What is 1033

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1033 is the locale identifier for “English (United States)”, whose hexadecimal value is 0×0409. Locale identifier tells about the the language that is used in a particular region. The purpose of the document is to help developers who are defining NLS services (sorting, time/date formatting, and keyboards/IMEs) for locales that do not yet have native support in Windows to avoid conflict.

here is a list of LCID (Locale identifier)

Language – Country/Region	LCID Hex	LCID Dec
Afrikaans – South Africa	0436	1078
Albanian – Albania	041c	1052
Amharic – Ethiopia	045e	1118
Arabic – Saudi Arabia	0401	1025
Arabic – Algeria	1401	5121
Arabic – Bahrain	3c01	15361
Arabic – Egypt	0c01	3073
Arabic – Iraq	0801	2049
Arabic – Jordan	2c01	11265
Arabic – Kuwait	3401	13313
Arabic – Lebanon	3001	12289
Arabic – Libya	1001	4097
Arabic – Morocco	1801	6145
Arabic – Oman	2001	8193
Arabic – Qatar	4001	16385
Arabic – Syria	2801	10241
Arabic – Tunisia	1c01	7169
Arabic – U.A.E.	3801	14337
Arabic – Yemen	2401	9217
Armenian – Armenia	042b	1067
Assamese	044d	1101
Azeri (Cyrillic)	082c	2092
Azeri (Latin)	042c	1068
Basque	042d	1069
Belarusian	0423	1059
Bengali (India)	0445	1093
Bengali (Bangladesh)	0845	2117
Bosnian (Bosnia/Herzegovina)	141A	5146
Bulgarian	0402	1026
Burmese	0455	1109
Catalan	0403	1027
Cherokee – United States	045c	1116
Chinese – People’s Republic of China	0804	2052
Chinese – Singapore	1004	4100
Chinese – Taiwan	0404	1028
Chinese – Hong Kong SAR	0c04	3076
Chinese – Macao SAR	1404	5124
Croatian	041a	1050
Croatian (Bosnia/Herzegovina)	101a	4122
Czech	0405	1029
Danish	0406	1030
Divehi	0465	1125
Dutch – Netherlands	0413	1043
Dutch – Belgium	0813	2067
Edo	0466	1126
English – United States	0409	1033
English – United Kingdom	0809	2057
English – Australia	0c09	3081
English – Belize	2809	10249
English – Canada	1009	4105
English – Caribbean	2409	9225
English – Hong Kong SAR	3c09	15369
English – India	4009	16393
English – Indonesia	3809	14345
English – Ireland	1809	6153
English – Jamaica	2009	8201
English – Malaysia	4409	17417
English – New Zealand	1409	5129
English – Philippines	3409	13321
English – Singapore	4809	18441
English – South Africa	1c09	7177
English – Trinidad	2c09	11273
English – Zimbabwe	3009	12297
Estonian	0425	1061
Faroese	0438	1080
Farsi	0429	1065
Filipino	0464	1124
Finnish	040b	1035
French – France	040c	1036
French – Belgium	080c	2060
French – Cameroon	2c0c	11276
French – Canada	0c0c	3084
French – Democratic Rep. of Congo	240c	9228
French – Cote d’Ivoire	300c	12300
French – Haiti	3c0c	15372
French – Luxembourg	140c	5132
French – Mali	340c	13324
French – Monaco	180c	6156
French – Morocco	380c	14348
French – North Africa	e40c	58380
French – Reunion	200c	8204
French – Senegal	280c	10252
French – Switzerland	100c	4108
French – West Indies	1c0c	7180
Frisian – Netherlands	0462	1122
Fulfulde – Nigeria	0467	1127
FYRO Macedonian	042f	1071
Gaelic (Ireland)	083c	2108
Gaelic (Scotland)	043c	1084
Galician	0456	1110
Georgian	0437	1079
German – Germany	0407	1031
German – Austria	0c07	3079
German – Liechtenstein	1407	5127
