Supported languages and locales

In addition to the many locales supported in full client mode, AIX® provides Server Side Support for many new Unicode locales.

Server-side locale support provides the following features:

  • Storage and manipulation of Unicode strings
  • Conversion facilities (iconv)
  • Formatting and parsing functions for numbers, currencies, date, time, and messages
  • Message facility to support translations of messages into various languages and availability to a program that is based on a user locale
  • Unicode conformant collation, normalization, and text boundary algorithms
  • Simultaneous availability of multiple locales in the same application
  • Code set independent locales such that all Unicode characters are usable in any locale

The following features are not provided for server-side locale support and must be provided by a client:

  • Graphical user interface
  • User input (for example, keyboard mapping, and input methods)
  • Final output (for example, display, fonts, character shaping, and printing)

In globalization support, the source files that contain locale definitions might be different and inconsistent because of different standards. Two major locale definitions are used to build locale objects: IBM® and Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) definitions.

Table 1. Unicode encoded languages and locales in AIX
Language Territory or region Code set Default locale name Aliases Translated? Client support provided? Default LFT keyboard ID CLDR locale? Introduced in AIX release
Afrikaans South Africa UTF-8 af_ZA.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Albanian Albania UTF-8 SQ_AL SQ_AL.UTF-8 No Yes 452 No 5.2 or earlier
Albanian Albania UTF-8 sq_AL.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Amharic Ethiopia UTF-8 am_ET.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Arabic Algeria UTF-8 AR_DZ AR_DZ.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Algeria UTF-8 ar_DZ.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Bahrain UTF-8 AR_BH AR_BH.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Bahrain UTF-8 ar_BH.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Default UTF-8 AR_AA AR_AA.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Egypt UTF-8 AR_EG AR_EG.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Egypt UTF-8 ar_EG.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Iraq UTF-8 ar_IQ.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Arabic Jordan UTF-8 AR_JO AR_JO.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Jordan UTF-8 ar_JO.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Kuwait UTF-8 AR_KW AR_KW.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Kuwait UTF-8 ar_KW.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Lebanon UTF-8 AR_LB AR_LB.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Lebanon UTF-8 ar_LB.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Libya UTF-8 ar_LY.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Arabic Mauritania UTF-8 ar_MR.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Arabic Morocco UTF-8 AR_MA AR_MA.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Morocco UTF-8 ar_MA.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Oman UTF-8 AR_OM AR_OM.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Oman UTF-8 ar_OM.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Qatar UTF-8 AR_QA AR_QA.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Qatar UTF-8 ar_QA.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Saudi Arabia UTF-8 AR_SA AR_SA.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Saudi Arabia UTF-8 ar_SA.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Syria UTF-8 AR_SY AR_SY.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Syria UTF-8 ar_SY.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Tunisia UTF-8 AR_TN AR_TN.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Tunisia UTF-8 ar_TN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic United Arab Emirates UTF-8 AR_AE AR_AE.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic United Arab Emirates UTF-8 ar_AE.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Arabic Yemen UTF-8 AR_YE AR_YE.UTF-8 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Yemen UTF-8 ar_YE.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Armenian Armenia UTF-8 hy_AM.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Assamese India UTF-8 AS_IN AS_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 485 Yes 5.3
