> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.wproofreader.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.wproofreader.com/v6.11.0/features/supported-languages.md).

# Supported languages

You may try to evaluate spell & grammar checking functionality for a chosen language on the [supported languages demo page](https://webspellchecker.com/additional-dictionaries/).

Here is a list of all available and supported languages with their short codes. At the moment as a part of the cloud service we provide support for 82 languages and autodetect.

* The language codes have the following format: \[language\_code]\_\[country\_code].
* The next language and country codes standards have been used: [ISO 639‑1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1) and [ISO 3166-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1).
* The default language for localization of user interface is **American English**. If not defined explicitly, the interface language will be set based on the browser localization.
* Default language is `auto`. The system will try to define the language automatically based on the text if not explicitly specified.
* You can choose the desired list of languages while subscribing to the cloud version or installing the standalone one.

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th>Language</th><th>Spelling</th><th>Grammar</th><th>Style</th><th>AIWA</th><th>Medical lexicon</th><th>Legal lexicon</th><th>Country</th><th>Short code</th><th>UI localization code</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Autodetect</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>auto</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Afrikaans</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>South Africa</td><td>af_ZA</td><td>af</td></tr><tr><td>Albanian</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Albania</td><td>sq_AL</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Amharic</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Ethiopia</td><td>am_ET</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Arabic (Saudi Arabia)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Saudi Arabia</td><td>ar_SA</td><td>ar</td></tr><tr><td>Basque</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Spain</td><td>eu_ES</td><td>eu</td></tr><tr><td>Bengali</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>bn_IN</td><td>bn</td></tr><tr><td>Bulgarian</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Bulgaria</td><td>bg_BG</td><td>bg</td></tr><tr><td>Catalan (Catalonia)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Spain</td><td>ca_ES</td><td>ca</td></tr><tr><td>Catalan (Valencia)</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Spain</td><td>cat_ES</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Croatian</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Croatia</td><td>hr_HR</td><td>hr</td></tr><tr><td>Czech</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Czech Republic</td><td>cs_CZ</td><td>cs</td></tr><tr><td>Danish</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>Denmark</td><td>da_DK</td><td>da</td></tr><tr><td>Dutch (Netherlands)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>The Netherlands</td><td>nl_NL</td><td>nl</td></tr><tr><td>English (Australia)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>Australia</td><td>en_AU</td><td>en-au</td></tr><tr><td>English (Canada)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>Canada</td><td>en_CA</td><td>en-ca</td></tr><tr><td>English (New Zealand)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>New Zealand</td><td>en_NZ</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>English (South Africa)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>South Africa</td><td>en_ZA</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>English (UK)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>The United Kingdom</td><td>en_GB</td><td>en-gb</td></tr><tr><td>English (US)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>United States</td><td>en_US</td><td>en-us</td></tr><tr><td>Estonian</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Estonia</td><td>et_EE</td><td>et</td></tr><tr><td>Finnish</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Finland</td><td>fi_FI</td><td>fi</td></tr><tr><td>French (Canada)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Canada</td><td>fr_CA</td><td>fr-ca</td></tr><tr><td>French (France)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>France</td><td>fr_FR</td><td>fr</td></tr><tr><td>Galician</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Spain</td><td>gl_ES</td><td>gl</td></tr><tr><td>German (Austria)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Austria</td><td>de_AT</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>German (Germany)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Germany</td><td>de_DE</td><td>de</td></tr><tr><td>German (Switzerland)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Switzerland</td><td>de_CH</td><td>de-ch</td></tr><tr><td>Greek</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Greece, Cyprus</td><td>el_GR</td><td>el</td></tr><tr><td>Hebrew</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Israel</td><td>he_HE</td><td>he</td></tr><tr><td>Hindi</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>hi_IN</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hungarian</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Hungary</td><td>hu_HU</td><td>hu</td></tr><tr><td>Icelandic</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Iceland</td><td>is_IS</td><td>is</td></tr><tr><td>Indonesian</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Indonesia</td><td>id_ID</td><td>id</td></tr><tr><td>Irish</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Ireland</td><td>ga_IE</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Italian (Italy)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Italy</td><td>it_IT</td><td>it</td></tr><tr><td>Japanese</td><td></td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Japan</td><td>ja_JP</td><td>ja</td></tr><tr><td>Korean</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>South