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Supported languages

The table below contains a full list of languages that memoQ supports.

The main language code is the 3-letter one, this is what memoQ uses in file names by default. However, you can set up export rules or name mappings that contain the two-letter codes: those are listed as well.

Some languages are target-only: There are some languages that memoQ cannot use as a source language, so you cannot translate from these languages, only into them. This is because these languages are written in a script that does not mark the end or beginning of sentences, and memoQ cannot possibly break up the text into sensible segments. The following languages cannot be used as source languages, only target ones: Amharic, Burmese, Karen, Kayah (Myanmar), Lao, Mon, Shan, Thai, Tigrigna.

To set up non-Latin scripts: On the Quick access toolbar, click the Options icon. In the list, click Appearance. Choose an item from the Chinese font family, Japanese font family, or Korean font family dropdown. For other languages, click the Other scripts... link. In the Font family for other scripts window, find your language and choose a font family from its dropdown.

Supported languages

English name

3-letter code

2-letter code

Note

Afrikaans

afr

af

 

Akan

aka

ak

 

Albanian

alb

sq

 

Albanian (Albania)

alb-AL

sq-AL

 

Albanian (Kosovo)

alb-XK

sq-XK

 

Albanian (Macedonia)

alb-MK

sq-MK

 

Albanian (Montenegro)

alb-ME

sq-ME

 

Amharic

amh

am

Target language only

Arabic

ara

ar

 

Arabic (Algeria)

ara-DZ

ar-DZ

 

Arabic (Bahrain)

ara-BH

ar-BH

 

Arabic (Egypt)

ara-EG

ar-EG

 

Arabic (Iraq)

ara-IQ

ar-IQ

 

Arabic (Jordan)

ara-JO

ar-JO

 

Arabic (Kuwait)

ara-KW

ar-KW

 

Arabic (Lebanon)

ara-LB

ar-LB

 

Arabic (Libya)

ara-LY

ar-LY

 

Arabic (Morocco)

ara-MA

ar-MA

 

Arabic (Oman)

ara-OM

ar-OM

 

Arabic (Qatar)

ara-QA

ar-QA

 

Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

ara-SA

ar-SA

 

Arabic (Syria)

ara-SY

ar-SY

 

Arabic (Tunisia)

ara-TN

ar-TN

 

Arabic (U.A.E.)

ara-AE

ar-AE

 

Arabic (Yemen)

ara-YE

ar-YE

 

Aragonese

arg

an

 

Aranese

ocs

oc-ES

 

Armenian

hye

hy

 

Assamese

asm

as

 

Asturian

ast

ast

 

Azeri (Cyrillic)

azf

az-Cyrl

 

Azeri (Latin)

aze

az

 

Bangala

bxg

bxg

 

Basque

baq

eu

 

Belarussian

bel

be

 

Bengali

ben

bn

 

Bengali (Bangladesh)

ben-BD

bn-BD

 

Bengali (India)

ben-IN

bn-IN

 

Bislama

bis

bi

 

Bosnian (Cyrillic)

boc

bs-Cyrl

 

Bosnian (Latin)

bos

bs-Latn

 

Breton

bre

br-FR

 

Bulgarian

bul

bg

 

Burmese

mya

my

Target language only

Catalan

cat

ca

 

Cebuano

ceb

ceb

 

Cherokee

chr

chr-Latn

 

Chin

ctd

ctd

 

Chinese (Hong Kong S.A.R.)

zho-HK

zh-HK

 

Chinese (Macao S.A.R.)

zho-MO

zh-MO

 

Chinese (PRC)

zho-CN

zh-CN

 

Chinese (Singapore)

zho-SG

zh-SG

 

Chinese (Taiwan)

zho-TW

zh-TW

 

Choctaw

cho

cho

 

Chuukese

chk

chk

 

Croatian

hrv

hr

 

Czech

cze

cs

 

Danish

dan

da

 

Dari

prs

prs-AF

 

Dinka

din

din

 

Dutch

dut

nl

 

Dutch (Belgium)

dut-BE

nl-be

 

Dutch (Netherlands)

dut-NL

nl-nl

 

English

eng

en

 

English (Australia)

eng-AU

en-au

 

English (Belize)

eng-BZ

en-bz

 

English (Canada)

eng-CA

en-ca

 

English (Caribbean)

eng-CB

en-029

 

