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Solaris 10 6/06 Supported Locales

This page lists the complete set of locales supported in Solaris 10 6/06. (Note: The locales listed in the Solaris 10 Locale Patches article, are the new locales first shipped with the 6/06 release).
The complete list of locales shipped with this release, are grouped by region:
Asia Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

hi_IN.UTF-8

English 

India 

UTF-8 

Hindi (UTF-8) Unicode 4.0 

ja

Japanese 

Japan 

eucJP [eucJP signifies the Japanese EUC code set. Specification of ja_JP.eucJP locale conforms to UI_OSF Japanese Environment Implementation Agreement Version 1.1 and ja locale conforms to the traditional specification from the past Solaris releases. ]

Japanese (EUC) 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0201-1976 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0208-1990 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0212-1990 

ja_JP.eucJP

Japanese 

Japan 

eucJP 

Japanese (EUC) 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0201-1976 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0208-1990 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0212-1990 

ja_JP.PCK

Japanese 

Japan 

PCK [PCK is also known as Shift_JIS (SJIS).]

Japanese (PC Kanji) 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0201-1976 

 

 

 

 

JIS X 0208-1990 

ja_JP.UTF-8

Japanese 

Japan 

UTF-8 

Japanese (UTF-8) Unicode 4.0 

ko_KR.EUC

Korean 

Korea 

1001 

Korean (EUC) KS X 1001 

ko_KR.UTF-8

Korean 

Korea 

UTF-8 

Korean (UTF-8) Unicode 4.0 

th_TH.UTF-8

English 

Thailand 

UTF-8 

Thai (UTF-8) Unicode 4.0 

th_TH.TIS620

English 

Thailand 

TIS620.2533 

Thai TIS620.2533 

zh_CN.EUC

Simplified Chinese 

PRC 

gb2312 [gb2312 signifies Simplified Chinese EUC code set, which contains GB 1988–80 and GB 2312–80.]

Simplified Chinese (EUC) GB2312-1980 

zh_CN.GBK

Simplified Chinese 

PRC 

GBK [GBK signifies GB extensions. These extensions include all GB 2312–80 characters and all Unified Han characters of ISO/IEC 10646–1, as well as Japanese Hiragana and Katakana characters. GBK also includes many characters of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean character sets and of ISO/IEC 10646–1.]

Simplified Chinese (GBK)  

zh_CN.GB18030

Simplified Chinese 

PRC 

GB18030–2000 

 

Simplified Chinese (GB18030–2000) GB18030–2000 

zh_CN.UTF-8

Simplified Chinese 

PRC 

UTF-8 

Simplified Chinese (UTF-8) Unicode 4.0 

zh_HK.BIG5HK

Traditional Chinese 

Hong Kong 

Big5+HKSCS 

Traditional Chinese (BIG5+HKSCS) 

zh_HK.UTF-8

Traditional Chinese 

Hong Kong 

UTF-8  

Traditional Chinese (UTF-8) Unicode 4.0 

zh_TW.EUC

Traditional Chinese 

Taiwan 

cns11643 

Traditional Chinese (EUC) CNS 11643-1992 

zh_TW.BIG5

Traditional Chinese 

Taiwan 

BIG5 

Traditional Chinese (BIG5) 

zh_TW.UTF-8

Traditional Chinese 

Taiwan 

UTF-8 

Traditional Chinese (UTF-8) Unicode 4.0 

Australasia Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

en_AU.ISO8859-1

English 

Australia 

ISO8859-1 

English (Australia)  

en_AU.UTF-8

English 

Australia 

UTF-8 

English (Australia)  

en_NZ.ISO8859-1

English 

New Zealand 

ISO8859-1 

English (New Zealand) 

en_NZ.UTF-8

English 

New Zealand 

UTF-8 

English (New Zealand) 

Central America Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

es_CR.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Costa Rica 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Costa Rica) 

es_CR.UTF-8

Spanish 

Costa Rica 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Costa Rica) 

es_GT.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Guatemala 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Guatemala) 

es_GT.UTF-8

Spanish 

Guatemala 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Guatemala) 

es_NI.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Nicaragua 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Nicaragua) 

es_NI.UTF-8

Spanish 

Nicaragua 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Nicaragua) 

es_PA.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Panama 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Panama) 

es_PA.UTF-8

Spanish 

Panama 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Panama) 

es_SV.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

El Salvador 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (El Salvador) 

es_SV.UTF-8

Spanish 

El Salvador 

UTF-8 

Spanish (El Salvador) 