Assamese India UTF-8 as_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Azerbaijani (Latin) Azerbaijan UTF-8 AZ_AZ AZ_AZ.UTF-8 No Yes 490 Yes 6.1
Azerbaijani (Latin) Azerbaijan UTF-8 az_Latn_AZ.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Basque Spain UTF-8 eu_ES.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Belarusian Belarus UTF-8 BE_BY BE_BY.UTF-8 No Yes 463 No 5.2 or earlier
Belarusian Belarus UTF-8 be_BY.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Bengali Bangladesh UTF-8 bn_BD.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Bengali India UTF-8 BN_IN BN_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 480 Yes 5.3
Bengali India UTF-8 bn_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Bosnian Bosnia UTF-8 bs_Latn_BA.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.2.1.0
Bulgarian Bulgaria UTF-8 BG_BG BG_BG.UTF-8 No Yes 442 No 5.2 or earlier
Bulgarian Bulgaria UTF-8 bg_BG.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.20
Burmese Myanmar UTF-8 my_MM.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.2.1.0
Catalan Spain UTF-8 CA_ES CA_ES.UTF-8 Yes Yes 173 No 5.2 or earlier
Catalan Spain UTF-8 ca_ES.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Chinese (Hans) China UTF-8 ZH_CN ZH_CN.UTF-8 Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Chinese (Hans) China UTF-8 zh_Hans_CN.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Chinese (Hans) Hong Kong S.A.R. of China UTF-8 ZH_HK ZH_HK.UTF-8 Yes Yes 467 No 5.2 or earlier
Chinese (Hans) Singapore UTF-8 ZH_SG ZH_SG.UTF-8 Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Chinese (Hans) Singapore UTF-8 zh_Hans_SG.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Chinese (Hant) Hong Kong S.A.R. of China UTF-8 zh_Hant_HK.UTF-8   Yes Yes 467 Yes 7.1.2.0
Chinese (Hant) Macao UTF-8 zh_Hant_MO.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.2.1.0
Chinese (Hant) Taiwan UTF-8 ZH_TW ZH_TW.UTF-8 Yes Yes 467 No 5.2 or earlier
Chinese (Hant) Taiwan UTF-8 zh_Hant_TW.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Croatian Croatia UTF-8 HR_HR HR_HR.UTF-8 No Yes 234 No 5.2 or earlier
Croatian Croatia UTF-8 hr_HR.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Czech Czech Republic UTF-8 CS_CZ CS_CZ.UTF-8 Yes Yes 234 No 5.2 or earlier
Czech Czech Republic UTF-8 cs_CZ.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Danish Denmark UTF-8 DA_DK DA_DK.UTF-8 No Yes 159 No 5.2 or earlier
Danish Denmark UTF-8 da_DK.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Dutch Belgium UTF-8 NL_BE NL_BE.UTF-8 No Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
Dutch Belgium UTF-8 nl_BE.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Dutch Netherlands UTF-8 NL_NL NL_NL.UTF-8 No Yes 143 No 5.2 or earlier
Dutch Netherlands UTF-8 nl_NL.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English Australia UTF-8 EN_AU EN_AU.UTF-8 Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English Australia UTF-8 en_AU.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English Belgium UTF-8 EN_BE EN_BE.UTF-8 Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
English Belgium UTF-8 en_BE.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English Canada UTF-8 EN_CA EN_CA.UTF-8 Yes Yes 445 No 5.2 or earlier
English Canada UTF-8 en_CA.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English Cameroon UTF-8 en_CM.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
English Ghana UTF-8 en_GH.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
English Hong Kong S.A.R. of China UTF-8 EN_HK EN_HK.UTF-8 Yes Yes 168 No 5.2 or earlier
English Hong Kong S.A.R. of China UTF-8 en_HK.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English India UTF-8 EN_IN EN_IN.UTF-8 Yes Yes 468 No 5.2 or earlier
English India UTF-8 en_IN.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English Ireland UTF-8 EN_IE EN_IE.UTF-8 Yes Yes 168 No 5.2 or earlier
English Ireland UTF-8 en_IE.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English Kenya UTF-8 en_KE.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
English Mauritius UTF-8 en_MU.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
English New Zealand UTF-8 EN_NZ EN_NZ.UTF-8 Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English New Zealand UTF-8 en_NZ.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English Nigeria UTF-8 en_NG.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