English (Ireland)

eng-IE

en-ie

 

English (Jamaica)

eng-JM

en-jm

 

English (New Zealand)

eng-NZ

en-nz

 

English (Republic of the Philippines)

eng-PH

en-ph

 

English (South Africa)

eng-ZA

en-za

 

English (Trinidad and Tobago)

eng-TT

en-tt

 

English (United Kingdom)

eng-GB

en-gb

 

English (United States)

eng-US

en-us

 

English (Zimbabwe)

eng-ZW

en-zw

 

Esperanto

epo

eo

 

Estonian

est

et

 

Fanti

fat

fat

 

Farsi

fas

fa

 

Fijian

fij

fj

 

Filipino

fil

fil

 

Finnish

fin

fi

 

Flemish

vls

vls

 

French

fre

fr

 

French (Africa)

fre-02

fr-002

 

French (Belgium)

fre-BE

fr-be

 

French (Canada)

fre-CA

fr-ca

 

French (France)

fre-FR

fr-fr

 

French (Luxembourg)

fre-LU

fr-lu

 

French (Monaco)

fre-MC

fr-mc

 

French (Morocco)

fre-MA

fr-MA

 

French (Switzerland)

fre-CH

fr-ch

 

Frisian, Western

fry

fy

 

Fulah

ful

ff-Latn-SN

 

Gaelic (Scotland)

gla

gd

 

Galician

glg

gl

 

Georgian

kat

ka

 

German

ger

de

 

German (Austria)

ger-AT

de-at

 

German (Germany)

ger-DE

de-de

 

German (Liechtenstein)

ger-LI

de-li

 

German (Luxembourg)

ger-LU

de-lu

 

German (Switzerland)

ger-CH

de-ch

 

Greek

gre

el

 

Greenlandic

kal

kl-GL

 

Guaraní

grn

gn-PY

 

Gujarati

guj

gu

 

Haitian Creole

hat

ht

 

Hausa

hau

ha-Latn

 

Hawaiian

haw

haw-US

 

Hazaragi

haz

haz

 

Hebrew

heb

he

 

Hiligaynon

hil

hil

 

Hindi

hin

hi

 

Hmong

hmn

hmn

 

Hungarian

hun

hu

 

Icelandic

ice

is

 

Igbo

ibo

ig

 

Ilocano

ilo

ilo

 

Indonesian

ind

id

 

Irish

gle

ga

 

Italian

ita

it

 

Italian (Italy)

ita-IT

it-it

 

Italian (Switzerland)

ita-CH

it-ch

 

Japanese

jpn

ja

 

Javanese

jav

jv

 

Kabuverdianu

kea

kea

 

Kannada

kan

kn

 

Karen

ksw

ksw

Target language only

Kashmiri

kas

ks

 

Kayah (Latin)

kyu

kyu-Latn

 

Kayah (Myanmar)

eky

eky-Mymr

Target language only

Kazakh

kaz

kk

 

Khmer

khm

km

Target language only

Kiribati

gil

gil

 

Klingon

qqq

qqq

 

Korean

kor

ko

 

Kurdish (Arabic)

ckb

ku-Arab

 

Kurdish (Cyrillic)

kmr

ku-Cyrl

 

Kurdish (Latin)

kur

ku-Latn

 

Kyrgyz (Cyrillic)

kir

ky

 

Lao

lao

lo

Target language only

Latin

lat

la

 

Latvian

lav

lv

 

Lingala

lin

ln

 

Lithuanian

lit

lt

 

Luxembourgish

ltz

lb

 

Maay

ymm

ymm

 

Macedonian

mac

mk

 

Malagasy

mlg

mg

 

Malay

msa

ms

 

Malayalam

mal

ml

 

Maltese

mlt

mt

 

Mandinka (Arabic)

mno

mnk-Arab

 

Mandinka (Latin)

mnk

mnk-Latn

 

Maori

mri

mi

 

Marathi

mar

mr

 

Marshallese

mah

mh

 

Meänkieli

fit

fit

 

Moldavian

mol

mo

 

Mon

mnw

mnw

Target language only

Mongolian (Cyrillic)

khk

mn

 

Montenegrin (Cyrillic)

cgy

cg-Cyrl

 

Montenegrin (Latin)

cgl

cg-Latn

 

Nauruan

nau

na

 

Navajo

nav

nv

 

