I'm looking for a list of all locales and their short codes for a PHP application I am writing. Is there much variation in this data between platforms?
Also, if I am developing an international application, can I just support one version of English or are there significant differences in English across the world?
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If you are using php-intl to localize your application, you probably want to use ResourceBundle::getLocales() instead of static list that you maintain yourself. It can also give you locales for particular language.
<?php
print_r(ResourceBundle::getLocales(''));
/* Output might show
* Array
* (
* [0] => af
* [1] => af_NA
* [2] => af_ZA
* [3] => am
* [4] => am_ET
* [5] => ar
* [6] => ar_AE
* [7] => ar_BH
* [8] => ar_DZ
* [9] => ar_EG
* [10] => ar_IQ
* ...
*/
?>
Here's a pretty exhaustive list of Culture Codes. As far as I can tell, they don't vary between programming languages since it's an RFC standard. As for English, I think if you support either the generic en or possibly the en-US then you should be just fine.
While accepted answer is pretty complete (I used myself in similar question that arised to me), I think it is worth to put the whole supported language codes and variations, as well as encodings, and point user to a file which is present in almost any linux distributions, in case he simply wants a quicker answer and no internet for example.
This is the file /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED and its contents:
aa_DJ.UTF-8 UTF-8
aa_DJ ISO-8859-1
aa_ER UTF-8
aa_ER@saaho UTF-8
aa_ET UTF-8
af_ZA.UTF-8 UTF-8
af_ZA ISO-8859-1
am_ET UTF-8
an_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
an_ES ISO-8859-15
ar_AE.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_AE ISO-8859-6
ar_BH.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_BH ISO-8859-6
ar_DZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_DZ ISO-8859-6
ar_EG.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_EG ISO-8859-6
ar_IN UTF-8
ar_IQ.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_IQ ISO-8859-6
ar_JO.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_JO ISO-8859-6
ar_KW.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_KW ISO-8859-6
ar_LB.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_LB ISO-8859-6
ar_LY.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_LY ISO-8859-6
ar_MA.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_MA ISO-8859-6
ar_OM.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_OM ISO-8859-6
ar_QA.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_QA ISO-8859-6
ar_SA.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_SA ISO-8859-6
ar_SD.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_SD ISO-8859-6
ar_SY.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_SY ISO-8859-6
ar_TN.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_TN ISO-8859-6
ar_YE.UTF-8 UTF-8
ar_YE ISO-8859-6
az_AZ UTF-8
as_IN UTF-8
ast_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
ast_ES ISO-8859-15
be_BY.UTF-8 UTF-8
be_BY CP1251
be_BY@latin UTF-8
bem_ZM UTF-8
ber_DZ UTF-8
ber_MA UTF-8
bg_BG.UTF-8 UTF-8
bg_BG CP1251
bho_IN UTF-8