German – Luxembourg	1007	4103
German – Switzerland	0807	2055
Greek	0408	1032
Guarani – Paraguay	0474	1140
Gujarati	0447	1095
Hausa – Nigeria	0468	1128
Hawaiian – United States	0475	1141
Hebrew	040d	1037
Hindi	0439	1081
Hungarian	040e	1038
Ibibio – Nigeria	0469	1129
Icelandic	040f	1039
Igbo – Nigeria	0470	1136
Indonesian	0421	1057
Inuktitut	045d	1117
Italian – Italy	0410	1040
Italian – Switzerland	0810	2064
Japanese	0411	1041
Kannada	044b	1099
Kanuri – Nigeria	0471	1137
Kashmiri	0860	2144
Kashmiri (Arabic)	0460	1120
Kazakh	043f	1087
Khmer	0453	1107
Konkani	0457	1111
Korean	0412	1042
Kyrgyz (Cyrillic)	0440	1088
Lao	0454	1108
Latin	0476	1142
Latvian	0426	1062
Lithuanian	0427	1063
Malay – Malaysia	043e	1086
Malay – Brunei Darussalam	083e	2110
Malayalam	044c	1100
Maltese	043a	1082
Manipuri	0458	1112
Maori – New Zealand	0481	1153
Marathi	044e	1102
Mongolian (Cyrillic)	0450	1104
Mongolian (Mongolian)	0850	2128
Nepali	0461	1121
Nepali – India	0861	2145
Norwegian (Bokmål)	0414	1044
Norwegian (Nynorsk)	0814	2068
Oriya	0448	1096
Oromo	0472	1138
Papiamentu	0479	1145
Pashto	0463	1123
Polish	0415	1045
Portuguese – Brazil	0416	1046
Portuguese – Portugal	0816	2070
Punjabi	0446	1094
Punjabi (Pakistan)	0846	2118
Quecha – Bolivia	046B	1131
Quecha – Ecuador	086B	2155
Quecha – Peru	0C6B	3179
Rhaeto-Romanic	0417	1047
Romanian	0418	1048
Romanian – Moldava	0818	2072
Russian	0419	1049
Russian – Moldava	0819	2073
Sami (Lappish)	043b	1083
Sanskrit	044f	1103
Sepedi	046c	1132
Serbian (Cyrillic)	0c1a	3098
Serbian (Latin)	081a	2074
Sindhi – India	0459	1113
Sindhi – Pakistan	0859	2137
Sinhalese – Sri Lanka	045b	1115
Slovak	041b	1051
Slovenian	0424	1060
Somali	0477	1143
Sorbian	042e	1070
Spanish – Spain (Modern Sort)	0c0a	3082
Spanish – Spain (Traditional Sort)	040a	1034
Spanish – Argentina	2c0a	11274
Spanish – Bolivia	400a	16394
Spanish – Chile	340a	13322
Spanish – Colombia	240a	9226
Spanish – Costa Rica	140a	5130
Spanish – Dominican Republic	1c0a	7178
Spanish – Ecuador	300a	12298
Spanish – El Salvador	440a	17418
Spanish – Guatemala	100a	4106
Spanish – Honduras	480a	18442
Spanish – Latin America	e40a	58378
Spanish – Mexico	080a	2058
Spanish – Nicaragua	4c0a	19466
Spanish – Panama	180a	6154
Spanish – Paraguay	3c0a	15370
Spanish – Peru	280a	10250
Spanish – Puerto Rico	500a	20490
Spanish – United States	540a	21514
Spanish – Uruguay	380a	14346
Spanish – Venezuela	200a	8202
Sutu	0430	1072
Swahili	0441	1089
Swedish	041d	1053
Swedish – Finland	081d	2077
Syriac	045a	1114
Tajik	0428	1064
Tamazight (Arabic)	045f	1119
Tamazight (Latin)	085f	2143
Tamil	0449	1097
Tatar	0444	1092
Telugu	044a	1098
Thai	041e	1054
Tibetan – Bhutan	0851	2129
Tibetan – People’s Republic of China	0451	1105
Tigrigna – Eritrea	0873	2163
Tigrigna – Ethiopia	0473	1139
Tsonga	0431	1073
Tswana	0432	1074
Turkish	041f	1055
Turkmen	0442	1090
Uighur – China	0480	1152
Ukrainian	0422	1058
Urdu	0420	1056
Urdu – India	0820	2080
Uzbek (Cyrillic)	0843	2115
Uzbek (Latin)	0443	1091
Venda	0433	1075
Vietnamese	042a	1066
Welsh	0452	1106
Xhosa	0434	1076
Yi	0478	1144
Yiddish	043d	1085
Yoruba	046a	1130
Zulu	0435	1077
HID (Human Interface Device)	04ff	1279

