MAKELANGID

This macro creates a language identifier from a primary language identifier and a sub-language identifier.

WORD MAKELANGID( 
USHORT usPrimaryLanguage, 
USHORT usSubLanguage );

Parameters

• usPrimaryLanguage
  Specifies the primary language identifier. It is one of the following predefined values:

  LANG_AFRIKAANS	LANG_KONKANI
  LANG_ALBANIAN	LANG_KOREAN
  LANG_ARABIC	LANG_LATVIAN
  LANG_ARMENIAN	LANG_LITHUANIAN
  LANG_ASSAMESE	LANG_MACEDONIAN
  LANG_AZERI	LANG_MALAY
  LANG_BASQUE	LANG_MALAYALAM
  LANG_BELARUSIAN	LANG_MANIPURI
  LANG_BENGALI	LANG_MARATHI
  LANG_BULGARIAN	LANG_NEPALI
  LANG_CATALAN	LANG_NEUTRAL
  LANG_CHINESE	LANG_NORWEGIAN
  LANG_CROATIAN	LANG_ORIYA
  LANG_CZECH	LANG_POLISH
  LANG_DANISH	LANG_PORTUGUESE
  LANG_DUTCH	LANG_PUNJABI
  LANG_ENGLISH	LANG_ROMANIAN
  LANG_ESTONIAN	LANG_RUSSIAN
  LANG_FAEROESE	LANG_SANSKRIT
  LANG_FARSI	LANG_SERBIAN
  LANG_FINNISH	LANG_SINDHI
  LANG_FRENCH	LANG_SLOVAK
  LANG_GEORGIAN	LANG_SLOVENIAN
  LANG_GERMAN	LANG_SPANISH
  LANG_GREEK	LANG_SWAHILI
  LANG_GUJARATI	LANG_SWEDISH
  LANG_HEBREW	LANG_TAMIL
  LANG_HINDI	LANG_TATAR
  LANG_HUNGARIAN	LANG_TELUGU
  LANG_ICELANDIC	LANG_THAI
  LANG_INDONESIAN	LANG_TURKISH
  LANG_ITALIAN	LANG_UKRAINIAN
  LANG_JAPANESE	LANG_URDU
  LANG_KANNADA	LANG_UZBEK
  LANG_KASHMIRI	LANG_VIETNAMESE
  LANG_KAZAK

  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 secondary language identifier. It is one of the following values:

  SUBLANG_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA	SUBLANG_GERMAN_AUSTRIAN
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_IRAQ	SUBLANG_GERMAN_LUXEMBOURG
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_EGYPT	SUBLANG_GERMAN_LIECHTENSTEIN
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_LIBYA	SUBLANG_ITALIAN
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_ALGERIA	SUBLANG_ITALIAN_SWISS
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO	SUBLANG_KASHMIRI_INDIA
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_TUNISIA	SUBLANG_KOREAN
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_OMAN	SUBLANG_LITHUANIAN
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_YEMEN	SUBLANG_LITHUANIAN_CLASSIC
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_SYRIA	SUBLANG_MALAY_BRUNEI_DARUSSALAM
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_JORDAN	SUBLANG_MALAY_MALAYSIA
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_LEBANON	SUBLANG_NEPALI_INDIA
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_KUWAIT	SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_UAE	SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_BAHRAIN	SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_NYNORSK
  SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR	SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE
  SUBLANG_AZERI_CYRILLIC	SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN
  SUBLANG_AZERI_LATIN	SUBLANG_SERBIAN_LATIN
  SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL	SUBLANG_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC
  SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED	SUBLANG_SPANISH
  SUBLANG_CHINESE_HONGKONG	SUBLANG_SPANISH_MEXICAN
  SUBLANG_CHINESE_SINGAPORE	SUBLANG_SPANISH_MODERN
  SUBLANG_CHINESE_MACAU	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_ENGLISH_PHILIPPINES	SUBLANG_SPANISH_NICARAGUA
  SUBLANG_ENGLISH_ZIMBABWE	SUBLANG_SPANISH_PUERTO_RICO
  SUBLANG_FRENCH	SUBLANG_SWEDISH
  SUBLANG_FRENCH_BELGIAN	SUBLANG_SWEDISH_FINLAND
  SUBLANG_FRENCH_CANADIAN	SUBLANG_SYS_DEFAULT
  SUBLANG_FRENCH_SWISS	SUBLANG_URDU_INDIA
  SUBLANG_FRENCH_LUXEMBOURG	SUBLANG_URDU_PAKISTAN
  SUBLANG_FRENCH_MONACO	SUBLANG_UZBEK_CYRILLIC
  SUBLANG_GERMAN	SUBLANG_UZBEK_LATIN
  SUBLANG_GERMAN_SWISS

For a user-defined secondary language, 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:

The MAKELANGID macro is defined as follows:

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

Requirements

Note   This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.

See Also

MAKELCID

 Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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