bn_BD UTF-8
bn_IN UTF-8
bo_CN UTF-8
bo_IN UTF-8
br_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
br_FR ISO-8859-1
br_FR@euro ISO-8859-15
brx_IN UTF-8
bs_BA.UTF-8 UTF-8
bs_BA ISO-8859-2
byn_ER UTF-8
ca_AD.UTF-8 UTF-8
ca_AD ISO-8859-15
ca_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
ca_ES ISO-8859-1
ca_ES@euro ISO-8859-15
ca_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
ca_FR ISO-8859-15
ca_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8
ca_IT ISO-8859-15
crh_UA UTF-8
cs_CZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
cs_CZ ISO-8859-2
csb_PL UTF-8
cv_RU UTF-8
cy_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
cy_GB ISO-8859-14
da_DK.UTF-8 UTF-8
da_DK ISO-8859-1
de_AT.UTF-8 UTF-8
de_AT ISO-8859-1
de_AT@euro ISO-8859-15
de_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8
de_BE ISO-8859-1
de_BE@euro ISO-8859-15
de_CH.UTF-8 UTF-8
de_CH ISO-8859-1
de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8
de_DE ISO-8859-1
de_DE@euro ISO-8859-15
de_LU.UTF-8 UTF-8
de_LU ISO-8859-1
de_LU@euro ISO-8859-15
dv_MV UTF-8
dz_BT UTF-8
el_GR.UTF-8 UTF-8
el_GR ISO-8859-7
el_CY.UTF-8 UTF-8
el_CY ISO-8859-7
en_AG UTF-8
en_AU.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_AU ISO-8859-1
en_BW.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_BW ISO-8859-1
en_CA.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_CA ISO-8859-1
en_DK.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_DK ISO-8859-1
en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_GB ISO-8859-1
en_HK.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_HK ISO-8859-1
en_IE.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_IE ISO-8859-1
en_IE@euro ISO-8859-15
en_IN UTF-8
en_NG UTF-8
en_NZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_NZ ISO-8859-1
en_PH.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_PH ISO-8859-1
en_SG.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_SG ISO-8859-1
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_US ISO-8859-1
en_ZA.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_ZA ISO-8859-1
en_ZM UTF-8
en_ZW.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_ZW ISO-8859-1
es_AR.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_AR ISO-8859-1
es_BO.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_BO ISO-8859-1
es_CL.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_CL ISO-8859-1
es_CO.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_CO ISO-8859-1
es_CR.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_CR ISO-8859-1
es_CU UTF-8
es_DO.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_DO ISO-8859-1
es_EC.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_EC ISO-8859-1
es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_ES ISO-8859-1
es_ES@euro ISO-8859-15
es_GT.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_GT ISO-8859-1
es_HN.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_HN ISO-8859-1
es_MX.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_MX ISO-8859-1
es_NI.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_NI ISO-8859-1
es_PA.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_PA ISO-8859-1
