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Preface

1.  Introduction

2.  Unicode and UTF-8 Locale Support

3.  Working with Languages and Locales

4.  Desktop Keyboard Preferences and Input Methods

5.  Configuring Fonts

6.  Advanced Topics

A.  Available Locales

Index

Appendix A

Available Locales

The available locales can be classified as recommended locales and additional locales. The following tables summarize the locales available in Oracle Solaris 11.

Table A-1 Recommended Locales

Locale
Code Set
Description
C
US-ASCII
C , POSIX
POSIX
US-ASCII
C, POSIX
af_ZA.UTF-8
UTF-8
Afrikaans, South Africa
ar_AE.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, United Arab Emirates
ar_BH.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Bahrain
ar_DZ.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Algeria
ar_EG.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Egypt
ar_IQ.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Iraq
ar_JO.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Jordan
ar_KW.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Kuwait
ar_LY.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Libya
ar_MA.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Morocco
ar_OM.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Oman
ar_QA.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Qatar
ar_SA.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Saudi Arabia
ar_TN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Tunisia
ar_YE.UTF-8
UTF-8
Arabic, Yemen
as_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Assamese, India
az_AZ.UTF-8
UTF-8
Azerbaijani, Azerbaijan
be_BY.UTF-8
UTF-8
Belarusian, Belarus
bg_BG.UTF-8
UTF-8
Bulgarian, Bulgaria
bn_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Bengali, India
bs_BA.UTF-8
UTF-8
Bosnian, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ca_ES.UTF-8
UTF-8
Catalan, Spain
cs_CZ.UTF-8
UTF-8
Czech, Czech Republic
da_DK.UTF-8
UTF-8
Danish, Denmark
de_AT.UTF-8
UTF-8
German, Austria
de_BE.UTF-8
UTF-8
German, Belgium
de_CH.UTF-8
UTF-8
German, Switzerland
de_DE.UTF-8
UTF-8
German, Germany
de_LI.UTF-8
UTF-8
German, Liechtenstein
de_LU.UTF-8
UTF-8
German, Luxembourg
el_CY.UTF-8
UTF-8
Greek, Cyprus
el_GR.UTF-8
UTF-8
Greek, Greece
en_AU.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, Australia
en_BW.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, Botswana
en_CA.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, Canada
en_GB.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, United Kingdom
en_HK.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, Hong Kong SAR China
en_IE.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, Ireland
en_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, India
en_MT.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, Malta
en_NZ.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, New Zealand
en_PH.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, Philippines
en_SG.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, Singapore
en_US.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, U.S.A.
en_ZW.UTF-8
UTF-8
English, Zimbabwe
es_AR.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Argentina
es_BO.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Bolivia
es_CL.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Chile
es_CO.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Colombia
es_CR.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Costa Rica
es_DO.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Dominican Republic
es_EC.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Ecuador
es_ES.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Spain
es_GT.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Guatemala
es_HN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Honduras
es_MX.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Mexico
es_NI.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Nicaragua
