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MAKELANGID info

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