es_PE.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_PE ISO-8859-1
es_PR.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_PR ISO-8859-1
es_PY.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_PY ISO-8859-1
es_SV.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_SV ISO-8859-1
es_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_US ISO-8859-1
es_UY.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_UY ISO-8859-1
es_VE.UTF-8 UTF-8
es_VE ISO-8859-1
et_EE.UTF-8 UTF-8
et_EE ISO-8859-1
et_EE.ISO-8859-15 ISO-8859-15
eu_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
eu_ES ISO-8859-1
eu_ES@euro ISO-8859-15
fa_IR UTF-8
ff_SN UTF-8
fi_FI.UTF-8 UTF-8
fi_FI ISO-8859-1
fi_FI@euro ISO-8859-15
fil_PH UTF-8
fo_FO.UTF-8 UTF-8
fo_FO ISO-8859-1
fr_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8
fr_BE ISO-8859-1
fr_BE@euro ISO-8859-15
fr_CA.UTF-8 UTF-8
fr_CA ISO-8859-1
fr_CH.UTF-8 UTF-8
fr_CH ISO-8859-1
fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
fr_FR ISO-8859-1
fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15
fr_LU.UTF-8 UTF-8
fr_LU ISO-8859-1
fr_LU@euro ISO-8859-15
fur_IT UTF-8
fy_NL UTF-8
fy_DE UTF-8
ga_IE.UTF-8 UTF-8
ga_IE ISO-8859-1
ga_IE@euro ISO-8859-15
gd_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
gd_GB ISO-8859-15
gez_ER UTF-8
gez_ER@abegede UTF-8
gez_ET UTF-8
gez_ET@abegede UTF-8
gl_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8
gl_ES ISO-8859-1
gl_ES@euro ISO-8859-15
gu_IN UTF-8
gv_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
gv_GB ISO-8859-1
ha_NG UTF-8
he_IL.UTF-8 UTF-8
he_IL ISO-8859-8
hi_IN UTF-8
hne_IN UTF-8
hr_HR.UTF-8 UTF-8
hr_HR ISO-8859-2
hsb_DE ISO-8859-2
hsb_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8
ht_HT UTF-8
hu_HU.UTF-8 UTF-8
hu_HU ISO-8859-2
hy_AM UTF-8
hy_AM.ARMSCII-8 ARMSCII-8
id_ID.UTF-8 UTF-8
id_ID ISO-8859-1
ig_NG UTF-8
ik_CA UTF-8
is_IS.UTF-8 UTF-8
is_IS ISO-8859-1
it_CH.UTF-8 UTF-8
it_CH ISO-8859-1
it_IT.UTF-8 UTF-8
it_IT ISO-8859-1
it_IT@euro ISO-8859-15
iu_CA UTF-8
iw_IL.UTF-8 UTF-8
iw_IL ISO-8859-8
ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP
ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8
ka_GE.UTF-8 UTF-8
ka_GE GEORGIAN-PS
kk_KZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
kk_KZ PT154
kl_GL.UTF-8 UTF-8
kl_GL ISO-8859-1
km_KH UTF-8
kn_IN UTF-8
ko_KR.EUC-KR EUC-KR
ko_KR.UTF-8 UTF-8
kok_IN UTF-8
ks_IN UTF-8
ks_IN@devanagari UTF-8
ku_TR.UTF-8 UTF-8
ku_TR ISO-8859-9
kw_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
kw_GB ISO-8859-1
ky_KG UTF-8
lb_LU UTF-8
lg_UG.UTF-8 UTF-8
lg_UG ISO-8859-10
li_BE UTF-8
li_NL UTF-8
lij_IT UTF-8
lo_LA UTF-8
lt_LT.UTF-8 UTF-8
lt_LT ISO-8859-13
lv_LV.UTF-8 UTF-8
lv_LV ISO-8859-13
mag_IN UTF-8
mai_IN UTF-8
mg_MG.UTF-8 UTF-8
mg_MG ISO-8859-15
mhr_RU UTF-8
mi_NZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
mi_NZ ISO-8859-13
mk_MK.UTF-8 UTF-8
mk_MK ISO-8859-5
ml_IN UTF-8
mn_MN UTF-8
mr_IN UTF-8
ms_MY.UTF-8 UTF-8
ms_MY ISO-8859-1
mt_MT.UTF-8 UTF-8
mt_MT ISO-8859-3
my_MM UTF-8
nan_TW@latin UTF-8
nb_NO.UTF-8 UTF-8
nb_NO ISO-8859-1
nds_DE UTF-8
nds_NL UTF-8
ne_NP UTF-8
nl_AW UTF-8
nl_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8
nl_BE ISO-8859-1
nl_BE@euro ISO-8859-15
