The value of microedition.locale system property returns the value based on the user interface language. The returned value contains always the language part and might contain also the country (or area). Locale mappings for Nokia Asha and Series 40 software platform devices are presented in the following tables.
Language selection in the MIDlet and MIDlet name localisation is recommended to be done based on the two first characters (the language part) in case there is no country specific localisation.
|
Language |
Locale |
|---|---|
|
Afrikaans |
af |
|
Afrikaans (South Africa) |
af-ZA |
|
Amharic |
am |
|
Amharic (Ethiopia) |
am-ET |
|
Arabic |
ar |
|
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) |
ar-SA |
|
Assamese |
as |
|
Assamese (India) |
as-IN |
|
Azerbaijani |
az |
|
Belarusian |
be |
|
Belarusian (Belarus) |
be-BY |
|
Bulgarian |
bg |
|
Bulgarian (Bulgaria) |
bg-BG |
|
Bengali |
bn |
|
Bengali (Bangladesh) |
bn-BD |
|
Bengali (India) |
bn-IN |
|
Catalan |
ca |
|
Catalan (Spain) |
ca-ES |
|
Checo |
cs |
|
Checo (Czech Republic) |
cs-CZ |
|
German |
de |
|
German (Germany) |
de-DE |
|
Greek |
el |
|
Greek (Greece) |
el-GR |
|
English |
en |
|
English (United Kingdom) |
en-GB |
|
English (United States) |
en-US |
|
Spanish |
es |
|
Spanish (United States) |
es-US |
|
Estonian |
et |
|
Estonian (Estonia) |
et-EE |
|
Basque |
eu |
|
Basque (Spain) |
eu-ES |
|
Farsi |
fa |
|
Farsi (Iran) |
fa-IR |
|
Finnish |
fi |
|
Finnish (Finland) |
fi-FI |
|
French |
fr |
|
French (France) |
fr-FR |
|
Galician |
gl |
|
Galician (Spain) |
gl-ES |
|
Hausa |
ha |
|
Hausa (Nigeria) |
ha-NG |
|
Hebrew |
he |
|
Hebrew (Israel) |
he-IL |
|
Croatian |
hr |
|
Croatian (Croatia) |
hr-HR |
|
Hungarian |
hu |
|
Hungarian (Hungary) |
hu-HU |
|
Armenian |
hy |
|
Armenian (Armenia) |
hy-AM |
|
Indonesian |
id |
|
Indonesian (Indonesia) |
id-ID |
|
Igbo |
ig |
|
Igbo (Nigeria) |
ig-NG |
|
Italian |
it |
|
Italian (Italy) |
it-IT |
|
Japanese |
ja |
|
Japanese (Japan) |
ja-JP |
|
Georgian |
ka |
|
Georgian (Georgia) |
ka-GE |
|
Kazakh |
kk |
|
Kazakh (Kazakhstan) |
kk-KZ |
|
Khmer |
km |
|
Khmer (Cambodia) |
km-KH |
|
Kannada |
kn |
|
Kannada (India) |
kn-IN |
|
Kyrgyz |
ky |
|
Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan) |
ky-KG |
|
Lingala |
ln |
|
Lingala (Congo) |
ln-CG |
|
Lithuanian |
lt |
|
Lithuanian (Lithuania) |
lt-LT |
|
Latvian |
lv |
|
Latvian (Latvia) |
lv-LV |
|
Macedonian |
mk |
|
Macedonian (Macedonia) |
mk-MK |
|
Marathi |
mr |
|
Marathi (India) |
mr-IN |
|
Malay |
ms |
|
Malay (Malaysia) |
ms-MY |
|
Burmese |
my |
|
Burmese (Myanmar) |
my-MM |
|
Dutch |
nl |
|
Dutch (Netherlands) |
nl-NL |
|
Oriya |
or |
|
Oriya (India) |
or-IN |
|
Punjabi |
pa |
|
Polish |
pl |
|
Polish (Poland) |
pl-PL |
|
Pushto |
ps |
|
Pushto (Afghanistan) |
ps-AF |
|
Portuguese |
pt |
|
Portuguese (Brazil) |
pt-BR |
|
Portuguese (Portugal) |
pt-PT |
|
Romanian |
ro |
|
Romanian (Romania) |