English Philippines UTF-8 EN_PH EN_PH.UTF-8 Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English Philippines UTF-8 en_PH.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English Singapore UTF-8 EN_SG EN_SG.UTF-8 Yes Yes 168 No 5.2 or earlier
English Singapore UTF-8 en_SG.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English South Africa UTF-8 EN_ZA EN_ZA.UTF-8 Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English South Africa UTF-8 en_ZA.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English Tanzania UTF-8 en_TZ.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
English United Kingdom UTF-8 EN_GB EN_GB.UTF-8 Yes Yes 166 No 5.2 or earlier
English United Kingdom UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English United States UTF-8 EN_US EN_US.UTF-8 Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English United States UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
English Zambia UTF-8 en_ZM.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Estonian Estonia UTF-8 ET_EE ET_EE.UTF-8 No Yes 454 No 5.3
Estonian Estonia UTF-8 et_EE.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Filipino (Latin) Philippines UTF-8 fil_PH.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Finnish Finland UTF-8 FI_FI FI_FI.UTF-8 No Yes 153 No 5.2 or earlier
Finnish Finland UTF-8 fi_FI.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
French Algeria UTF-8 fr_DZ.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
French Belgium UTF-8 FR_BE FR_BE.UTF-8 Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
French Belgium UTF-8 fr_BE.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
French Canada UTF-8 FR_CA FR_CA.UTF-8 Yes Yes 58 No 5.2 or earlier
French Canada UTF-8 fr_CA.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
French Cameroon UTF-8 fr_CM.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
French Democratic Republic of the Congo UTF-8 fr_CD.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
French France UTF-8 FR_FR FR_FR.UTF-8 Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
French France UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
French Ivory Coast UTF-8 fr_CI.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
French Luxembourg UTF-8 FR_LU FR_LU.UTF-8 Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
French Luxembourg UTF-8 fr_LU.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
French Mauritania UTF-8 fr_MR.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
French Mauritius UTF-8 fr_MU.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
French Morocco UTF-8 fr_MA.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
French Senegal UTF-8 fr_SN.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.3.0
French Switzerland UTF-8 FR_CH FR_CH.UTF-8 Yes Yes 150F No 5.2 or earlier
French Switzerland UTF-8 fr_CH.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
French Tunisia UTF-8 fr_TN.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Galician Spain UTF-8 gl_ES.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Ganda Uganda UTF-8 lg_UG.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Georgian Georgia UTF-8 ka_GE.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
German Austria UTF-8 DE_AT DE_AT.UTF-8 Yes Yes 129 No 5.2 or earlier
German Austria UTF-8 de_AT.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
German Germany UTF-8 DE_DE DE_DE.UTF-8 Yes Yes 129 No 5.2 or earlier
German Germany UTF-8 de_DE.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
German Luxembourg UTF-8 DE_LU DE_LU.UTF-8 Yes Yes 150G No 5.2 or earlier
German Luxembourg UTF-8 de_LU.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
German Switzerland UTF-8 DE_CH DE_CH.UTF-8 Yes Yes 150G No 5.2 or earlier
German Switzerland UTF-8 de_CH.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Greek Greece UTF-8 EL_GR EL_GR.UTF-8 No Yes 319 No 5.2 or earlier
Greek Greece UTF-8 el_GR.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Gujarati India UTF-8 GU_IN GU_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 477 No 5.3
Gujarati India UTF-8 gu_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Hausa Nigeria UTF-8 ha_Latn_NG.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Hebrew Israel UTF-8 HE_IL HE_IL.UTF-8 No Yes 115 No 5.2 or earlier
Hebrew Israel UTF-8 he_IL.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Hindi India UTF-8 HI_IN HI_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 468 No 5.2 or earlier
