MAKELANGID

The MAKELANGID macro creates a language identifier from a primary language identifier and a sublanguage identifier.

WORD MAKELANGID(

USHORT usPrimaryLanguage,	// primary language identifier
USHORT usSubLanguage	// sublanguage identifier
);

Parameters

usPrimaryLanguage

Specifies the primary language identifier. This parameter can be one of the following values:

LANG_AFRIKAANS	LANG_ICELANDIC
LANG_ALBANIAN	LANG_INDONESIAN
LANG_ARABIC	LANG_ITALIAN
LANG_BASQUE	LANG_JAPANESE
LANG_BELARUSIAN	LANG_KOREAN
LANG_BULGARIAN	LANG_LATVIAN
LANG_CATALAN	LANG_LITHUANIAN
LANG_CHINESE	LANG_NEUTRAL
LANG_CROATIAN	LANG_NORWEGIAN
LANG_CZECH	LANG_POLISH
LANG_DANISH	LANG_PORTUGUESE
LANG_DUTCH	LANG_ROMANIAN
LANG_ENGLISH	LANG_RUSSIAN
LANG_ESTONIAN	LANG_SERBIAN
LANG_FAEROESE	LANG_SLOVAK
LANG_FARSI	LANG_SLOVENIAN
LANG_FINNISH	LANG_SPANISH
LANG_FRENCH	LANG_SWEDISH
LANG_GERMAN	LANG_THAI
LANG_GREEK	LANG_TURKISH
LANG_HEBREW	LANG_UKRANIAN
LANG_HUNGARIAN	LANG_VIETNAMESE

For a user-defined language, usPrimaryLanguage can be a value in the range 0x0200 to 0x03FF. All other values are reserved for system use.

usSubLanguage

Specifies the sublanguage identifier. This parameter can be one of the following values:

SUBLANG_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA	SUBLANG_GERMAN
SUBLANG_ARABIC_IRAQ	SUBLANG_GERMAN_SWISS
SUBLANG_ARABIC_EGYPT	SUBLANG_GERMAN_AUSTRIAN
SUBLANG_ARABIC_LIBYA	SUBLANG_GERMAN_LUXEMBOURG
SUBLANG_ARABIC_ALGERIA	SUBLANG_GERMAN_LIECHTENSTEIN
SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO	SUBLANG_ITALIAN
SUBLANG_ARABIC_TUNISIA	SUBLANG_ITALIAN_SWISS
SUBLANG_ARABIC_OMAN	SUBLANG_KOREAN
SUBLANG_ARABIC_YEMEN	SUBLANG_KOREAN_JOHAB
SUBLANG_ARABIC_SYRIA	SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
SUBLANG_ARABIC_JORDAN	SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL
SUBLANG_ARABIC_LEBANON	SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_NYNORSK
SUBLANG_ARABIC_KUWAIT	SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE
SUBLANG_ARABIC_UAE	SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN
SUBLANG_ARABIC_BAHRAIN	SUBLANG_SERBIAN_LATIN
SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR	SUBLANG_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC
SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL	SUBLANG_SPANISH
SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED	SUBLANG_SPANISH_MEXICAN
SUBLANG_CHINESE_HONGKONG	SUBLANG_SPANISH_MODERN
SUBLANG_CHINESE_SINGAPORE	SUBLANG_SPANISH_GUATEMALA
SUBLANG_DEFAULT	SUBLANG_SPANISH_COSTA_RICA
SUBLANG_DUTCH	SUBLANG_SPANISH_PANAMA
SUBLANG_DUTCH_BELGIAN	SUBLANG_SPANISH_DOMINICAN_ REPUBLIC
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US	SUBLANG_SPANISH_VENEZUELA
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK	SUBLANG_SPANISH_COLOMBIA
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_AUS	SUBLANG_SPANISH_PERU
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CAN	SUBLANG_SPANISH_ARGENTINA
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_NZ	SUBLANG_SPANISH_ECUADOR
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_EIRE	SUBLANG_SPANISH_CHILE
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_SOUTH_ AFRICA	SUBLANG_SPANISH_URUGUAY
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_JAMAICA	SUBLANG_SPANISH_PARAGUAY
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CARIBBEAN	SUBLANG_SPANISH_BOLIVIA
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_BELIZE	SUBLANG_SPANISH_EL_SALVADOR
SUBLANG_ENGLISH_TRINIDAD	SUBLANG_SPANISH_HONDURAS
SUBLANG_FRENCH	SUBLANG_SPANISH_NICARAGUA
SUBLANG_FRENCH_BELGIAN	SUBLANG_SPANISH_PUERTO_RICO
SUBLANG_FRENCH_CANADIAN	SUBLANG_SWEDISH
SUBLANG_FRENCH_SWISS	SUBLANG_SWEDISH_FINLAND
SUBLANG_FRENCH_LUXEMBOURG	SUBLANG_SYS_DEFAULT

For a user-defined sublanguage, usSubLanguage can be a value in the range 0x20 to 0x3F. All other values are reserved for system use.

Return Values

The return value is a language identifier.

Remarks

The following three combinations of usPrimaryLanguage and usSubLanguage have special meaning:

Primary language ID	Sublanguage ID	Meaning
LANG_NEUTRAL	SUBLANG_NEUTRAL	Language neutral
LANG_NEUTRAL	SUBLANG_DEFAULT	User default language
LANG_NEUTRAL	SUBLANG_SYS_DEFAULT	System default language

The MAKELANGID macro is defined as follows:

#define MAKELANGID(p, s) ((((WORD) (s)) << 10) | (WORD) (p))

See Also

EnumSystemLocales, LANGIDFROMLCID, MAKELCID, PRIMARYLANGID, SUBLANGID

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