Korea</td><td>ko_KR</td><td>ko</td></tr><tr><td>Latvian</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Latvia</td><td>lv_LV</td><td>lv</td></tr><tr><td>Lingala</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Dem. Rep. of Congo</td><td>ln_CD</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lithuanian</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Lithuania</td><td>lt_LT</td><td>lt</td></tr><tr><td>Luxembourgish</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Luxembourg</td><td>lb_LU</td><td>lb</td></tr><tr><td>Malay (Malaysia)</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Malaysia</td><td>ms_MY</td><td>ms</td></tr><tr><td>Malayalam</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>ml_IN</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Māori</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>New Zealand</td><td>mi_NZ</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mongolian</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Mongolia</td><td>mn_MN</td><td>mn</td></tr><tr><td>Northern Sotho</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>South Africa</td><td>ns_ZA</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Norwegian (Bokmål)</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>Norway</td><td>nb_NO</td><td>nb</td></tr><tr><td>Norwegian (Nynorsk)</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Norway</td><td>nn_NO</td><td>no</td></tr><tr><td>Polish</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>Poland</td><td>pl_PL</td><td>pl</td></tr><tr><td>Portuguese (Brazil)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>Brazil</td><td>pt_BR</td><td>pt-br</td></tr><tr><td>Portuguese (Portugal)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>Portugal</td><td>pt_PT</td><td>pt</td></tr><tr><td>Romanian (Romania)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Romania</td><td>ro_RO</td><td>ro</td></tr><tr><td>Russian</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Russia</td><td>ru_RU</td><td>ru</td></tr><tr><td>Russian (strict ё)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Russia</td><td>ry_RU</td><td>ru</td></tr><tr><td>Scottish Gaelic (UK)</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Gaelic Scotland</td><td>gd_GB</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Simplified Chinese</td><td></td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Mainland China, Singapore</td><td>zh_CN</td><td>zh-cn</td></tr><tr><td>Slovak</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Slovakia</td><td>sk_SK</td><td>sk</td></tr><tr><td>Slovenian</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Slovenia</td><td>sl_SI</td><td>sl</td></tr><tr><td>Southern Ndebele</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>South Africa</td><td>nr_ZA</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Southern Sotho</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>South Africa</td><td>st_ZA</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Argentina)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Argentina</td><td>es_AR</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Chile)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Chile</td><td>es_CL</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Colombia)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Columbia</td><td>es_CO</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Costa Rica)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Costa Rica</td><td>es_CR</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Dominican Republic)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>Dominican Republic</td><td>es_DO</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Mexico)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Mexico</td><td>es_MX</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Peru)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Peru</td><td>es_PE</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Puerto Rico)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Puerto Rico</td><td>es_PR</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Spain)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Spain</td><td>es_ES</td><td>es</td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Uruguay)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>Uruguay</td><td>es_UY</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Spanish (Venezuela)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>Venezuela</td><td>es_VE</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Swahili (Kenya)</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Kenya</td><td>sw_KE</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Swedish</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>Sweden, Finland</td><td>sv_SE</td><td>sv</td></tr><tr><td>Tagalog</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Philippines</td><td>tl_PH</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Telugu</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>India</td><td>te_IN</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tok Pisin</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Papua New Guinea</td><td>tpi_PG</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turkish</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Turkey</td><td>tr_TR</td><td>tr</td></tr><tr><td>Ukrainian</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>Ukraine</td><td>uk_UA</td><td>uk</td></tr><tr><td>Urdu</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Pakistan</td><td>ur_PK</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Vietnamese</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Vietnam</td><td>vi_VN</td><td>vi</td></tr><tr><td>Welsh</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Wales</td><td>cy_GB</td><td>cy</td></tr><tr><td>Xhosa</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>South Africa</td><td>xh_ZA</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Zulu</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>South Africa</td><td>zu_ZA</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>


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