Hindi India UTF-8 hi_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Hungarian Hungary UTF-8 HU_HU HU_HU.UTF-8 Yes Yes 208 No 5.2 or earlier
Hungarian Hungary UTF-8 hu_HU.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Icelandic Iceland UTF-8 IS_IS IS_IS.UTF-8 No Yes 197 No 5.2 or earlier
Icelandic Iceland UTF-8 is_IS.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Igbo Nigeria UTF-8 ig_NG.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Indonesian Indonesia UTF-8 ID_ID ID_ID.UTF-8 No Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Indonesian Indonesia UTF-8 id_ID.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Italian Italy UTF-8 IT_IT IT_IT.UTF-8 Yes Yes 142 No 5.2 or earlier
Italian Italy UTF-8 it_IT.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Italian Switzerland UTF-8 IT_CH IT_CH.UTF-8 Yes Yes 150G No 5.2 or earlier
Italian Switzerland UTF-8 it_CH.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Japanese Japan UTF-8 JA_JP JA_JP.UTF-8 Yes Yes 194 No 5.2 or earlier
Japanese Japan UTF-8 ja_JP.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Kannada India UTF-8 KN_IN KN_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 483 Yes 5.3
Kannada India UTF-8 kn_IN.UTF-8 8 No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Kazakh Kazakhstan UTF-8 KK_KZ KK_KZ.UTF-8 No Yes 476 No 5.3
Kazakh Kazakhstan UTF-8 kk_Cyrl_KZ.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Khmer Cambodia UTF-8 km_KH.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Kinyarwanda Rwanda UTF-8 rw_RW.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Konkani India UTF-8 kok_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Korean South Korea UTF-8 KO_KR KO_KR.UTF-8 Yes Yes 413 No 5.2 or earlier
Korean South Korea UTF-8 ko_KR.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Lao Laos UTF-8 lo_LA.UTF-8 No No   103P   7.2.1.0
Latvian Latvia UTF-8 LV_LV LV_LV.UTF-8 No Yes 455 No 5.2 or earlier
Latvian Latvia UTF-8 lv_LV.UTF-8   No Yes 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Lithuanian Lithuania UTF-8 LT_LT LT_LT.UTF-8 No Yes 456 No 5.2 or earlier
Lithuanian Lithuania UTF-8 lt_LT.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Macedonian Macedonia UTF-8 MK_MK MK_MK.UTF-8 No Yes 449 No 5.2 or earlier
Macedonian Macedonia UTF-8 mk_MK.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Malay Malaysia UTF-8 MS_MY MS_MY.UTF-8 No Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Malay Malaysia UTF-8 ms_MY.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Malayalam India UTF-8 ML_IN ML_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 479 No 5.3
Malayalam India UTF-8 ml_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Maltese Malta UTF-8 MT_MT MT_MT.UTF-8 No Yes 491 No 6.1
Maltese Malta UTF-8 mt_MT.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Marathi India UTF-8 MR_IN MR_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 468 No 5.3
Marathi India UTF-8 mr_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Mongolian (Cyrillic) Mongolia UTF-8 mn_Cyrl_MN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Nepali India UTF-8 ne_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Nepali Nepal UTF-8 ne_NP.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Norwegian Bokmål Norway UTF-8 nb_NO.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Norwegian Nynorsk Norway UTF-8 nn_NO.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Oriya India UTF-8 OR_IN OR_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 482 Yes 5.3
Oriya India UTF-8 or_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.4.1.0
Oromo Ethiopia UTF-8 om_ET.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Polish Poland UTF-8 PL_PL PL_PL.UTF-8 Yes Yes 214 No 5.2 or earlier
Polish Poland UTF-8 pl_PL.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Portuguese Angola UTF-8 pt_AO.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Portuguese Brazil UTF-8 PT_BR PT_BR.UTF-8 Yes Yes 275 No 5.2 or earlier
Portuguese Brazil UTF-8 pt_BR.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Portuguese Macao UTF-8 pt_MO.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.2.1.0
Portuguese Mozambique UTF-8 pt_MZ.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Portuguese Portugal UTF-8 PT_PT PT_PT.UTF-8 No Yes 163 No 5.2 or earlier
Portuguese Portugal UTF-8 pt_PT.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Punjabi India UTF-8 PA_IN PA_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 484 Yes 5.3
