--- title: "Supported Languages" description: "Contentstack offers over 200 supported languages that are either country-specific, area-specific, or generic. Learn more about these types of languages here." url: "https://www.contentstack.com/docs/headless-cms/supported-languages" product: "Contentstack" doc_type: "guide" audience: - developers - admins version: "current" last_updated: "2026-08-10" --- # Supported Languages Contentstack supports over 200 languages. **Additional Resource:** You can [add custom languages](/docs/headless-cms/add-a-custom-language) of your choice to your stack. Once generated, you will be able to create and publish entries in the custom language. These languages are either country-specific languages, area-specific languages, or generic languages. Let’s learn more about these three types of languages. ## Country-specific Languages Country-specific languages are languages that are used in a country. A country can have multiple languages, and a language can be used in multiple countries. Hence, we support various combinations of countries and languages. Examples of country-specific languages include “English - United States,” “English - United Kingdom, ” “French - Canada,” “Spanish - Spain,” and “Spanish - Peru.” ## Area-Specific Languages Area-specific languages are languages that are used in geographically supranational areas. A region can have multiple languages, and a language can have multiple regions. With area-specific languages, you can create content that caters to a specific continent or a group of politically or economically influential countries (for example, all Latin American regions). An area code consists of a language code (for example, en) and a 3-digit number (for example, 419) that identifies a specific region. Examples of area-specific languages include “English - Central America,” “English - Western Europe, ” “French - Northern Europe,” “Spanish - Latin America,” and “Spanish - South America.” ## Generic Languages Generic languages are languages that are not tied to any country or region, such as “English,” “French,” “Spanish,” or “Chinese.” With generic languages, you can create content that caters to broader regions or audiences (for example, all English-speaking visitors). Alternatively, you can use generic languages to create base content for similar languages, and then localize content as and when required for country-specific markets. ## Language Code Format In Contentstack, each supported language is identified by a corresponding code: * **Country-specific languages**: The code comprises two designators (language and country), separated by a hyphen (-) * **Area-specific languages**: The code comprises two designators (language and area), separated by a hyphen (-) * **Generic languages**: The code contains just one designator (language) **Examples** “en-us” for English - United States “fr-fr” for French - France “es-ar” for Spanish - Argentina “es-419” for Spanish - Latin America “en-155” for English - Western Europe “en” for English ## Code Standards For the language designator, Contenstack uses [ISO 639-1 Alpha-2 standard](http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php). For the country designator, Contentstack uses [ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 country code](https://datahub.io/core/country-list). For the area designator, Contentstack uses [UN M49 standard area code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_M49#Code_lists). **Note**: If you do not want to follow the standard code formats, you can [create a custom language](/docs/headless-cms/add-a-custom-language) of your choice and add it to your stack. Once generated, you will be able to create and publish entries in the custom language. ## List of Supported Languages Contentstack supports over 200 languages. The following table lists all the languages that you can use to localize your entries: Sr. No. Supported Language Language Code 1 Afrikaans - South Africa af-za 2 Albanian - Albania sq-al 3 Arabic ar 4 Arabic - Algeria ar-dz 5 Arabic - Bahrain ar-bh 6 Arabic - Egypt ar-eg 7 Arabic - Iraq ar-iq 8 Arabic - Jordan ar-jo 9 Arabic - Kuwait ar-kw 10 Arabic - Lebanon ar-lb 11 Arabic - Libya ar-ly 12 Arabic - Morocco ar-ma 13 Arabic - Oman ar-om 14 Arabic - Qatar ar-qa 15 Arabic - Saudi Arabia ar-sa 16 Arabic - Syria ar-sy 17 Arabic - Tunisia ar-tn 18 Arabic - United Arab Emirates ar-ae 19 Arabic - Yemen ar-ye 20 Armenian - Armenia hy-am 21 Azeri az 22 Azeri (Cyrillic) - Azerbaijan cy-az-az 23 Azeri (Latin) - Azerbaijan lt-az-az 24 Bahasa - Myanmar my-mm 25 Basque - Basque eu-es 26 Belarusian - Belarus be-by 27 Bosnian (Latin script) bs 28 Bulgarian - Bulgaria bg-bg 29 Catalan - Catalan ca-es 30 Chinese zh 31 Chinese - Australia zh-au 32 Chinese - Canada zh-ca 33 Chinese - China zh-cn 34 Chinese - France zh-fr 35 Chinese - Hong Kong SAR zh-hk 36 Chinese - Italy zh-it 37 Chinese - Macau SAR zh-mo 38 Chinese - Malaysia zh-my 39 Chinese - Myanmar zh-mm 40 Chinese - Singapore zh-sg 41 Chinese - South Africa zh-za 42 Chinese - Taiwan zh-tw 43 Chinese (Simplified) zh-chs 44 Chinese (Traditional) zh-cht 45 Chinese - United States zh-us 46 Croatian - Croatia hr-hr 47 Czech cs 48 Czech - Czech Republic cs-cz 49 Danish - Denmark da-dk 50 Dhivehi - Maldives div-mv 51 Dutch nl 52 Dutch - Belgium nl-be 53 Dutch - The Netherlands nl-nl 54 English en 55 English - Australia en-au 56 English - Austria en-at 57 English - Belgium en-be 58 English - Belize en-bz 59 English - Brazil en-br 60 English - Bulgaria en-bg 61 English - Canada en-ca 62 English - Caribbean en-cb 63 English - Chile en-cl 64 English - China en-cn 65 English - Colombia en-co 66 English - Czech Republic en-cz 67 English - Denmark en-dk 68 English - Dominican Republic en-do 69 English - Estonia en-ee 70 English - Finland en-fi 71 English - France en-fr 72 English - Germany en-de 73 English - Greece en-gr 74 English - Hong Kong en-hk 75 English - Hungary en-hu 76 English - India en-in 77 English - Indonesia en-id 78 English - Ireland en-ie 79 English - Italy en-it 80 English - Jamaica en-jm 81 English - Japan en-jp 82 English - Korea en-kr 83 English - Latvia en-lv 84 English - Lithuania en-lt 85 English - Luxembourg en-lu 86 English - Malaysia en-my 87 English - Mexico en-mx 88 English - New Zealand en-nz 89 English - Norway en-no 90 English - Panama en-pa 91 Engish - Peru en-pe 92 English - Philippines en-ph 93 English - Poland en-pl 94 English - Portugal en-pt 95 English - Puerto Rico en-pr 96 English - Romania en-ro 97 English - Russia en-ru 98 English - Singapore en-sg 99 English - Slovakia en-sk 100 English - Slovenia en-si 101 English - South Africa en-za 102 English - Spain en-es 103 English - Sweden en-se 104 English - Switzerland en-ch 105 English - Thailand en-th 106 English - The Netherlands en-nl 107 English - Trinidad and Tobago en-tt 108 English - Tunisia en-tn 109 English - Turkey en-tr 110 English - United Kingdom