn Uzbek (Latin)
en_BZ English (Belize)
nyn_UG Nyankole (Uganda)
ebu_KE Embu (Kenya)
te_IN Telugu (India)
cy_GB Welsh (United Kingdom)
uk Ukrainian
nyn Nyankole
en_JM English (Jamaica)
en_US English (United States)
fil Filipino
ar_KW Arabic (Kuwait)
af_ZA Afrikaans (South Africa)
en_CA English (Canada)
fr_DJ French (Djibouti)
ti_ER Tigrinya (Eritrea)
ig_NG Igbo (Nigeria)
en_AU English (Australia)
ur Urdu
fr_MC French (Monaco)
pt_PT Portuguese (Portugal)
pa Punjabi
es_419 Spanish (Latin America)
fr_CD French (Congo - Kinshasa)
en_SG English (Singapore)
bo_CN Tibetan (China)
kn_IN Kannada (India)
sr_Cyrl_RS Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)
lg_UG Ganda (Uganda)
gu_IN Gujarati (India)
ee Ewe
nd_ZW North Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
bem Bemba
uz Uzbek
sw_KE Swahili (Kenya)
sq_AL Albanian (Albania)
hr_HR Croatian (Croatia)
mas_KE Masai (Kenya)
el Greek
ti_ET Tigrinya (Ethiopia)
es_AR Spanish (Argentina)
pl Polish
en English
eo Esperanto
shi Tachelhit
kok Konkani
fr_CF French (Central African Republic)
fr_RE French (Réunion)
mas Masai
rof Rombo
ru_UA Russian (Ukraine)
yo_NG Yoruba (Nigeria)
dav_KE Taita (Kenya)
gv_GB Manx (United Kingdom)
pa_Arab Punjabi (Arabic)
es Spanish
teo_UG Teso (Uganda)
ps Pashto
es_PR Spanish (Puerto Rico)
fr_MF French (Saint Martin)
et Estonian
pt Portuguese
eu Basque
ka Georgian
rwk_TZ Rwa (Tanzania)
nb_NO Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)
fr_CG French (Congo - Brazzaville)
cgg Chiga
zh_Hant_TW Chinese (Traditional Han, Taiwan)
sr_Cyrl_ME Serbian (Cyrillic, Montenegro)
lag Langi
ses_ML Koyraboro Senni (Mali)
en_ZW English (Zimbabwe)
ak_GH Akan (Ghana)
vi_VN Vietnamese (Vietnam)
sv_FI Swedish (Finland)
to_TO Tonga (Tonga)
fr_MG French (Madagascar)
fr_GA French (Gabon)
fr_CH French (Switzerland)
de_CH German (Switzerland)
es_US Spanish (United States)
ki Kikuyu
my_MM Burmese (Myanmar [Burma])
vi Vietnamese
ar_QA Arabic (Qatar)
ga_IE Irish (Ireland)
rwk Rwa
bez Bena
ee_GH Ewe (Ghana)
kk Kazakh
as_IN Assamese (India)
ca_ES Catalan (Spain)
kl Kalaallisut
fr_SN French (Senegal)
ne_IN Nepali (India)
km Khmer
ms_BN Malay (Brunei)
ar_LB Arabic (Lebanon)
ta_LK Tamil (Sri Lanka)
kn Kannada
ur_IN Urdu (India)
fr_CI French (Côte d’Ivoire)
ko Korean
ha_Latn_NG Hausa (Latin, Nigeria)
sg_CF Sango (Central African Republic)
om_ET Oromo (Ethiopia)
zh_Hant_MO Chinese (Traditional Han, Macau SAR China)
uk_UA Ukrainian (Ukraine)
fa Persian
mt_MT Maltese (Malta)
ki_KE Kikuyu (Kenya)
luy_KE Luyia (Kenya)
kw Cornish
pa_Guru_IN Punjabi (Gurmukhi, India)
en_IN English (India)
kab Kabyle
ar_IQ Arabic (Iraq)
ff Fulah
en_TT English (Trinidad and Tobago)
bez_TZ Bena (Tanzania)
es_NI Spanish (Nicaragua)
uz_Arab Uzbek (Arabic)
ne_NP Nepali (Nepal)
fi Finnish
khq Koyra Chiini
gsw Swiss German
zh_Hans_MO Chinese (Simplified Han, Macau SAR China)
en_MH English (Marshall Islands)
hu_HU Hungarian (Hungary)
en_GB English (United Kingdom)
fr_BE French (Belgium)
de_BE German (Belgium)
saq Samburu
be_BY Belarusian (Belarus)
sl_SI Slovenian (Slovenia)
sr_Latn_RS Serbian (Latin, Serbia)
fo Faroese
fr French
xog Soga
fr_BF French (Burkina Faso)
tzm Central Morocco Tamazight
sk_SK Slovak (Slovakia)
fr_ML French (Mali)
he_IL Hebrew (Israel)
ha_Latn_NE Hausa (Latin, Niger)
ru_RU Russian (Russia)
fr_CM French (Cameroon)
teo_KE Teso (Kenya)
seh_MZ Sena (Mozambique)
kl_GL Kalaallisut (Greenland)
fi_FI Finnish (Finland)
kam Kamba
es_ES Spanish (Spain)
af Afrikaans
asa_TZ Asu (Tanzania)
cs_CZ Czech (Czech Republic)
tr_TR Turkish (Turkey)
es_PY Spanish (Paraguay)
tzm_Latn_MA Central Morocco Tamazight (Latin, Morocco)
lg Ganda
ebu Embu
en_HK English (Hong Kong SAR China)
nl_NL Dutch (Netherlands)
en_BE English (Belgium)
ms_MY Malay (Malaysia)
es_UY Spanish (Uruguay)
ar_BH Arabic (Bahrain)
kw_GB Cornish (United Kingdom)
ak Akan
chr Cherokee
dav Taita
lag_TZ Langi (Tanzania)
am Amharic
so_DJ Somali (Djibouti)
shi_Tfng_MA Tachelhit (Tifinagh, Morocco)
sr_Latn_ME Serbian (Latin, Montenegro)
sn_ZW Shona (Zimbabwe)
or_IN Oriya (India)
ar Arabic
as Assamese
fr_BI French (Burundi)
jmc_TZ Machame (Tanzania)
chr_US Cherokee (United States)
eu_ES Basque (Spain)
saq_KE Samburu (Kenya)
vun Vunjo
lt Lithuanian
naq_NA Nama (Namibia)
ga Irish
af_NA Afrikaans (Namibia)
kea_CV Kabuverdianu (Cape Verde)
es_DO Spanish (Dominican Republic)
lv Latvian
kok_IN Konkani (India)
de_LI German (Liechtenstein)
fr_BJ French (Benin)
az Azerbaijani
guz_KE Gusii (Kenya)
rw_RW Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)
mg_MG Malagasy (Madagascar)
km_KH Khmer (Cambodia)
gl Galician
shi_Tfng Tachelhit (Tifinagh)
ar_AE Arabic (United Arab Emirates)
fr_MQ French (Martinique)
rm Romansh
sv_SE Swedish (Sweden)
az_Cyrl Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)
ro Romanian
so_ET Somali (Ethiopia)
en_ZA English (South Africa)
ii_CN Sichuan Yi (China)
fr_BL French (Saint Barthélemy)
hi_IN Hindi (India)
gu Gujarati
mer_KE Meru (Kenya)
nn_NO Norwegian Nynorsk (Norway)
gv Manx
ru Russian
ar_DZ Arabic (Algeria)
ar_SY Arabic (Syria)
en_MP English (Northern Mariana Islands)
nl_BE Dutch (Belgium)
rw Kinyarwanda
be Belarusian
en_VI English (U.S. Virgin Islands)
es_CL Spanish (Chile)
bg Bulgarian
mg Malagasy
hy_AM Armenian (Armenia)
zu_ZA Zulu (South Africa)
guz Gusii
mk Macedonian
es_VE Spanish (Venezuela)
ml Malayalam
bm Bambara
khq_ML Koyra Chiini (Mali)
bn Bengali
ps_AF Pashto (Afghanistan)
so_SO Somali (Somalia)
sr_Cyrl Serbian (Cyrillic)
pl_PL Polish (Poland)
fr_GN French (Guinea)
bo Tibetan
om_KE Oromo (Kenya)
@farid-alexander
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Thanks, i guess there are more in iOS 8. Please update if not so much trouble.