Nepali

nep

ne

 

Norwegian

nor

no

 

Norwegian (Bokmål)

nnb

nb

 

Norwegian (Nynorsk)

nno

nn

 

Occitan

oci

oc-FR

 

Oriya

ori

or

 

Oromo

orm

om-ET

 

Pashto

pbu

ps

 

Pennsylvania German

pdc

pdc

 

Pijin

pis

pis

 

Pohnpeian

pon

pon

 

Polish

pol

pl

 

Portuguese

por

pt

 

Portuguese (Brazil)

por-BR

pt-br

 

Portuguese (Portugal)

por-PT

pt-pt

 

Punjabi (Gurmukhi)

pan

pa

 

Punjabi (Shahmuki)

pnb

pa-Arab

 

Quechua

quz

quz-BO

 

Rakhine

rki

rki

 

Rohingya

rhg

rhg

 

Romanian

rum

ro

 

Rundi

run

rn

 

Russian

rus

ru

 

Rwanda

kin

rw-RW

 

Samoan

smo

sm

 

Sanskrit

san

sa

 

Serbian (Cyrillic)

scc

sr

 

Serbian (Latin)

scr

sh

 

Sesotho

sot

st

 

Shan

shn

shn

Target language only

Sinhala

sin

si

 

Slovak

slo

sk

 

Slovenian

slv

sl

 

Somali

som

so

 

Somali (Djibouti)

som-DJ

so-dj

 

Somali (Ethiopia)

som-ET

so-et

 

Somali (Kenya)

som-KE

so-ke

 

Somali (Somalia)

som-SO

so-so

 

Spanish

spa

es

 

Spanish (Argentina)

spa-AR

es-ar

 

Spanish (Bolivia)

spa-BO

es-bo

 

Spanish (Chile)

spa-CL

es-cl

 

Spanish (Colombia)

spa-CO

es-co

 

Spanish (Costa Rica)

spa-CR

es-cr

 

Spanish (Dominican Republic)

spa-DO

es-do

 

Spanish (Ecuador)

spa-EC

es-ec

 

Spanish (El Salvador)

spa-SV

es-sv

 

Spanish (Guatemala)

spa-GT

es-gt

 

Spanish (Honduras)

spa-HN

es-hn

 

Spanish (Latin America)

spa-M9

x-es-XL

 

Spanish (Mexico)

spa-MX

es-mx

 

Spanish (Nicaragua)

spa-NI

es-ni

 

Spanish (Panama)

spa-PA

es-pa

 

Spanish (Paraguay)

spa-PY

es-py

 

Spanish (Peru)

spa-PE

es-pe

 

Spanish (Puerto Rico)

spa-PR

es-pr

 

Spanish (Spain)

spa-ES

es-es

 

Spanish (United States)

spa-US

es-us

 

Spanish (Uruguay)

spa-UY

es-uy

 

Spanish (Venezuela)

spa-VE

es-ve

 

Sudanese Creole Arabic

pga

pga

 

Sundanese

sun

su

 

Swahili

swa

sw

 

Swedish

swe

sv

 

Swedish (Finland)

swe-FI

sv-fi

 

Swedish (Sweden)

swe-SE

sv-se

 

Tagalog

tgl

tl

 

Tajiki (Cyrillic)

tgk

tg-Cyrl

 

Tamazight

tzm

tzm-Latn

 

Tamil

tam

ta

 

Tatar

tat

tt-RU

 

Telugu

tel

te

 

Tetun Dili

tdt

tdt

 

Thai

tha

th

Target language only

Tigrigna

tir

ti-ET

Target language only

Tok Pisin

tpi

tpi

 

Tongan

ton

to

 

Torres Strait Creole

tcs

tcs

 

Tswana

tsn

tn-BW

 

Turkish

tur

tr

 

Turkmen (Latin)

tuk

tk

 

Tuvaluan

tvl

tvl

 

Twi

twi

tw

 

Ukrainian

ukr

uk

 

Urdu

urd

ur

 

Uzbek (Cyrillic)

uzn

uz

 

Uzbek (Latin)

uzb

uz-Latn-UZ

 

Vietnamese

vie

vi

 

Welsh

wel

cy

 

Wolof

wol

wo-SN

 

Xhosa

xho

xh

 

Yiddish

yid

yi

 

Yoruba

yor

yo

 

Zulu

zul

zu