nl_NL.UTF-8 UTF-8
nl_NL ISO-8859-1
nl_NL@euro ISO-8859-15
nn_NO.UTF-8 UTF-8
nn_NO ISO-8859-1
nr_ZA UTF-8
nso_ZA UTF-8
oc_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
oc_FR ISO-8859-1
om_ET UTF-8
om_KE.UTF-8 UTF-8
om_KE ISO-8859-1
or_IN UTF-8
os_RU UTF-8
pa_IN UTF-8
pa_PK UTF-8
pap_AN UTF-8
pl_PL.UTF-8 UTF-8
pl_PL ISO-8859-2
ps_AF UTF-8
pt_BR.UTF-8 UTF-8
pt_BR ISO-8859-1
pt_PT.UTF-8 UTF-8
pt_PT ISO-8859-1
pt_PT@euro ISO-8859-15
ro_RO.UTF-8 UTF-8
ro_RO ISO-8859-2
ru_RU.KOI8-R KOI8-R
ru_RU.UTF-8 UTF-8
ru_RU ISO-8859-5
ru_UA.UTF-8 UTF-8
ru_UA KOI8-U
rw_RW UTF-8
sa_IN UTF-8
sc_IT UTF-8
sd_IN UTF-8
sd_IN@devanagari UTF-8
se_NO UTF-8
shs_CA UTF-8
si_LK UTF-8
sid_ET UTF-8
sk_SK.UTF-8 UTF-8
sk_SK ISO-8859-2
sl_SI.UTF-8 UTF-8
sl_SI ISO-8859-2
so_DJ.UTF-8 UTF-8
so_DJ ISO-8859-1
so_ET UTF-8
so_KE.UTF-8 UTF-8
so_KE ISO-8859-1
so_SO.UTF-8 UTF-8
so_SO ISO-8859-1
sq_AL.UTF-8 UTF-8
sq_AL ISO-8859-1
sq_MK UTF-8
sr_ME UTF-8
sr_RS UTF-8
sr_RS@latin UTF-8
ss_ZA UTF-8
st_ZA.UTF-8 UTF-8
st_ZA ISO-8859-1
sv_FI.UTF-8 UTF-8
sv_FI ISO-8859-1
sv_FI@euro ISO-8859-15
sv_SE.UTF-8 UTF-8
sv_SE ISO-8859-1
sw_KE UTF-8
sw_TZ UTF-8
ta_IN UTF-8
ta_LK UTF-8
te_IN UTF-8
tg_TJ.UTF-8 UTF-8
tg_TJ KOI8-T
th_TH.UTF-8 UTF-8
th_TH TIS-620
ti_ER UTF-8
ti_ET UTF-8
tig_ER UTF-8
tk_TM UTF-8
tl_PH.UTF-8 UTF-8
tl_PH ISO-8859-1
tn_ZA UTF-8
tr_CY.UTF-8 UTF-8
tr_CY ISO-8859-9
tr_TR.UTF-8 UTF-8
tr_TR ISO-8859-9
ts_ZA UTF-8
tt_RU UTF-8
tt_RU@iqtelif UTF-8
ug_CN UTF-8
uk_UA.UTF-8 UTF-8
uk_UA KOI8-U
unm_US UTF-8
ur_IN UTF-8
ur_PK UTF-8
uz_UZ ISO-8859-1
uz_UZ@cyrillic UTF-8
ve_ZA UTF-8
vi_VN UTF-8
wa_BE ISO-8859-1
wa_BE@euro ISO-8859-15
wa_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8
wae_CH UTF-8
wal_ET UTF-8
wo_SN UTF-8
xh_ZA.UTF-8 UTF-8
xh_ZA ISO-8859-1
yi_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
yi_US CP1255
yo_NG UTF-8
yue_HK UTF-8
zh_CN.GB18030 GB18030
zh_CN.GBK GBK
zh_CN.UTF-8 UTF-8
zh_CN GB2312
zh_HK.UTF-8 UTF-8
zh_HK BIG5-HKSCS
zh_SG.UTF-8 UTF-8
zh_SG.GBK GBK
zh_SG GB2312
zh_TW.EUC-TW EUC-TW
zh_TW.UTF-8 UTF-8
zh_TW BIG5
zu_ZA.UTF-8 UTF-8
zu_ZA ISO-8859-1
The accepted answer misses some rather significant locales. For example, the Chinese locales don't distinguish between the different scriptures (simplified han, traditional han). What's a main-land Chinese citizen who wants traditional han supposed to use - the Hong Kong setting?
I've taken this list of iOS locales, removed the strange POSIX entry, formatted it as Javascript and sorted it by value (so if you use an ordered object implementation and create a list by going through the keys and returning the value, it will show the human readable text in correct order). Also, this list both contains a main entry per language as well as all the region specific variants - this way you always have a designated fallback option, say if your interface has only defined the 'en' option - you wouldn't otherwise know on what to fall back on reliably.
var LANGUAGE_BY_LOCALE = {
af_NA: "Afrikaans (Namibia)",
af_ZA: "Afrikaans (South Africa)",
af: "Afrikaans",
ak_GH: "Akan (Ghana)",
ak: "Akan",
sq_AL: "Albanian (Albania)",
sq: "Albanian",
am_ET: "Amharic (Ethiopia)",
am: "Amharic",
ar_DZ: "Arabic (Algeria)",
ar_BH: "Arabic (Bahrain)",