@fullsailor
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@farid-alexander You can use this snippet to build the list yourself.

let identifiers : NSArray = NSLocale.availableLocaleIdentifiers()
let locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_US")
var list = NSMutableString()
for identifier in identifiers {
    let name = locale.displayNameForKey(NSLocaleIdentifier, value: identifier)!
    list.appendString("\(identifier)\t\(name)\n")
}

println(list)

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ghost commented Aug 6, 2015

There are a bit more now in iOS 9 beta 4 :-)
https://gist.github.com/pjc-is/49971b36db38fdeae6fc

@efalder413
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"We can make this file beautiful and searchable if this error is corrected: It looks like row 22 should actually have 1 column, instead of 2. "

Could this be fixed?

@JaseHadd
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I forked this and updated it for iOS 9.3, and corrected the formatting issue, so GitHub makes it searchable. Here's a new link: https://gist.github.com/jasef/337431c43c3addb2cbd5eb215b376179

@vmalyi
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vmalyi commented Sep 20, 2016

thank you

@Ryan-Miao
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not found en_CN English (China)

@Ryan-Miao
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not found fr_GF French (French Guiana)

@xta
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xta commented Feb 8, 2017

Very helpful, thanks! Here's a Swift 3 version (along with playground code to generate):

https://gist.github.com/xta/6e9b63db1fa662bb3910b680f9ebd458

@ndbroadbent
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Thanks @jasef, I forked yours for react-native-i18n (they just use dashes instead of underscores.) Also I sorted it.

My fork: https://gist.github.com/ndbroadbent/588fefab8e0f1b459fcec8181b41b39c

@Swipes13
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locale_region
try to change in settings
easy

@mohammadkalim
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Thanks so much !!

@Jackielc
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Thank you very much!

@fadlinurdiansyah
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thank you very much.

@SergeySafiullin
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Thank you very much!

@SergLam
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SergLam commented Jan 15, 2020

A modified version of iOS Locale Identifiers JSON version - country capital city coordinates
https://gist.github.com/SergLam/a4ed0463cce5c5b32339bb351f8b7815

@sourovroy
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A PHP array to get the language by country locale.
https://gist.github.com/sourovroy/e77dfed3a81fa0fe345005d48abb49ca

@ralitsapetrina
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Thank you!

@Maxim-Kolmogorov
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Thx!

@AlexGrafe
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Great resource, thank you!

@orihpt
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orihpt commented Aug 6, 2021

Thank you!

@philipbel
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Thanks. Can you please sort it alphabetically?

@VanMinh-sudo
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VanMinh-sudo commented Sep 21, 2023

This list is out of date with iOS 17. Apple updated new locale identifiers

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