ro-RO |
|
Russian |
ru |
|
Russian (Russia) |
ru-RU |
|
Sinhalese |
si |
|
Sinhalese (Sri Lanka) |
si-LK |
|
Slovak |
sk |
|
Slovak (Slovakia) |
sk-SK |
|
Slovene |
sl |
|
Slovene (Slovenia) |
sl-SI |
|
Serbian |
sr |
|
Southern Sotho |
st |
|
Southern Sotho (South Africa) |
st-ZA |
|
Swedish |
sv |
|
Swedish (Sweden) |
sv-SE |
|
Swahili |
sw |
|
Tamil |
ta |
|
Tamil (India) |
ta-IN |
|
Thai |
th |
|
Thai (Thailand) |
th-TH |
|
Turkish |
tr |
|
Turkish (Turkey) |
tr-TR |
|
Ukrainian |
uk |
|
Ukrainian (Ukraine) |
uk-UA |
|
Urdu |
ur |
|
Urdu (Pakistan) |
ur-PK |
|
Uzbek |
uz |
|
Vietnamese |
vi |
|
Vietnamese (Vietnam) |
vi-VN |
|
Xhosa |
xh |
|
Xhosa (South Africa) |
xh-ZA |
|
Yoruba |
yo |
|
Yoruba (Nigeria) |
yo-NG |
|
Chinese |
zh |
|
Chinese (China) |
zh-CN |
|
Chinese (Hong Kong) |
zh-HK |
|
Chinese (Taiwan) |
zh-TW |
|
Zulu |
zu |
|
Zulu (South Africa) |
zu-ZA |
|
Language |
Locale |
|---|---|
|
Afrikaans |
af |
|
Afrikaans (South Africa) |
af-ZA |
|
Basque |
eu |
|
Basque (Spain) |
eu-ES |
|
Catalan |
ca |
|
Catalan (Spain) |
ca-ES |
|
Checo |
cs |
|
Checo (Czech Republic) |
cs-CZ |
|
Chinese |
zh |
|
Chinese (China) |
zh-CN |
|
Chinese (Hong Kong) |
zh-HK |
|
Chinese (Taiwan) |
zh-TW |
|
Dutch |
nl |
|
Dutch (Netherlands) |
nl-NL |
|
English |
en |
|
English (United Kingdom) |
en-GB |
|
English (United States) |
en-US |
|
French |
fr |
|
French (France) |
fr-FR |
|
Galician |
gl |
|
Galician (Spain) |
gl-ES |
|
German |
de |
|
German (Germany) |
de-DE |
|
Hausa |
ha |
|
Hausa (Nigeria) |
ha-NG |
|
Hebrew |
he |
|
Hebrew (Israel) |
he-IL |
|
Igbo |
ig |
|
Igbo (Nigeria) |
ig-NG |
|
Indonesian |
id |
|
Indonesian (Indonesia) |
id-ID |
|
Italian |
it |
|
Italian (Italy) |
it-IT |
|
Japanese |
ja |
|
Japanese (Japan) |
ja-JP |
|
Kannada |
kn |
|
Kannada (India) |
kn-IN |
|
Kazakh |
kk |
|
Kazakh (Kazakhstan) |
kk-KZ |
|
Khmer |
km |
|
Khmer (Cambodia) |
km-KH |
|
Lingala |
ln |
|
Lingala (Congo) |
ln-CG |
|
Malay |
ms |
|
Malay (Malaysia) |
ms-MY |
|
Polish |
pl |
|
Polish (Poland) |
pl-PL |
|
Portuguese |
pt |
|
Portuguese (Brazil) |
pt-BR |
|
Portuguese (Portugal) |
pt-PT |
|
Romanian |
ro |
|
Romanian (Romania) |
ro-RO |
|
Russian |
ru |
|
Russian (Russia) |
ru-RU |
|
Slovak |
sk |
|
Slovak (Slovakia) |
sk-SK |
|
Southern Sotho |
st |
|
Southern Sotho (South Africa) |
st-ZA |
|
Spanish |
es |
|
Spanish (United States) |
es-US |
|
Tamil |
ta |
|
Tamil (India) |
ta-IN |
|
Thai |
th |
|
Thai (Thailand) |
th-TH |
|
Turkish |
tr |
|
Turkish (Turkey) |
tr-TR |
|
Ukrainian |
uk |
|
Ukrainian (Ukraine) |
uk-UA |
|
Urdu |
ur |
|
Urdu (Pakistan) |
ur-PK |
|
Vietnamese |
vi |
|
Vietnamese (Vietnam) |
vi-VN |
|
Xhosa |
xh |
|
Xhosa (South Africa) |
xh-ZA |
|
Yoruba |
yo |
|
Yoruba (Nigeria) |
yo-NG |
|
Zulu |
zu |
|
Zulu (South Africa) |
zu-ZA |
The return value for getSupportedLocales() method in the Formatter class depends on the language pack selected in the phone.