ar_EG: "Arabic (Egypt)",
ar_IQ: "Arabic (Iraq)",
ar_JO: "Arabic (Jordan)",
ar_KW: "Arabic (Kuwait)",
ar_LB: "Arabic (Lebanon)",
ar_LY: "Arabic (Libya)",
ar_MA: "Arabic (Morocco)",
ar_OM: "Arabic (Oman)",
ar_QA: "Arabic (Qatar)",
ar_SA: "Arabic (Saudi Arabia)",
ar_SD: "Arabic (Sudan)",
ar_SY: "Arabic (Syria)",
ar_TN: "Arabic (Tunisia)",
ar_AE: "Arabic (United Arab Emirates)",
ar_YE: "Arabic (Yemen)",
ar: "Arabic",
hy_AM: "Armenian (Armenia)",
hy: "Armenian",
as_IN: "Assamese (India)",
as: "Assamese",
asa_TZ: "Asu (Tanzania)",
asa: "Asu",
az_Cyrl: "Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)",
az_Cyrl_AZ: "Azerbaijani (Cyrillic, Azerbaijan)",
az_Latn: "Azerbaijani (Latin)",
az_Latn_AZ: "Azerbaijani (Latin, Azerbaijan)",
az: "Azerbaijani",
bm_ML: "Bambara (Mali)",
bm: "Bambara",
eu_ES: "Basque (Spain)",
eu: "Basque",
be_BY: "Belarusian (Belarus)",
be: "Belarusian",
bem_ZM: "Bemba (Zambia)",
bem: "Bemba",
bez_TZ: "Bena (Tanzania)",
bez: "Bena",
bn_BD: "Bengali (Bangladesh)",
bn_IN: "Bengali (India)",
bn: "Bengali",
bs_BA: "Bosnian (Bosnia and Herzegovina)",
bs: "Bosnian",
bg_BG: "Bulgarian (Bulgaria)",
bg: "Bulgarian",
my_MM: "Burmese (Myanmar [Burma])",
my: "Burmese",
yue_Hant_HK: "Cantonese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)",
ca_ES: "Catalan (Spain)",
ca: "Catalan",
tzm_Latn: "Central Morocco Tamazight (Latin)",
tzm_Latn_MA: "Central Morocco Tamazight (Latin, Morocco)",
tzm: "Central Morocco Tamazight",
chr_US: "Cherokee (United States)",
chr: "Cherokee",
cgg_UG: "Chiga (Uganda)",
cgg: "Chiga",
zh_Hans: "Chinese (Simplified Han)",
zh_Hans_CN: "Chinese (Simplified Han, China)",
zh_Hans_HK: "Chinese (Simplified Han, Hong Kong SAR China)",
zh_Hans_MO: "Chinese (Simplified Han, Macau SAR China)",
zh_Hans_SG: "Chinese (Simplified Han, Singapore)",
zh_Hant: "Chinese (Traditional Han)",
zh_Hant_HK: "Chinese (Traditional Han, Hong Kong SAR China)",
zh_Hant_MO: "Chinese (Traditional Han, Macau SAR China)",
zh_Hant_TW: "Chinese (Traditional Han, Taiwan)",
zh: "Chinese",
kw_GB: "Cornish (United Kingdom)",
kw: "Cornish",
hr_HR: "Croatian (Croatia)",
hr: "Croatian",
cs_CZ: "Czech (Czech Republic)",
cs: "Czech",
da_DK: "Danish (Denmark)",
da: "Danish",
nl_BE: "Dutch (Belgium)",
nl_NL: "Dutch (Netherlands)",
nl: "Dutch",
ebu_KE: "Embu (Kenya)",
ebu: "Embu",
en_AS: "English (American Samoa)",
en_AU: "English (Australia)",
en_BE: "English (Belgium)",
en_BZ: "English (Belize)",
en_BW: "English (Botswana)",
en_CA: "English (Canada)",
en_GU: "English (Guam)",
en_HK: "English (Hong Kong SAR China)",
en_IN: "English (India)",
en_IE: "English (Ireland)",
en_IL: "English (Israel)",
en_JM: "English (Jamaica)",
en_MT: "English (Malta)",
en_MH: "English (Marshall Islands)",
en_MU: "English (Mauritius)",
en_NA: "English (Namibia)",
en_NZ: "English (New Zealand)",
en_MP: "English (Northern Mariana Islands)",
en_PK: "English (Pakistan)",
en_PH: "English (Philippines)",
en_SG: "English (Singapore)",
en_ZA: "English (South Africa)",
en_TT: "English (Trinidad and Tobago)",
en_UM: "English (U.S. Minor Outlying Islands)",
en_VI: "English (U.S. Virgin Islands)",
en_GB: "English (United Kingdom)",
en_US: "English (United States)",