Central Europe Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

cs_CZ.ISO8859-2

English 

Czech Republic 

ISO8859-2 

Czech (Czech Republic) 

de_AT.ISO8859-1

German  

Austria 

ISO8859-1 

German (Austria)  

de_AT.ISO8859-15

German 

Austria 

ISO8859-15 

German (Austria, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

de_AT.UTF-8

English 

Austria 

UTF-8 

German (Austria) 

de_CH.ISO8859-1

German 

Switzerland 

ISO8859-1 

German (Switzerland)  

de_CH.UTF-8

German 

Switzerland 

UTF-8 

German (Switzerland)  

de_DE.UTF-8

German  

Germany 

UTF-8 

German (Germany, Unicode 4.0) 

de_DE.ISO8859-1

German  

Germany 

ISO8859-1 

German (Germany) 

de_DE.ISO8859-15

German 

Germany 

ISO8859-15 

German (Germany, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

fr_CH.ISO8859-1

French 

Switzerland 

ISO8859-1 

French (Switzerland) 

fr_CH.UTF-8

French 

Switzerland 

UTF-8 

French (Switzerland) 

hu_HU.ISO8859-2

English 

Hungary 

ISO8859-2 

Hungarian (Hungary) 

hu_HU.ISO8859-2

English 

Hungary 

ISO8859-2 

Hungarian (Hungary) 

hu_HU.UTF-8

English 

Hungary 

UTF-8 

Hungarian (Hungary) 

pl_PL.ISO8859-2

English 

Poland 

ISO8859-2 

Polish (Poland) 

pl_PL.UTF-8

English 

Poland 

UTF-8 

Polish (Poland, Unicode 4.0) 

sk_SK.ISO8859-2

English 

Slovakia 

ISO8859-2 

Slovak (Slovakia) 

sk_SK.UTF-8

English 

Slovakia 

UTF-8 

Slovak (Slovakia) 

Eastern Europe Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

bg_BG.ISO8859-5

English 

Bulgaria 

ISO8859-5 

Bulgarian (Bulgaria) 

bg_BG.UTF-8

English 

Bulgaria 

UTF-8 

Bulgarian (Bulgaria) 

et_EE.ISO8859-15

English 

Estonia 

ISO8859-15 

Estonian (Estonia) 

et_EE.UTF-8

English 

Estonia 

UTF-8 

Estonian (Estonia) 

hr_HR.ISO8859-2

English 

Croatia 

ISO8859-2 

Croatian (Croatia) 

hr_HR.UTF-8

English 

Croatia 

UTF-8 

Croatian (Croatia) 

lt_LT.ISO8859-13

English 

Lithuania 

ISO8859-13 

Lithuanian (Lithuania) 

lt_LT.UTF-8

English 

Lithuania 

UTF-8 

Lithuanian (Lithuania) 

lv_LV.ISO8859-13

English 

Latvia 

ISO8859-13 

Latvian (Latvia) 

lv_LV.UTF-8

English 

Latvia 

UTF-8 

Latvian (Latvia) 

mk_MK.ISO8859-5

English 

Macedonia 

ISO8859-5 

Macedonian (Macedonia) 

mk_MK.UTF-8

English 

Macedonia 

UTF-8 

Macedonian (Macedonia) 

ro_RO.ISO8859-2

English 

Romania 

ISO8859-2 

Romanian (Romania) 

ro_RO.UTF-8

English 

Romania 

UTF-8 

Romanian (Romania) 

ru_RU.KOI8-R

English 

Russia 

KOI8-R 

Russian (Russia, KOI8-R) 

ru_RU.ANSI1251

English 

Russia 

ansi-1251 

Russian (Russia, ANSI 1251) 

ru_RU.ISO8859-5

English 

Russia 

ISO8859-5 

Russian (Russia) 

ru_RU.UTF-8

English 

Russia 

UTF-8 

Russian (Russia, Unicode 4.0) 

sh_BA.ISO8859-2@bosnia

English 

Bosnia 

ISO8859-2 

Bosnian (Bosnia) 

sh_BA.UTF-8@bosnia

English 

Bosnia 

UTF-8 

Bosnian (Bosnia) 

sl_SI.ISO8859-2

English 

Slovenia 

ISO8859-2 

Slovenian (Slovenia) 

sl_SI.UTF-8

English 

Slovenia 

UTF-8 

Slovenian (Slovenia) 

sq_AL.ISO8859-2

English 

Albania 

ISO8859-2 

Albanian (Albania) 

sq_AL.UTF-8

English 

Albania 

UTF-8 

Albanian (Albania) 

sr_YU.ISO8859-5

English 

Serbia 

ISO8859-5 

Serbian (Serbia) 

sr_CS.UTF-8

English 

Serbia And Montenegro 

UTF-8 

Serbian (Serbia And Montenegro) 

tr_TR.ISO8859-9

English 

Turkey 

ISO8859-9 

Turkish (Turkey) 

tr_TR.UTF-8

English 

Turkey 

UTF-8 

Turkish (Turkey, Unicode 4.0 

Table 3–6 Middle East Locale

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

he

English 

Israel 

ISO8859-8 

Hebrew (Israel) 

he_IL.UTF-8

English 

Israel 

UTF-8

Hebrew (Israel) 