For example, if the phone has selected Chinese language pack then the getSuppotedLocales() method may return a list of locales such as en-GB en-US zh-CN zh-HK zh-TW.
|
Language |
Locale |
|---|---|
|
Arabic |
ar |
|
Basque |
eu |
|
Bulgarian |
bg-BG |
|
Catalan |
ca |
|
China |
zh-CN |
|
Croatian |
hr-HR |
|
Czech |
cs-CZ |
|
Danish |
da-DK |
|
Dutch |
nl-NL |
|
English |
en |
|
English (Taiwan) |
en |
|
English (Japan) |
en |
|
English (Hong Kong) |
en |
|
English (PRC China) |
en |
|
English (Thailand) |
en |
|
English (US) |
en-US |
|
Estonian |
et-EE |
|
Farsi |
fa |
|
Finnish |
fi-FI |
|
French |
fr |
|
French (Canadian) |
fr-CA |
|
Galician |
gl |
|
German |
de |
|
Greek |
el-GR |
|
Hebrew |
he-IL |
|
Hindi |
hi-IN |
|
Hongkong |
zh-HK |
|
Hungarian |
hu-HU |
|
Icelandic |
is-IS |
|
Indonesian |
id-ID |
|
Italian |
it |
|
Japanese |
ja-JP |
|
Latvian |
lv-LV |
|
Lithuanian |
lt-LT |
|
Malay |
ms-MY |
|
Norwegian |
no-NO |
|
Polish |
pl-PL |
|
Portuguese |
pt-PT |
|
Portuguese (Brazilian) |
pt-BR |
|
Romanian |
ro-RO |
|
Russian |
ru-RU |
|
Serbian |
sr-YU |
|
Slovak |
sk-SK |
|
Slovenian |
sl-SI |
|
Spanish |
es-ES |
|
Spanish (Latin America) |
es-US |
|
Swedish |
sv |
|
Tagalog |
tl-PH |
|
Taiwan |
zh-TW |
|
Thai |
th-TH |
|
Turkish |
tr-TR |
|
Ukrainian |
uk-UA |
|
Urdu |
ur |
|
Vietnamese |
vi-VN |
|
Language |
Locale |
|---|---|
|
Afrikaans |
af-ZA |
|
Albanian |
sq |
|
Amharic |
am-ET |
|
Armenian |
hy |
|
Assamese |
as-IN |
|
Azeri |
az-AZ |
|
Belarusian |
be |
|
Bengali |
bn |
|
Bengali_BD |
bn-BD |
|
Bosnian |
bs-BA |
|
Chinese (Traditional) |
zh-TW |
|
Euskara |
eu |
|
Georgian |
ka-GE |
|
Gujarati |
gu-IN |
|
Hausa |
ha |
|
Igbo |
ig-NG |
|
Kannada |
kn-IN |
|
Kashmiri |
ks-IN |
|
Kazak |
kk-KZ |
|
Khmer |
km-KH |
|
Kirghiz |
ky-KG |
|
Lao |
lo-LA |
|
Lingala |
ln |
|
Macedonian |
mk-MK |
|
Malayalam |
ml-IN |
|
Marathi |
mr-IN |
|
Mongolian |
mn-MN |
|
Oriya |
or-IN |
|
Persian |
fa-AF |
|
Punjabi |
pa |
|
Pushto |
ps |
|
Sesotho |
st |
|
Sinhala |
si-LK |
|
Swahili |
sw |
|
Tamil |
ta |
|
Tajik |
tg-TJ |
|
Telugu |
te-IN |
|
Turkmen |
tk |
|
Uzbek |
uz-UZ |
|
Xhosa |
xh |
|
Yoruba |
yo |
|
Zulu |
zu |