The value of a locale identifier is given by the formula (read more…….)

primary language + 1024 * sub-language

For example, Swiss German is LANG_GERMAN + 1024 * SUBLANG_GERMAN_SWISS = 7 + 1024 * 2 = 2055.

list of primary language and sub language

Primary Language Identifiers

The following are the primary language identifiers. They can be combined with secondary language identifiers to form language identifiers.

Identifier	Prefined Symbol	Language
0×00	LANG_NEUTRAL	Neutral
0×01	LANG_ARABIC	Arabic
0×02	LANG_BULGARIAN	Bulgarian
0×03	LANG_CATALAN	Catalan
0×04	LANG_CHINESE	Chinese
0×05	LANG_CZECH	Czech
0×06	LANG_DANISH	Danish
0×07	LANG_GERMAN	German
0×08	LANG_GREEK	Greek
0×09	LANG_ENGLISH	English
0x0a	LANG_SPANISH	Spanish
0x0b	LANG_FINNISH	Finnish
0x0c	LANG_FRENCH	French
0x0d	LANG_HEBREW	Hebrew
0x0e	LANG_HUNGARIAN	Hungarian
0x0f	LANG_ICELANDIC	Icelandic
0×10	LANG_ITALIAN	Italian
0×11	LANG_JAPANESE	Japanese
0×12	LANG_KOREAN	Korean
0×13	LANG_DUTCH	Dutch
0×14	LANG_NORWEGIAN	Norwegian
0×15	LANG_POLISH	Polish
0×16	LANG_PORTUGUESE	Portuguese
0×18	LANG_ROMANIAN	Romanian
0×19	LANG_RUSSIAN	Russian
0x1a	LANG_CROATIAN	Croatian
0x1a	LANG_SERBIAN	Serbian
0x1b	LANG_SLOVAK	Slovak
0x1c	LANG_ALBANIAN	Albanian
0x1d	LANG_SWEDISH	Swedish
0x1e	LANG_THAI	Thai
0x1f	LANG_TURKISH	Turkish
0×20	LANG_URDU	Urdu
0×21	LANG_INDONESIAN	Indonesian
0×22	LANG_UKRANIAN	Ukrainian
0×23	LANG_BELARUSIAN	Belarusian
0×24	LANG_SLOVENIAN	Slovenian
0×25	LANG_ESTONIAN	Estonian
0×26	LANG_LATVIAN	Latvian
0×27	LANG_LITHUANIAN	Lithuanian
0×29	LANG_FARSI	Farsi
0x2a	LANG_VIETNAMESE	Vietnamese
0x2b	LANG_ARMENIAN	Armenian
0x2c	LANG_AZERI	Azeri
0x2d	LANG_BASQUE	Basque
0x2f	LANG_MACEDONIAN	Macedonian
0×36	LANG_AFRIKAANS	Afrikaans
0×37	LANG_GEORGIAN	Georgian
0×38	LANG_FAEROESE	Faeroese
0×39	LANG_HINDI	Hindi
0x3e	LANG_MALAY	Malay
0x3f	LANG_KAZAK	Kazak
0×41	LANG_SWAHILI	Swahili
0×43	LANG_UZBEK	Uzbek
0×44	LANG_TATAR	Tatar
0×45	LANG_BENGALI	Bengali
0×46	LANG_PUNJABI	Punjabi
0×47	LANG_GUJARATI	Gujarati
0×48	LANG_ORIYA	Oriya
0×49	LANG_TAMIL	Tamil
0x4a	LANG_TELUGU	Telugu
0x4b	LANG_KANNADA	Kannada
0x4c	LANG_MALAYALAM	Malayalam
0x4d	LANG_ASSAMESE	Assamese
0x4e	LANG_MARATHI	Marathi
0x4f	LANG_SANSKRIT	Sanskrit
0×57	LANG_KONKANI	Konkani
0×58	LANG_MANIPURI	Manipuri
0×59	LANG_SINDHI	Sindhi
0×60	LANG_KASHMIRI	Kashmiri
0×61	LANG_NEPALI	Nepali

Secondary Language Identifiers

The following are secondary language identifiers. They can be combined with primary language identifiers to form language identifiers.