en_ZW: "English (Zimbabwe)",
en: "English",
eo: "Esperanto",
et_EE: "Estonian (Estonia)",
et: "Estonian",
ee_GH: "Ewe (Ghana)",
ee_TG: "Ewe (Togo)",
ee: "Ewe",
fo_FO: "Faroese (Faroe Islands)",
fo: "Faroese",
fil_PH: "Filipino (Philippines)",
fil: "Filipino",
fi_FI: "Finnish (Finland)",
fi: "Finnish",
fr_BE: "French (Belgium)",
fr_BJ: "French (Benin)",
fr_BF: "French (Burkina Faso)",
fr_BI: "French (Burundi)",
fr_CM: "French (Cameroon)",
fr_CA: "French (Canada)",
fr_CF: "French (Central African Republic)",
fr_TD: "French (Chad)",
fr_KM: "French (Comoros)",
fr_CG: "French (Congo - Brazzaville)",
fr_CD: "French (Congo - Kinshasa)",
fr_CI: "French (Côte d’Ivoire)",
fr_DJ: "French (Djibouti)",
fr_GQ: "French (Equatorial Guinea)",
fr_FR: "French (France)",
fr_GA: "French (Gabon)",
fr_GP: "French (Guadeloupe)",
fr_GN: "French (Guinea)",
fr_LU: "French (Luxembourg)",
fr_MG: "French (Madagascar)",
fr_ML: "French (Mali)",
fr_MQ: "French (Martinique)",
fr_MC: "French (Monaco)",
fr_NE: "French (Niger)",
fr_RW: "French (Rwanda)",
fr_RE: "French (Réunion)",
fr_BL: "French (Saint Barthélemy)",
fr_MF: "French (Saint Martin)",
fr_SN: "French (Senegal)",
fr_CH: "French (Switzerland)",
fr_TG: "French (Togo)",
fr: "French",
ff_SN: "Fulah (Senegal)",
ff: "Fulah",
gl_ES: "Galician (Spain)",
gl: "Galician",
lg_UG: "Ganda (Uganda)",
lg: "Ganda",
ka_GE: "Georgian (Georgia)",
ka: "Georgian",
de_AT: "German (Austria)",
de_BE: "German (Belgium)",
de_DE: "German (Germany)",
de_LI: "German (Liechtenstein)",
de_LU: "German (Luxembourg)",
de_CH: "German (Switzerland)",
de: "German",
el_CY: "Greek (Cyprus)",
el_GR: "Greek (Greece)",
el: "Greek",
gu_IN: "Gujarati (India)",
gu: "Gujarati",
guz_KE: "Gusii (Kenya)",
guz: "Gusii",
ha_Latn: "Hausa (Latin)",
ha_Latn_GH: "Hausa (Latin, Ghana)",
ha_Latn_NE: "Hausa (Latin, Niger)",
ha_Latn_NG: "Hausa (Latin, Nigeria)",
ha: "Hausa",
haw_US: "Hawaiian (United States)",
haw: "Hawaiian",
he_IL: "Hebrew (Israel)",
he: "Hebrew",
hi_IN: "Hindi (India)",
hi: "Hindi",
hu_HU: "Hungarian (Hungary)",
hu: "Hungarian",
is_IS: "Icelandic (Iceland)",
is: "Icelandic",
ig_NG: "Igbo (Nigeria)",
ig: "Igbo",
id_ID: "Indonesian (Indonesia)",
id: "Indonesian",
ga_IE: "Irish (Ireland)",
ga: "Irish",
it_IT: "Italian (Italy)",
it_CH: "Italian (Switzerland)",
it: "Italian",
ja_JP: "Japanese (Japan)",
ja: "Japanese",
kea_CV: "Kabuverdianu (Cape Verde)",
kea: "Kabuverdianu",
kab_DZ: "Kabyle (Algeria)",
kab: "Kabyle",
kl_GL: "Kalaallisut (Greenland)",
kl: "Kalaallisut",
kln_KE: "Kalenjin (Kenya)",
kln: "Kalenjin",
kam_KE: "Kamba (Kenya)",
kam: "Kamba",
kn_IN: "Kannada (India)",
kn: "Kannada",
kk_Cyrl: "Kazakh (Cyrillic)",
kk_Cyrl_KZ: "Kazakh (Cyrillic, Kazakhstan)",
kk: "Kazakh",
km_KH: "Khmer (Cambodia)",
km: "Khmer",
ki_KE: "Kikuyu (Kenya)",
ki: "Kikuyu",
rw_RW: "Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)",
rw: "Kinyarwanda",
kok_IN: "Konkani (India)",
kok: "Konkani",
ko_KR: "Korean (South Korea)",
ko: "Korean",
khq_ML: "Koyra Chiini (Mali)",
khq: "Koyra Chiini",
ses_ML: "Koyraboro Senni (Mali)",
ses: "Koyraboro Senni",
lag_TZ: "Langi (Tanzania)",
lag: "Langi",
lv_LV: "Latvian (Latvia)",
lv: "Latvian",
lt_LT: "Lithuanian (Lithuania)",