Punjabi India UTF-8 pa_Guru_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Romanian Romania UTF-8 RO_RO RO_RO.UTF-8 No Yes 446 No 5.2 or earlier
Romanian Romania UTF-8 ro_RO.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Russian Russia UTF-8 RU_RU RU_RU.UTF-8 Yes Yes 441 No 5.2 or earlier
Russian Russia UTF-8 ru_RU.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Serbian (Latin) Montenegro UTF-8 sr_Latn_ME.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.2.1.0
Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbia UTF-8 sr_Cyrl_RS.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbia UTF-8 SR_SP SR_SP.UTF-8 No No 450 No 5.2 or earlier
Serbian (Latin) Serbia UTF-8 sr_Latn_RS.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Serbian (Latin) Serbia UTF-8 SH_SP SH_SP.UTF-8 No No 234 No 5.2 or earlier
Sinhala Sri Lanka UTF-8 si_LK.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Slovak Slovakia UTF-8 SK_SK SK_SK.UTF-8 Yes Yes 245 No 5.2 or earlier
Slovak Slovakia UTF-8 sk_SK.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Slovenian Slovenia UTF-8 SL_SI SL_SI.UTF-8 No Yes 234 No 5.2 or earlier
Slovenian Slovenia UTF-8 sl_SI.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Argentina UTF-8 ES_AR ES_AR.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Argentina UTF-8 es_AR.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Bolivia UTF-8 ES_BO ES_BO.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Bolivia UTF-8 es_BO.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Chile UTF-8 ES_CL ES_CL.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Chile UTF-8 es_CL.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Colombia UTF-8 ES_CO ES_CO.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Colombia UTF-8 es_CO.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Costa Rica UTF-8 ES_CR ES_CR.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Costa Rica UTF-8 es_CR.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Dominican Republic UTF-8 ES_DO ES_DO.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Dominican Republic UTF-8 es_DO.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Ecuador UTF-8 ES_EC ES_EC.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Ecuador UTF-8 es_EC.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish El Salvador UTF-8 ES_SV ES_SV.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish El Salvador UTF-8 es_SV.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Guatemala UTF-8 ES_GT ES_GT.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Guatemala UTF-8 es_GT.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Honduras UTF-8 ES_HN ES_HN.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Honduras UTF-8 es_HN.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Mexico UTF-8 ES_MX ES_MX.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Mexico UTF-8 es_MX.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Nicaragua UTF-8 ES_NI ES_NI.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Nicaragua UTF-8 es_NI.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Panama UTF-8 ES_PA ES_PA.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Panama UTF-8 es_PA.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Paraguay UTF-8 ES_PY ES_PY.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Paraguay UTF-8 es_PY.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Peru UTF-8 ES_PE ES_PE.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Peru UTF-8 es_PE.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Puerto Rico UTF-8 ES_PR ES_PR.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Puerto Rico UTF-8 es_PR.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Spain UTF-8 ES_ES ES_ES.UTF-8 Yes Yes 173 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Spain UTF-8 es_ES.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish United States UTF-8 ES_US ES_US.UTF-8 Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish United States UTF-8 es_US.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Uruguay UTF-8 ES_UY ES_UY.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Uruguay UTF-8 es_UY.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Spanish Venezuela UTF-8 ES_VE ES_VE.UTF-8 Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Venezuela UTF-8 es_VE.UTF-8   Yes No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Swahili Kenya UTF-8 sw_KE.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Swahili Tanzania UTF-8 sw_TZ.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Swedish Sweden UTF-8 SV_SE SV_SE.UTF-8 No Yes 153 No 5.2 or earlier