North Africa Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

ar_EG.UTF-8

English 

Egypt 

UTF-8 

Arabic (Egypt) 

ar

English 

Egypt 

ISO8859-6 

Arabic (Egypt) 

ar_SA.UTF-8

English 

Saudi Arabia 

UTF-8 

Arabic (Saudi Arabia) 

North America Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

en_CA.ISO8859-1

English 

Canada 

ISO8859-1 

English (Canada) 

en_CA.UTF-8

English 

Canada 

UTF-8 

English (Canada) 

en_US.ISO8859-1

English 

USA 

ISO8859-1 

English (U.S.A.) 

en_US.ISO8859-15

English 

USA 

ISO8859-15 

English (U.S.A., ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

en_US.UTF-8

English 

USA 

UTF-8 

English (U.S.A., Unicode 4.0) 

fr_CA.ISO8859-1

French 

Canada 

ISO8859-1 

French (Canada) 

fr_CA.UTF-8

French 

Canada 

UTF-8 

French (Canada) 

es_MX.ISO8859–1

Spanish 

Mexico 

ISO8859–1 

Spanish (Mexico) 

es_MX.UTF-8

Spanish 

Mexico 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Mexico) 

Northern Europe Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

da_DK.ISO8859–1

English 

Denmark 

ISO8859–1 

Danish (Denmark) 

da_DK.ISO8859–15

English 

Denmark 

ISO8859–15 

Danish (Denmark, ISO8859–15–Euro) 

da_DK.ISO8859–15

English 

Denmark 

UTF-8 

Danish (Denmark) 

fi_FI.ISO8859–1

English 

Finland 

ISO8859–1 

Finnish, Unicode 4.0 

fi_FI.ISO8859–15

English 

Finland 

ISO8859–15 

Finnish (Finland, ISO8859–15–Euro) 

fi_FI.UTF-8

English 

Finland 

UTF-8 

Finnish (Finland) 

is_IS.ISO8859–1

English 

Iceland 

ISO8859–1 

Icelandic (Iceland) 

is_IS.UTF-8

English 

Iceland 

UTF-8 

Icelandic (Iceland) 

nn_NO.UTF-8

English 

Norway 

UTF-8 

Norwegian (Norway-Nynorsk) 

no_NO.ISO8859–1@bokmal

English 

Norway 

ISO8859–1 

Norwegian (Norway-Bokmal) 

no_NO.ISO8859–1@nyorsk

English 

Norway 

ISO8859–1 

Norwegian (Norway-Nynorsk) 

no_NO.UTF-8

English 

Norway 

ISO8859–1 

Norwegian (Norway-Bokmal) 

sv_SE.ISO8859–1

Swedish 

Sweden 

ISO8859–1 

Swedish (Sweden) 

sv_SE.ISO8859–15

Swedish 

Sweden 

ISO8859–15 

Swedish (Sweden, ISO8859–15–Euro) 

sv_SE.UTF-8

Swedish 

Sweden 

UTF-8 

Swedish (Sweden, Unicode 4.0) 

South America Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

es_AR.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Argentina 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Argentina) 

es_AR.UTF-8

Spanish 

Argentina 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Argentina) 

es_BO.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Bolivia 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Bolivia)  

es_BO.UTF-8

Spanish 

Bolivia 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Bolivia)  

es_CL.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Chile 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Chile) 

es_CL.UTF-8

Spanish 

Chile 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Chile) 

es_CO.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Colombia 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Colombia) 

es_CO.UTF-8

Spanish 

Colombia 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Colombia) 

es_EC.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Ecuador 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Ecuador)  

es_EC.UTF-8

Spanish 

Ecuador 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Ecuador)  

es_PE.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Peru 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Peru) 

es_PE.UTF-8

Spanish 

Peru 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Peru) 

es_PY.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Paraguay 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Paraguay) 

es_PY.UTF-8

Spanish 

Paraguay 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Paraguay) 

es_UY.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Uruguay 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Uruguay) 

es_UY.UTF-8

Spanish 

Uruguay 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Uruguay) 

es_VE.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Venezuela 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Venezuela) 

es_VE.UTF-8

Spanish 

Venezuela 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Venezuela) 

pt_BR.ISO8859-1

English 

Brazil 

ISO8859-1 

Portuguese (Brazil) 

pt_BR.UTF-8

English 

Brazil 

UTF-8 

Portuguese (Brazil, Unicode 4.0) 