Identifier	Predefined Symbol	Language
0×00	SUBLANG_NEUTRAL	Neutral
0×01	SUBLANG_DEFAULT	Default
0×02	SUBLANG_SYS_DEFAULT	System Default
0×01	SUBLANG_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA	Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
0×02	SUBLANG_ARABIC_IRAQ	Arabic (Iraq)
0×03	SUBLANG_ARABIC_EGYPT	Arabic (Egypt)
0×04	SUBLANG_ARABIC_LIBYA	Arabic (Libya)
0×05	SUBLANG_ARABIC_ALGERIA	Arabic (Algeria)
0×06	SUBLANG_ARABIC_MOROCCO	Arabic (Morocco)
0×07	SUBLANG_ARABIC_TUNISIA	Arabic (Tunisia)
0×08	SUBLANG_ARABIC_OMAN	Arabic (Oman)
0×09	SUBLANG_ARABIC_YEMEN	Arabic (Yemen)
0×10	SUBLANG_ARABIC_SYRIA	Arabic (Syria)
0×11	SUBLANG_ARABIC_JORDAN	Arabic (Jordan)
0×12	SUBLANG_ARABIC_LEBANON	Arabic (Lebanon)
0×13	SUBLANG_ARABIC_KUWAIT	Arabic (Kuwait)
0×14	SUBLANG_ARABIC_UAE	Arabic (U.A.E.)
0×15	SUBLANG_ARABIC_BAHRAIN	Arabic (Bahrain)
0×16	SUBLANG_ARABIC_QATAR	Arabic (Qatar)
0×01	SUBLANG_AZERI_CYRILLIC	Azeri (Latin)
0×02	SUBLANG_AZERI_LATIN	Azeri (Cyrillic)
0×01	SUBLANG_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL	Chinese (Traditional)
0×02	SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED	Chinese (Simplified)
0×03	SUBLANG_CHINESE_HONGKONG	Chinese (Hong Kong SAR, PRC)
0×04	SUBLANG_CHINESE_SINGAPORE	Chinese (Singapore)
0×05	SUBLANG_CHINESE_MACAU	Chinese (Macau)
0×01	SUBLANG_DUTCH	Dutch
0×02	SUBLANG_DUTCH_BELGIAN	Dutch (Belgian)
0×01	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US	English (US)
0×02	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK	English (UK)
0×03	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_AUS	English (Australian)
0×04	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CAN	English (Canadian)
0×05	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_NZ	English (New Zealand)
0×06	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_EIRE	English (Ireland)
0×07	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_SOUTH_AFRICA	English (South Africa)
0×08	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_JAMAICA	English (Jamaica)
0×09	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_CARIBBEAN	English (Caribbean)
0x0a	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_BELIZE	English (Belize)
0x0b	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_TRINIDAD	English (Trinidad)
0x0c	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_PHILIPPINES	English (Zimbabwe)
0x0d	SUBLANG_ENGLISH_ZIMBABWE	English (Philippines)
0×01	SUBLANG_FRENCH	French
0×02	SUBLANG_FRENCH_BELGIAN	French (Belgian)
0×03	SUBLANG_FRENCH_CANADIAN	French (Canadian)
0×04	SUBLANG_FRENCH_SWISS	French (Swiss)
0×05	SUBLANG_FRENCH_LUXEMBOURG	French (Luxembourg)
0×06	SUBLANG_FRENCH_MONACO	French (Monaco)
0×01	SUBLANG_GERMAN	German
0×02	SUBLANG_GERMAN_SWISS	German (Swiss)
0×03	SUBLANG_GERMAN_AUSTRIAN	German (Austrian)
0×04	SUBLANG_GERMAN_LUXEMBOURG	German (Luxembourg)
0×05	SUBLANG_GERMAN_LIECHTENSTEIN	German (Liechtenstein)
0×01	SUBLANG_ITALIAN	Italian
0×02	SUBLANG_ITALIAN_SWISS	Italian (Swiss)
0×02	SUBLANG_KASHMIRI_INDIA	Kashmiri (India)
0×01	SUBLANG_KOREAN	Korean
0×01	SUBLANG_LITHUANIAN	Lithuanian
0×02	SUBLANG_LITHUANIAN_CLASSIC	Lithuanian (Classic)
0×01	SUBLANG_MALAY_MALAYSIA	Malay (Malaysia)