Swedish Sweden UTF-8 sv_SE.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Tamil India UTF-8 TA_IN TA_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 474 No 5.3
Tamil India UTF-8 ta_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Telugu India UTF-8 TE_IN TE_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 473 No 5.3
Telugu India UTF-8 te_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Thai Thailand UTF-8 TH_TH TH_TH.UTF-8 No Yes 191 No 5.2 or earlier
Thai Thailand UTF-8 th_TH.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Turkish Turkey UTF-8 TR_TR TR_TR.UTF-8 No Yes 179 No 5.2 or earlier
Turkish Turkey UTF-8 tr_TR.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Ukrainian Ukraine UTF-8 UK_UA UK_UA.UTF-8 No Yes 465 No 5.2 or earlier
Ukrainian Ukraine UTF-8 uk_UA.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Urdu India UTF-8 UR_IN UR_IN.UTF-8 No Yes 492 Yes 6.1
Urdu India UTF-8 ur_IN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Urdu Pakistan UTF-8 UR_PK UR_PK.UTF-8 No Yes 492 Yes 6.1
Urdu Pakistan UTF-8 ur_PK.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Uzbek Uzbekistan UTF-8 uz_Cyrl_UZ.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Uzbek Uzbekistan UTF-8 uz_Latn_UZ.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Vietnamese Vietnam UTF-8 VI_VN VI_VN.UTF-8 No Yes 461 No 5.2 or earlier
Vietnamese Vietnam UTF-8 vi_VN.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.2.0
Welsh United Kingdom UTF-8 CY_GB CY_GB.UTF-8 No Yes 166W Yes 6.1
Welsh United Kingdom UTF-8 cy_GB.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.4.0
Yoruba (Latin) Nigeria UTF-8 yo_NG.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Zulu South Africa UTF-8 zu_ZA.UTF-8   No No 103P Yes 7.1.1.0
Table 2. Non-Unicode encoded languages and locales in AIX
Language Territory or region Code set Default locale name Aliases Translated? Client support provided? Default LFT keyboard ID CLDR locale? Introduced in AIX release
Albanian Albania ISO8859-15 sq_AL.8859-15   No Yes 452 No 5.2 or earlier
Albanian Albania ISO8859-1 sq_AL sq_AL.ISO8859-1 No Yes 452 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Algeria ISO8859-6 ar_DZ ar_DZ.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Bahrain ISO8859-6 ar_BH ar_BH.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Default ISO8859-6 ar_AA ar_AA.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Default IBM-1046 Ar_AA Ar_AA.IBM-1046 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Egypt ISO8859-6 ar_EG ar_EG.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Jordan ISO8859-6 ar_JO ar_JO.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Kuwait ISO8859-6 ar_KW ar_KW.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Lebanon ISO8859-6 ar_LB ar_LB.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Morocco ISO8859-6 ar_MA ar_MA.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Oman ISO8859-6 ar_OM ar_OM.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Qatar ISO8859-6 ar_QA ar_QA.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Saudi Arabia ISO8859-6 ar_SA ar_SA.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Syria ISO8859-6 ar_SY ar_SY.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Tunisia ISO8859-6 ar_TN ar_TN.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic United Arab Emirates ISO8859-6 ar_AE ar_AE.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Arabic Yemen ISO8859-6 ar_YE ar_YE.ISO8859-6 No Yes 253 No 5.2 or earlier
Belarusian Belarus ISO8859-5 be_BY be_BY.ISO8859-5 No Yes 463 No 5.2 or earlier
Bulgarian Bulgaria ISO8859-5 bg_BG bg_BG.ISO8859-5 No Yes 442 No 5.2 or earlier
Catalan Spain ISO8859-15 ca_ES.8859-15   Yes Yes 173 No 5.2 or earlier
Catalan Spain ISO8859-1 ca_ES ca_ES.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 173 No 5.2 or earlier
Catalan Spain IBM-1252 ca_ES.IBM-1252   Yes Yes 173 No 5.2 or earlier
Chinese (Hans) China IBM-eucCN zh_CN zh_CN.IBM-eucCN Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Chinese (Hans) China GB18030 zh_CN Zh_CN.GB18030 Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Chinese (Hant) Hong Kong S.A.R. of China BIG5-HKSCS Zh_HK Zh_HK.BIG5-HKSCS Yes Yes 467 No 5.2 or earlier
Chinese (Hant) Taiwan IBM-eucTW zh_TW zh_TW.IBM-eucTW Yes Yes 467 No 5.2 or earlier