en-gb 111 English - United States en-us 112 English - Uruguay en-uy 113 English - Uzbekistan en-uz 114 English - Venezuela en-ve 115 English - Vietnam en-vn 116 English - Zimbabwe en-zw 117 Estonian - Estonia et-ee 118 Faroese - Faroe Islands fo-fo 119 Farsi - Iran fa-ir 120 Filipino - Philippines fil-ph 121 Finnish fi 122 Finnish - Finland fi-fi 123 French fr 124 French - Belgium fr-be 125 French - Canada fr-ca 126 French - France fr-fr 127 French - Luxembourg fr-lu 128 French - Monaco fr-mc 129 French - Switzerland fr-ch 130 French - Tunisia fr-tn 131 French - United States fr-us 132 Gaelic gd 133 Galician - Galician gl-es 134 Georgian - Georgia ka-ge 135 German de 136 German - Austria de-at 137 German - Germany de-de 138 German - Liechtenstein de-li 139 German - Luxembourg de-lu 140 German - Switzerland de-ch 141 Greek - Greece el-gr 142 Gujarati - India gu-in 143 Hebrew - Israel he-il 144 Hindi - India hi-in 145 Hungarian - Hungary hu-hu 146 Icelandic - Iceland is-is 147 Indonesian - Indonesia id-id 148 Italian it 149 Italian - Italy it-it 150 Italian - Switzerland it-ch 151 Japanese ja 152 Japanese - Japan ja-jp 153 Kannada - India kn-in 154 Kazakh - Kazakhstan kk-kz 155 Khmer - Cambodia km-kh 156 Konkani - India kok-in 157 Korean ko 158 Korean - Korea ko-kr 159 Kyrgyz - Kazakhstan ky-kz 160 Latvian - Latvia lv-lv 161 Lithuanian - Lithuania lt-lt 162 Luxembourgish - Luxembourg lb-lu 163 Macedonian (FYROM) mk-mk 164 Malay ms 165 Malay - Brunei ms-bn 166 Malay - Malaysia ms-my 167 Malay - Singapore ms-sg 168 Maltese mt 169 Marathi - India mr-in 170 Mongolian - Mongolia mn-mn 171 Norwegian no 172 Norwegian - Norway no-no 173 Norwegian (Bokmal) - Norway nb-no 174 Norwegian (Nynorsk) - Norway nn-no 175 Polish - Poland pl-pl 176 Portuguese pt 177 Portuguese - Brazil pt-br 178 Portuguese - Portugal pt-pt 179 Punjabi - India pa-in 180 Romanian - Romania ro-ro 181 Russian ru 182 Russian – Estonia ru-ee 183 Russian - Kazakhstan ru-kz 184 Russian - Latvia ru-lv 185 Russian - Lithuania ru-lt 186 Russian - Russia ru-ru 187 Russian-Ukraine ru-ua 188 Sanskrit - India sa-in 189 Serbian (Cyrillic) - Serbia cy-sr-sp 190 Serbian (Latin) - Serbia lt-sr-sp 191 Serbian - Montenegro sr-me 192 Slovak - Slovakia sk-sk 193 Slovenian - Slovenia sl-si 194 Spanish es 195 Spanish - Argentina es-ar 196 Spanish - Bolivia es-bo 197 Spanish - Chile es-cl 198 Spanish - Colombia es-co 199 Spanish - Costa Rica es-cr 200 Spanish - Dominican Republic es-do 201 Spanish - Ecuador es-ec 202 Spanish - El Salvador es-sv 203 Spanish - Guatemala es-gt 204 Spanish - Honduras es-hn 205 Spanish - Latin America es-419 206 Spanish - Mexico es-mx 207 Spanish - Nicaragua es-ni 208 Spanish - Panama es-pa 209 Spanish - Paraguay es-py 210 Spanish - Peru es-pe 211 Spanish - Puerto Rico es-pr 212 Spanish - Spain es-es 213 Spanish - United States es-us 214 Spanish - Uruguay es-uy 215 Spanish - Venezuela es-ve 216 Swahili - Kenya sw-ke 217 Swedish sv 218 Swedish - Finland sv-fi 219 Swedish - Sweden sv-se 220 Syriac - Syria syr-sy 221 Tagalog (Philippines) tl 222 Tamil - India ta-in 223 Tatar - Russia tt-ru 224 Telugu - India te-in 225 Thai - Norway th-no 226 Thai - Sweden th-sw 227 Thai - Thailand th-th 228 Turkish - Turkey tr-tr 229 Ukrainian - Ukraine uk-ua 230 Urdu - Pakistan ur-pk 231 Uzbek uz 232 Uzbek (Cyrillic) - Uzbekistan cy-uz-uz 233 Uzbek (Latin) - Uzbekistan lt-uz-uz 234 Vietnamese - United States vi-us 235 Vietnamese - Vietnam vi-vn 236 Xhosa xh 237 Zulu zu