0×02	SUBLANG_MALAY_BRUNEI_DARUSSALAM	Malay (Brunei Darassalam)
0×02	SUBLANG_NEPALI_INDIA	Nepali (India)
0×01	SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL	Norwegian (Bokmal)
0×02	SUBLANG_NORWEGIAN_NYNORSK	Norwegian (Nynorsk)
0×01	SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE	Portuguese (Brazilian)
0×02	SUBLANG_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN	Portuguese
0×02	SUBLANG_SERBIAN_LATIN	Serbian (Latin)
0×03	SUBLANG_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC	Serbian (Cyrillic)
0×01	SUBLANG_SPANISH	Spanish (Castilian)
0×02	SUBLANG_SPANISH_MEXICAN	Spanish (Mexican)
0×03	SUBLANG_SPANISH_MODERN	Spanish (Modern)
0×04	SUBLANG_SPANISH_GUATEMALA	Spanish (Guatemala)
0×05	SUBLANG_SPANISH_COSTA_RICA	Spanish (Costa Rica)
0×06	SUBLANG_SPANISH_PANAMA	Spanish (Panama)
0×07	SUBLANG_SPANISH_DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC	Spanish (Dominican Republic)
0×08	SUBLANG_SPANISH_VENEZUELA	Spanish (Venezuela)
0×09	SUBLANG_SPANISH_COLOMBIA	Spanish (Colombia)
0x0a	SUBLANG_SPANISH_PERU	Spanish (Peru)
0x0b	SUBLANG_SPANISH_ARGENTINA	Spanish (Argentina)
0x0c	SUBLANG_SPANISH_ECUADOR	Spanish (Ecuador)
0x0d	SUBLANG_SPANISH_CHILE	Spanish (Chile)
0x0e	SUBLANG_SPANISH_URUGUAY	Spanish (Uruguay)
0x0f	SUBLANG_SPANISH_PARAGUAY	Spanish (Paraguay)
0×10	SUBLANG_SPANISH_BOLIVIA	Spanish (Bolivia)
0×11	SUBLANG_SPANISH_EL_SALVADOR	Spanish (El Salvador)
0×12	SUBLANG_SPANISH_HONDURAS	Spanish (Honduras)
0×13	SUBLANG_SPANISH_NICARAGUA	Spanish (Nicaragua)
0×14	SUBLANG_SPANISH_PUERTO_RICO	Spanish (Puerto Rico)
0×01	SUBLANG_SWEDISH	Swedish
0×02	SUBLANG_SWEDISH_FINLAND	Swedish (Finland)
0×01	SUBLANG_URDU_PAKISTAN	Urdu (Pakistan)
0×02	SUBLANG_URDU_INDIA	Urdu (India)
0×01	SUBLANG_UZBEK_LATIN	Uzbek (Latin)
0×02	SUBLANG_UZBEK_CYRILLIC	Uzbek (Cyrillic)

So why would a program create a directory named after a language code?

Many Microsoft products support a multilingual user interface. This means that the same program can be used to display its user interface in multiple languages. Office and Windows are the two biggest examples. Language-specific resources need to be broken out into their own directories so they won’t conflict with resources corresponding to some other language.

Some terms you must know

Locale ID: A 32-bit value defined by Microsoft Windows that consists of a language ID, sort ID, and reserved bits that identify a particular language.

Primary language: The primary language is the language that is installed on the system as the default language used to display and print information. The IBM® licensed program distribution media contains the primary language files. The distribution media you create at the central system copies the primary language files so you can install them at your target systems.

Secondary language: The distribution of secondary language files is more complicated than that of primary language files. Secondary language files are saved to the distribution media as described in Checklist: Create central site distribution media and are restored at the target systems using the user-defined installation program as described in Installation tasks for the target systems.

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