Chinese (Hant) Taiwan big-5 Zh_TW Zh_TW.big-5 Yes Yes 467 No 5.2 or earlier
Croatian Croatia ISO8859-2 hr_HR hr_HR.ISO8859-2 No Yes 234 No 5.2 or earlier
Czech Czech Republic ISO8859-2 cs_CZ cs_CZ.ISO8859-2 Yes Yes 243 No 5.2 or earlier
Danish Denmark ISO8859-15 da_DK.8859-15   No Yes 159 No 5.2 or earlier
Danish Denmark ISO8859-1 da_DK da_DK.ISO8859-1 No Yes 159 No 5.2 or earlier
Dutch Belgium ISO8859-15 nl_BE.8859-15   No Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
Dutch Belgium ISO8859-1 nl_BE nl_BE.ISO8859-1 No Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
Dutch Belgium IBM-1252 nl_BE.IBM-1252   No Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
Dutch Netherlands ISO8859-15 nl_NL.8859-15   No Yes 143 No 5.2 or earlier
Dutch Netherlands ISO8859-1 nl_NL nl_NL.ISO8859-1 No Yes 143 No 5.2 or earlier
Dutch Netherlands IBM-1252 nl_NL.IBM-1252   No Yes 143 No 5.2 or earlier
English Australia ISO8859-15 en_AU.8859-15   No Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English Belgium ISO8859-15 en_BE.8859-15   Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
English Canada ISO8859-15 en_CA.8859-15   Yes Yes 445 No 5.2 or earlier
English Hong Kong S.A.R. of China ISO8859-15 en_HK.8859-15   Yes Yes 168 No 5.2 or earlier
English India ISO8859-15 en_IN.8859-15   Yes Yes 468 No 5.2 or earlier
English Ireland ISO8859-15 en_IE.8859-15   Yes Yes 168 No 5.2 or earlier
English New Zealand ISO8859-15 en_NZ.8859-15   Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English Philippines ISO8859-15 en_PH.8859-15   Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English Singapore ISO8859-15 en_SG.8859-15   Yes Yes 168 No 5.2 or earlier
English South Africa ISO8859-15 en_ZA.8859-15   Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English United Kingdom ISO8859-15 en_GB.8859-15   Yes Yes 166 No 5.2 or earlier
English United Kingdom ISO8859-1 en_GB en_GB.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 166 No 5.2 or earlier
English United Kingdom IBM-1252 en_GB.IBM-1252   Yes Yes 166 No 5.2 or earlier
English United States ISO8859-15 en_US.8859-15   Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English United States ISO8859-1 en_US en_US.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
English United States IBM-858 en_US.IBM-858   No No 103P No 7.1.5 Service Pack 2
Estonian Estonia ISO8859-4 et_EE et_EE.ISO8859-4 No Yes 454 No 5.2 or earlier
Estonian Estonia IBM-922 Et_EE Et_EE.IBM-922 No Yes 454 No 5.2 or earlier
Finnish Finland ISO8859-15 fi_FI.8859-15   No Yes 153 No 5.2 or earlier
Finnish Finland ISO8859-1 fi_FI fi_FI.ISO8859-1 No Yes 153 No 5.2 or earlier
Finnish Finland IBM-1252 fi_FI.IBM-1252   No Yes 153 No 5.2 or earlier
French Belgium ISO8859-15 fr_BE.8859-15   Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
French Belgium ISO8859-1 fr_BE fr_BE.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
French Belgium IBM-1252 fr_BE.IBM-1252   Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
French Canada ISO8859-15 fr_CA.8859-15   Yes Yes 58 No 5.2 or earlier
French Canada ISO8859-1 fr_CA fr_CA.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 58 No 5.2 or earlier
French France ISO8859-15 fr_FR.8859-15   Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
French France ISO8859-1 fr_FR fr_FR.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
French France IBM-1252 fr_FR.IBM-1252   Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
French Luxembourg ISO8859-15 fr_LU.8859-15   Yes Yes 120 No 5.2 or earlier
French Switzerland ISO8859-15 fr_CH.8859-15   Yes Yes 150F No 5.2 or earlier
French Switzerland ISO8859-1 fr_CH fr_CH.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 150F No 5.2 or earlier
German Austria ISO8859-15 de_AT.8859-15   Yes Yes 129 No 5.2 or earlier
German Germany ISO8859-15 de_DE.8859-15   Yes Yes 129 No 5.2 or earlier
German Germany ISO8859-1 de_DE de_DE.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 129 No 5.2 or earlier
German Germany IBM-1252 de_DE.IBM-1252   Yes Yes 129 No 5.2 or earlier
German Luxembourg ISO8859-15 de_LU.8859-15   Yes Yes 150G No 5.2 or earlier
German Switzerland ISO8859-15 de_CH.8859-15   Yes Yes 150G No 5.2 or earlier
German Switzerland ISO8859-1 de_CH de_CH.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 150G No 5.2 or earlier
Greek Greece ISO8859-7 el_GR el_GR.ISO8859-7 No Yes 319 No 5.2 or earlier
Hungarian Hungary ISO8859-2 hu_HU hu_HU.ISO8859-2 Yes Yes 208 No 5.2 or earlier
Icelandic Iceland ISO8859-15 is_IS.8859-15   No Yes 197 No 5.2 or earlier