lt: "Lithuanian",
luo_KE: "Luo (Kenya)",
luo: "Luo",
luy_KE: "Luyia (Kenya)",
luy: "Luyia",
mk_MK: "Macedonian (Macedonia)",
mk: "Macedonian",
jmc_TZ: "Machame (Tanzania)",
jmc: "Machame",
kde_TZ: "Makonde (Tanzania)",
kde: "Makonde",
mg_MG: "Malagasy (Madagascar)",
mg: "Malagasy",
ms_BN: "Malay (Brunei)",
ms_MY: "Malay (Malaysia)",
ms: "Malay",
ml_IN: "Malayalam (India)",
ml: "Malayalam",
mt_MT: "Maltese (Malta)",
mt: "Maltese",
gv_GB: "Manx (United Kingdom)",
gv: "Manx",
mr_IN: "Marathi (India)",
mr: "Marathi",
mas_KE: "Masai (Kenya)",
mas_TZ: "Masai (Tanzania)",
mas: "Masai",
mer_KE: "Meru (Kenya)",
mer: "Meru",
mfe_MU: "Morisyen (Mauritius)",
mfe: "Morisyen",
naq_NA: "Nama (Namibia)",
naq: "Nama",
ne_IN: "Nepali (India)",
ne_NP: "Nepali (Nepal)",
ne: "Nepali",
nd_ZW: "North Ndebele (Zimbabwe)",
nd: "North Ndebele",
nb_NO: "Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)",
nb: "Norwegian Bokmål",
nn_NO: "Norwegian Nynorsk (Norway)",
nn: "Norwegian Nynorsk",
nyn_UG: "Nyankole (Uganda)",
nyn: "Nyankole",
or_IN: "Oriya (India)",
or: "Oriya",
om_ET: "Oromo (Ethiopia)",
om_KE: "Oromo (Kenya)",
om: "Oromo",
ps_AF: "Pashto (Afghanistan)",
ps: "Pashto",
fa_AF: "Persian (Afghanistan)",
fa_IR: "Persian (Iran)",
fa: "Persian",
pl_PL: "Polish (Poland)",
pl: "Polish",
pt_BR: "Portuguese (Brazil)",
pt_GW: "Portuguese (Guinea-Bissau)",
pt_MZ: "Portuguese (Mozambique)",
pt_PT: "Portuguese (Portugal)",
pt: "Portuguese",
pa_Arab: "Punjabi (Arabic)",
pa_Arab_PK: "Punjabi (Arabic, Pakistan)",
pa_Guru: "Punjabi (Gurmukhi)",
pa_Guru_IN: "Punjabi (Gurmukhi, India)",
pa: "Punjabi",
ro_MD: "Romanian (Moldova)",
ro_RO: "Romanian (Romania)",
ro: "Romanian",
rm_CH: "Romansh (Switzerland)",
rm: "Romansh",
rof_TZ: "Rombo (Tanzania)",
rof: "Rombo",
ru_MD: "Russian (Moldova)",
ru_RU: "Russian (Russia)",
ru_UA: "Russian (Ukraine)",
ru: "Russian",
rwk_TZ: "Rwa (Tanzania)",
rwk: "Rwa",
saq_KE: "Samburu (Kenya)",
saq: "Samburu",
sg_CF: "Sango (Central African Republic)",
sg: "Sango",
seh_MZ: "Sena (Mozambique)",
seh: "Sena",
sr_Cyrl: "Serbian (Cyrillic)",
sr_Cyrl_BA: "Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina)",
sr_Cyrl_ME: "Serbian (Cyrillic, Montenegro)",
sr_Cyrl_RS: "Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)",
sr_Latn: "Serbian (Latin)",
sr_Latn_BA: "Serbian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)",
sr_Latn_ME: "Serbian (Latin, Montenegro)",
sr_Latn_RS: "Serbian (Latin, Serbia)",
sr: "Serbian",
sn_ZW: "Shona (Zimbabwe)",
sn: "Shona",
ii_CN: "Sichuan Yi (China)",
ii: "Sichuan Yi",
si_LK: "Sinhala (Sri Lanka)",
si: "Sinhala",
sk_SK: "Slovak (Slovakia)",
sk: "Slovak",
sl_SI: "Slovenian (Slovenia)",
sl: "Slovenian",
xog_UG: "Soga (Uganda)",
xog: "Soga",
so_DJ: "Somali (Djibouti)",
so_ET: "Somali (Ethiopia)",
so_KE: "Somali (Kenya)",
so_SO: "Somali (Somalia)",
so: "Somali",
es_AR: "Spanish (Argentina)",
es_BO: "Spanish (Bolivia)",
es_CL: "Spanish (Chile)",
es_CO: "Spanish (Colombia)",
es_CR: "Spanish (Costa Rica)",
es_DO: "Spanish (Dominican Republic)",
es_EC: "Spanish (Ecuador)",
es_SV: "Spanish (El Salvador)",
es_GQ: "Spanish (Equatorial Guinea)",
es_GT: "Spanish (Guatemala)",
es_HN: "Spanish (Honduras)",