Southern Europe Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

ca_ES.ISO8859-1

English 

Spain 

ISO8859-1 

Catalan (Spain) 

ca_ES.UTF-8

English 

Spain 

UTF-8 

Catalan (Spain) 

ca_ES.ISO8859-15

English 

Spain 

ISO8859-15 

Catalan (Spain, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

el_CY.UTF-8

English 

Cyprus 

UTF-8 

Greek (Cyprus)

el_GR.ISO8859-7

English 

Greece 

ISO8859-7 

Greek (Greece) 

el_GR.UTF-8

English 

Greece 

UTF-8 

Greek (Greece) 

es_ES.ISO8859-1

Spanish 

Spain 

ISO8859-1 

Spanish (Spain) 

es_ES.ISO8859-15

Spanish 

Spain 

ISO8859-15 

Spanish (Spain, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

es_ES.UTF-8

Spanish 

Spain 

UTF-8 

Spanish (Spain, Unicode 4.0) 

it_IT.ISO8859-1

Italian 

Italy 

ISO8859-1 

Italian (Italy) 

it_IT.ISO8859-15

Italian 

Italy 

ISO8859-15 

Italian (Italy, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

it_IT.UTF-8

Italian 

Italy 

UTF-8 

Italian (Italy, Unicode 4.0) 

mt_MT.UTF-8

English 

Malta 

UTF-8 

Maltese (Malta) 

en_MT.UTF-8

English 

Malta 

UTF-8 

English (Malta) 

pt_PT.ISO8859-1

English 

Portugal 

ISO8859-1 

Portuguese (Portugal) 

pt_PT.UTF-8

English 

Portugal 

UTF-8 

Portuguese (Portugal) 

pt_PT.ISO8859-15

English 

Portugal 

ISO8859-15 

Portuguese (Portugal, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

Western Europe Locales

Locale 

User Interface 

Territory 

Code Set 

Language Support 

de_LU.UTF-8

German 

Luxembourg 

UTF-8 

German (Luxembourg) 

en_GB.UTF-8

English 

Great Britain 

UTF-8 

English (Great Britain) 

en_GB.ISO8859-1

English 

Great Britain 

ISO8859-1 

English (Great Britain) 

en_GB.ISO8859-15

English 

Great Britain 

ISO8859-15 

English (Great Britain, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

en_IE.ISO8859-1

English 

Ireland 

ISO8859-1 

English (Ireland) 

en_IE.ISO8859-15

English 

Ireland 

ISO8859-1 

English (Ireland, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

en_IE.UTF-8

English 

Ireland 

UTF-8 

English (Ireland) 

fr_BE.ISO8859-1

French 

Belgium-Walloon 

ISO8859-1  

French (Belgium-Walloon, Unicode 4.0) 

fr_BE.ISO8859-15

French 

Belgium-Walloon 

ISO8859-15 

French (Belgium-Walloon, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

fr_BE.UTF-8

French 

Belgium-Walloon 

UTF-8 

French (Belgium-Walloon, Unicode 4.0) 

fr_FR.ISO8859-1

French 

France 

ISO8859-1 

French (France) 

fr_FR.ISO8859-15

French 

France 

ISO8859-15 

French (France, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

fr_FR.UTF-8

French 

France 

UTF-8 

French (France, Unicode 4.0) 

fr_LU.UTF-8

French 

Luxembourg 

UTF-8 

French (Luxembourg) 

nl_BE.ISO8859-1

English 

Belgium-Flemish  

ISO8859-1 

Dutch (Belgium-Flemish) 

nl_BE.ISO8859-15

English 

Belgium-Flemish  

ISO8859-15 

Dutch (Belgium-Flemish, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

nl_BE.UTF-8

English 

Belgium-Flemish  

UTF-8 

Dutch (Belgium-Flemish) 

nl_NL.ISO8859-1

English 

Netherlands 

ISO8859-1 

Dutch (Netherlands) 

nl_NL.ISO8859-15

English 

Netherlands 

ISO8859-15 

Dutch (Netherlands, ISO8859-15 - Euro) 

nl_NL.UTF-8

English 

Netherlands 

UTF-8 

Dutch (Netherlands)