Icelandic Iceland ISO8859-1 is_IS is_IS.ISO8859-1 No Yes 197 No 5.2 or earlier
Indonesian Indonesia ISO8859-15 id_ID.8859-15   No Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Italian Italy ISO8859-15 it_IT.8859-15   Yes Yes 142 No 5.2 or earlier
Italian Italy ISO8859-1 it_IT it_IT.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 142 No 5.2 or earlier
Italian Italy IBM-1252 it_IT.IBM-1252   Yes Yes 142 No 5.2 or earlier
Italian Switzerland ISO8859-15 it_CH.8859-15   Yes Yes 150G No 5.2 or earlier
Hebrew Israel ISO8859-8 iw_IL iw_IL.ISO8859-8 No Yes 115 No 5.2 or earlier
Japanese Japan IBM-eucJP ja_JP ja_JP.IBM-eucJP Yes Yes 194 No 5.2 or earlier
Japanese Japan IBM-943 Ja_JP Ja_JP.IBM-943 Yes Yes 194 No 5.2 or earlier
Korean South Korea IBM-eucKR ko_KR ko_KR.IBM-eucKR Yes Yes 413 No 5.2 or earlier
Latvian Latvia ISO8859-4 lv_LV lv_LV.ISO8859-4 No Yes 455 No 5.2 or earlier
Lithuanian Lithuania ISO8859-4 lt_LT lt_LT.ISO8859-4 No Yes 456 No 5.2 or earlier
Lithuanian Lithuania IBM-921 Lt_LT Lt_LT.IBM-921 No Yes 456 No 5.2 or earlier
Macedonian Macedonia ISO8859-5 mk_MK mk_MK.ISO8859-5 No Yes 449 No 5.2 or earlier
Malay Malaysia ISO8859-15 ms_MY.8859-15   No Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Polish Poland ISO8859-2 pl_PL pl_PL.ISO8859-2 Yes Yes 214 No 5.2 or earlier
Portuguese Brazil ISO8859-15 pt_BR.8859-15   Yes Yes 275 No 5.2 or earlier
Portuguese Brazil ISO8859-1 pt_BR pt_BR.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 275 No 5.2 or earlier
Portuguese Portugal ISO8859-15 pt_PT.8859-15   No Yes 163 No 5.2 or earlier
Portuguese Portugal ISO8859-1 pt_PT pt_PT.ISO8859-1 No Yes 163 No 5.2 or earlier
Portuguese Portugal IBM-1252 pt_PT.IBM-1252   No Yes 163 No 5.2 or earlier
POSIX POSIX ISO8859-1 C C.ISO8859-1 No Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Romanian Romania ISO8859-2 ro_RO ro_RO.ISO8859-2 No Yes 446 No 5.2 or earlier
Russian Russia ISO8859-5 ru_RU ru_RU.ISO8859-5 Yes Yes 441 No 5.2 or earlier
Slovak Slovakia ISO8859-2 sk_SK sk_SK.ISO8859-2 Yes Yes 245 No 5.2 or earlier
Slovenian Slovenia ISO8859-2 sl_SI sl_SI.ISO8859-2 No Yes 234 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Argentina ISO8859-15 es_AR.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Bolivia ISO8859-15 es_BO.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Chile ISO8859-15 es_CL.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Colombia ISO8859-15 es_CO.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Costa Rica ISO8859-15 es_CR.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Dominican Republic ISO8859-15 es_DO.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Ecuador ISO8859-15 es_EC.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish El Salvador ISO8859-15 es_SV.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Guatemala ISO8859-15 es_GT.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Honduras ISO8859-15 es_HN.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Mexico ISO8859-15 es_MX.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Nicaragua ISO8859-15 es_NI.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Panama ISO8859-15 es_PA.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Paraguay ISO8859-15 es_PY.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Peru ISO8859-15 es_PE.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Puerto Rico ISO8859-15 es_PR.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Spain ISO8859-15 es_ES.8859-15   Yes Yes 173 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Spain ISO8859-1 es_ES es_ES.ISO8859-1 Yes Yes 173 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Spain IBM-1252 es_ES.IBM-1252   Yes Yes 173 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish United States ISO8859-15 es_US.8859-15   Yes Yes 103P No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Uruguay ISO8859-15 es_UY.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Spanish Venezuela ISO8859-15 es_VE.8859-15   Yes Yes 171 No 5.2 or earlier
Swedish Sweden ISO8859-15 sv_SE.8859-15   No Yes 153 No 5.2 or earlier
Swedish Sweden ISO8859-1 sv_SE sv_SE.ISO8859-1 No Yes 153 No 5.2 or earlier
Thai Thailand TIS-620 th_TH th_TH.TIS-620 No Yes 191 No 5.2 or earlier
Turkish Turkey ISO8859-9 tr_TR tr_TR.ISO8859-9 No Yes 179 No 5.2 or earlier
Ukrainian Ukraine IBM-1124 Uk_UA Uk_UA.IBM-1124 No Yes 465 No 5.2 or earlier
Vietnamese Vietnam IBM-1129 Vi_VN Vi_VN.IBM-1129 No Yes 461 No 5.2 or earlier