National language keyboard types and SBCS code pages
This table lists the keyboard types and code pages for each national language supported by the IBM® i operating system. The Create Device Display (CRTDEVDSP) command uses the KBDTYPE parameter.
Language | KBDTYPE | EBCDIC character set | EBCDIC SBCS code page | EBCDIC CCSID |
---|---|---|---|---|
Albanian | ALI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Arabic | CLB | 00235 | 00420 | 00420 |
Austrian/ German | AGB | 00697 | 00273 | 00273 |
Austrian/German (MNCS) | AGI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Belgian MNCS | BLI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Brazilian Portuguese | BRB | 00697 | 00037 | 00037 |
Bulgarian | BGB | 01150 | 01025 | 01025 |
Canadian French | CAB | 00341 | 00260 | 65535 |
Canadian French MNCS | CAI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Croatian | YGI | 00959 | 00870 | 00870 |
Cyrillic | CYB | 00960 | 00880 | 00880 |
Czech | CSB | 00959 | 00870 | 00870 |
Danish | DMB | 00697 | 00277 | 00277 |
Danish MNCS | DMI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Finnish/Swedish | FNB | 00697 | 00278 | 00278 |
Finnish/Swedish MNCS | FNI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
French (Azerty) | FAB | 00697 | 00297 | 00297 |
French (Azerty) MNCS | FAI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
French (Qwerty) | FQB | 00697 | 00297 | 00297 |
French (Qwerty) MNCS | FQI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Greek (See note 2.) | GNB | 00925 | 00875 | 00875 |
Hebrew | NCB | 00941 | 00424 | 00424 |
Hungarian | HNB | 00959 | 00870 | 00870 |
Icelandic | ICB | 00697 | 00871 | 00871 |
Icelandic MNCS | ICI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
International | INB | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
International MNCS | INB | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Farsi (Iran) | IRB | 01219 | 01097 | 01097 |
Italian | ITB | 00697 | 00280 | 00280 |
Italian MNCS | ITI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Japanese-English | JEB | 00697 | 00281 | 65535 |
Japanese- English MNCS | JEI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Japanese Kanji and Katakana | JKB | 01172 | 00290 | 05026 |
Japanese Kanji and US English | JUB | 00697 | 00037 | See note 3. |
Japanese Katakana | KAB | 00332 | 00290 | 00290 |
Japanese Latin Extended | JPB | 01172 | 01027 | 01027 |
Korean | KOB | 01173 | 00833 | 00833 |
Latin 2 | ROB | 00959 | 00870 | 00870 |
Macedonian | MKB | 01150 | 01025 | 01025 |
Dutch (Netherlands) | NEB | 00697 | 00037 | 00037 |
Dutch (Netherlands) MNCS | NEI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Norwegian | NWB | 00697 | 00277 | 00277 |
Norwegian MNCS | NWI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Polish | PLB | 00959 | 00870 | 00870 |
Portuguese | PRB | 00697 | 00037 | 00037 |
Portuguese MNCS | PRI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Romanian | RMB | 00959 | 00870 | 00870 |
Russian | RUB | 01150 | 01025 | 01025 |
Serbian, Cyrillic | SQB | 01150 | 01025 | 01025 |
Serbian, Latin | YGI | 00959 | 00870 | 00870 |
Simplified Chinese | RCB | 01174 | 00836 | 00836 |
Slovakian | SKB | 00959 | 00870 | 00870 |
Slovenian | YGI | 00959 | 00870 | 00870 |
Spanish | SPB | 00697 | 00284 | 00284 |
Spanish MNCS | SPI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Spanish Speaking | SSB | 00697 | 00284 | 00284 |
Spanish Speaking MNCS | SSI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Swedish | SWB | 00697 | 00278 | 00278 |
Swedish MNCS | SWI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
French (Switzerland) MNCS | SFI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
German (Switzerland) MNCS | SGI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Thai | THB | 01176 | 00838 | 00838 |
Traditional Chinese | TAB | 01175 | 00037 | 00937 |
Turkish (Qwerty) | TKB | 01152 | 01026 | 01026 |
Turkish (F) | TRB | 01152 | 01026 | 01026 |
English (United Kingdom) | UKB | 00697 | 00285 | 00285 |
English (United Kingdom) MNCS | UKI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
English (United States and Canada) | USB | 00697 | 00037 | 00037 |
English (United States and Canada) MNCS | USI | 00697 | 00500 | 00500 |
Notes:
- For KBDTYPE GKB, the EBCDIC code page is 00423.
- Recommend SBCS CCSID 00037.