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winnt.h
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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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