es_419: "Spanish (Latin America)",
es_MX: "Spanish (Mexico)",
es_NI: "Spanish (Nicaragua)",
es_PA: "Spanish (Panama)",
es_PY: "Spanish (Paraguay)",
es_PE: "Spanish (Peru)",
es_PR: "Spanish (Puerto Rico)",
es_ES: "Spanish (Spain)",
es_US: "Spanish (United States)",
es_UY: "Spanish (Uruguay)",
es_VE: "Spanish (Venezuela)",
es: "Spanish",
sw_KE: "Swahili (Kenya)",
sw_TZ: "Swahili (Tanzania)",
sw: "Swahili",
sv_FI: "Swedish (Finland)",
sv_SE: "Swedish (Sweden)",
sv: "Swedish",
gsw_CH: "Swiss German (Switzerland)",
gsw: "Swiss German",
shi_Latn: "Tachelhit (Latin)",
shi_Latn_MA: "Tachelhit (Latin, Morocco)",
shi_Tfng: "Tachelhit (Tifinagh)",
shi_Tfng_MA: "Tachelhit (Tifinagh, Morocco)",
shi: "Tachelhit",
dav_KE: "Taita (Kenya)",
dav: "Taita",
ta_IN: "Tamil (India)",
ta_LK: "Tamil (Sri Lanka)",
ta: "Tamil",
te_IN: "Telugu (India)",
te: "Telugu",
teo_KE: "Teso (Kenya)",
teo_UG: "Teso (Uganda)",
teo: "Teso",
th_TH: "Thai (Thailand)",
th: "Thai",
bo_CN: "Tibetan (China)",
bo_IN: "Tibetan (India)",
bo: "Tibetan",
ti_ER: "Tigrinya (Eritrea)",
ti_ET: "Tigrinya (Ethiopia)",
ti: "Tigrinya",
to_TO: "Tonga (Tonga)",
to: "Tonga",
tr_TR: "Turkish (Turkey)",
tr: "Turkish",
uk_UA: "Ukrainian (Ukraine)",
uk: "Ukrainian",
ur_IN: "Urdu (India)",
ur_PK: "Urdu (Pakistan)",
ur: "Urdu",
uz_Arab: "Uzbek (Arabic)",
uz_Arab_AF: "Uzbek (Arabic, Afghanistan)",
uz_Cyrl: "Uzbek (Cyrillic)",
uz_Cyrl_UZ: "Uzbek (Cyrillic, Uzbekistan)",
uz_Latn: "Uzbek (Latin)",
uz_Latn_UZ: "Uzbek (Latin, Uzbekistan)",
uz: "Uzbek",
vi_VN: "Vietnamese (Vietnam)",
vi: "Vietnamese",
vun_TZ: "Vunjo (Tanzania)",
vun: "Vunjo",
cy_GB: "Welsh (United Kingdom)",
cy: "Welsh",
yo_NG: "Yoruba (Nigeria)",
yo: "Yoruba",
zu_ZA: "Zulu (South Africa)",
zu: "Zulu"
}
I spend a whole day organizing this information for my company since we are building a multi-lingual platform. If you find any issue, missing language, or incorrect charset please edit the list so it will be more useful in the future. Here is the complete list of all the language locales, names, and charsets.
For PHP array here is the link https://github.com/jerryurenaa/language-list/blob/main/language-list-array.php
for JSON here is the link https://github.com/jerryurenaa/language-list/blob/main/language-list-json.json
From http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/
"Language tag syntax is defined by the IETF's BCP 47. BCP stands for 'Best Current Practice', and is a persistent name for a series of RFCs whose numbers change as they are updated. The latest RFC describing language tag syntax is RFC 5646, Tags for the Identification of Languages, and it obsoletes the older RFCs 4646, 3066 and 1766.
You used to find subtags by consulting the lists of codes in various ISO standards, but now you can find all subtags in the IANA Language Subtag Registry."
AFAIK most locale-aware applications (that are written by professionals) abide by this standard. It isn't just something somebody threw together and that different people interpret differently.
I'd strongly suggest you investigate the internationalization features of your particular development language, as you'll probably end up reinventing the wheel if you don't.
Source: Stackoverflow.com