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iOS Supported Language Codes (ISO-639). Revised: May 2021. How do you name that .xliff or .lproj folder with your localization files? WhoWeAre OurTeam FAQ Blog Localization AppLocalization Gamelocalization WebsiteLocalization Copywriting English AppStoreDescription PressReleases Multilingual Transcreation FreeTools ForDevelopers Pseudolocalization iOSLocalizationTutorial AndroidLocalizationTutorial VideoGameLocalizationGuide AddingLocalizedAppDescriptions LocaleCodesforiOS/Android/Steam iOSPluralLocalization.stringsdict LocalizedScreenshotsQA ForLocalizationManagers HowWeCanHelp LocalizationStyleGuides iOSMultilingualTermGlossary LocalizingYourHelpCenter AppLocalization iOS/MacLocalization SupportedLanguages iOSSupportedLanguageCodes(ISO-639) Revised:May2021 Howdoyounamethat.xliffor.lprojfolderwithyourlocalizationfiles? iOScanbelocalizedinto100languagesandregions,butonly33languages(plus6regions)aresupportedinAppStoreConnect.(ApplehastranslatediOSitselfintoabout40+languages.)Thatmeansyourappcanbelocalizedintosomelanguages,likeChineseHongKong,buttheappdescriptionscannot.LanguageslikeArabicandHebrewwereaddedonlyiniOS13. Technically,youriOSappscanbelocalizedintoANYlanguage,eventhosenottranslatedbyApple,thoughusersarelesslikelytoselectsuchlanguages. We'veputtogetheratablethatwillhelpyouunderstandexactlywhichlanguagesandregionsyoucanservewithyouriOSapp,andtheproperlanguagecodes(ISO-639)touseforyour.lprojfolderswhereyoustorethelocalizations. LookingforGooglePlayStorelanguagecodes? Steamlanguagecodes? BookmarkBabble-on Didyouknowwehaveafreelocalizationportal? Freepseudolocalization FreeiOS/Androidtutorials Freelocalizationadvice Joinfree iOSlanguagecodetable iOSLanguageISO-639.lprojLanguagecode(ISO-639)iPhone/iPadAppStore ArabicariOS>13ONLY Catalanca Chinese Chinese(Simplified)zh-Hans Chinese(Traditional)zh-Hant Chinese(HongKong)zh-HK Croatianhr Czechcs Danishda Dutchnl English(U.S.)en English(UK)en-GB English(Australian)en-AU English(Canadian)en-CA English(Indian)en-IN English(Ireland)en-IE English(NewZealand)en-NZ English(Singapore)en-SG English(SouthAfrica)en-ZA Finnishfi Frenchfr French(Canadian)fr-CA Germande Greekel HebrewheiOS>13ONLY Hindihi Hungarianhu Indonesianid Italianit Japaneseja Koreanko Malayms Norwegian(Bokmal)nb Polishpl Portuguesept Portuguese(Brazil)pt-BR Romanianro Russianru Slovaksk Spanishes Spanish(LatinAmerica)es-419 Spanish(Mexico)es-MX Swedishsv Thaith Turkishtr Ukrainianuk Vietnamesevi Tweet Seealso:AppStoreLocalizationsatapple.com technicalnoteYoucanspecifyanyregionaldialectyouwish,ANDincludelanguagesthatApplehasnotyetlocalized.YouruserswillhavetoselectthelanguagefromthenewLanguageandRegionsettingsintheSettings.app.NotethatthelanguagewilldisplayonlyforusersrunningiOS8andabove.ForusersrunningpreviousversionsofiOS,thesystemwillactuallyignorethelocalizationfoldercompletelyforregionaldialectslikept-PTandforlanguageslikeFarsithathavenosystem-widelocalizations.Thoseuserswillseeyourapp'sdefaultlanguage. DoesiOSsupportregionsandlanguagesnotyetlocalizedbyApple? Answer:Yes,macOSdoesandsodoesiOSbeginningwithiOS8. FromtheAppleDeveloperGuide: Ifnecessary,youcanusealanguageorlocalecodethatisnotknowntotheNSBundleclassorCoreFoundationbundlefunctions.Forexample,youcouldcreateyourownlanguagedesignatorsforalanguagethatisnotyetlistedintheISOconventionsoravailableasalanguageinXcode. We'dlovetohelpyougetyourappreadyforlocalization. Seriously. FreePseudolocalization Pseudolocalizationhelpsfindthehard-codedstringsyouforgottolocalize.Wecanevenincreasethelengthby30%tomimicFrenchandotherlanguagesthattakeupextraroominyourGUI! Uploadyourstrings Orsendthefiletousbyemail.