es_PA.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Panama
es_PE.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Peru
es_PR.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Puerto Rico
es_PY.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Paraguay
es_SV.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, El Salvador
es_US.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, U.S.A.
es_UY.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Uruguay
es_VE.UTF-8
UTF-8
Spanish, Venezuela
et_EE.UTF-8
UTF-8
Estonian, Estonia
fi_FI.UTF-8
UTF-8
Finnish, Finland
fr_BE.UTF-8
UTF-8
French, Belgium
fr_CA.UTF-8
UTF-8
French, Canada
fr_CH.UTF-8
UTF-8
French, Switzerland
fr_FR.UTF-8
UTF-8
French, France
fr_LU.UTF-8
UTF-8
French, Luxembourg
gu_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Gujarati, India
he_IL.UTF-8
UTF-8
Hebrew, Israel
hi_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Hindi, India
hr_HR.UTF-8
UTF-8
Croatian, Croatia
hu_HU.UTF-8
UTF-8
Hungarian, Hungary
hy_AM.UTF-8
UTF-8
Armenian, Armenia
id_ID.UTF-8
UTF-8
Indonesian, Indonesia
is_IS.UTF-8
UTF-8
Icelandic, Iceland
it_CH.UTF-8
UTF-8
Italian, Switzerland
it_IT.UTF-8
UTF-8
Italian, Italy
ja_JP.UTF-8
UTF-8
Japanese, Japan
ka_GE.UTF-8
UTF-8
Georgian, Georgia
kk_KZ.UTF-8
UTF-8
Kazakh, Kazakhstan
kn_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Kannada, India
ko_KR.UTF-8
UTF-8
Korean, Korea
ks_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Kashmiri, India
ku_TR.UTF-8
UTF-8
Kurdish, Turkey
ku_TR.UTF-8@sorani
UTF-8
Kurdish (Sorani), Turkey
ky_KG.UTF-8
UTF-8
Kirghiz, Kyrgyzstan
lt_LT.UTF-8
UTF-8
Lithuanian, Lithuania
lv_LV.UTF-8
UTF-8
Latvian, Latvia
mk_MK.UTF-8
UTF-8
Macedonian, Macedonia
ml_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Malayalam, India
mr_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Marathi, India
ms_MY.UTF-8
UTF-8
Malay, Malaysia
mt_MT.UTF-8
UTF-8
Maltese, Malta
nb_NO.UTF-8
UTF-8
Bokmal, Norway
nl_BE.UTF-8
UTF-8
Dutch, Belgium
nl_NL.UTF-8
UTF-8
Dutch, Netherlands
nn_NO.UTF-8
UTF-8
Nynorsk, Norway
or_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Oriya, India
pa_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Punjabi, India
pl_PL.UTF-8
UTF-8
Polish, Poland
pt_BR.UTF-8
UTF-8
Portuguese, Brazil
pt_PT.UTF-8
UTF-8
Portuguese, Portugal
ro_RO.UTF-8
UTF-8
Romanian, Romania
ru_RU.UTF-8
UTF-8
Russian, Russia
ru_UA.UTF-8
UTF-8
Russian, Ukraine
sa_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Sanskrit, India
sk_SK.UTF-8
UTF-8
Slovak, Slovakia
sl_SI.UTF-8
UTF-8
Slovenian, Slovenia
sq_AL.UTF-8
UTF-8
Albanian, Albania
sr_ME.UTF-8
UTF-8
Serbian, Montenegro
sr_ME.UTF-8@latin
UTF-8
Serbian, Montenegro (Latin)
sr_RS.UTF-8
UTF-8
Serbian, Serbia
sr_RS.UTF-8@latin
UTF-8
Serbian, Serbia (Latin)
sv_SE.UTF-8
UTF-8
Swedish, Sweden
ta_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Tamil, India
te_IN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Telugu, India
th_TH.UTF-8
UTF-8
Thai, Thailand
tr_TR.UTF-8
UTF-8
Turkish, Turkey
uk_UA.UTF-8
UTF-8
Ukrainian, Ukraine
vi_VN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Vietnamese, Vietnam
zh_CN.UTF-8
UTF-8
Simplified Chinese, China
zh_HK.UTF-8
UTF-8
Traditional Chinese, Hong Kong SAR China
zh_SG.UTF-8
UTF-8
Chinese, Singapore
zh_TW.UTF-8
UTF-8
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan

Table A-2 Additional Locales

Locales
Code Set
Description
ar_EG.ISO8859-6
ISO8859-6
Arabic, Egypt
bg_BG.ISO8859-5
ISO8859-5
Bulgarian, Bulgaria
bs_BA.ISO8859-2
ISO8859-2
Bosnian, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ca_ES.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Catalan, Spain
ca_ES.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
Catalan, Spain
cs_CZ.ISO8859-2
ISO8859-2
Czech, Czech Republic
CZ.UTF-8@euro
UTF-8
Czech, Czech Republic (Euro)
da_DK.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Danish, Denmark
da_DK.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
Danish, Denmark
da_DK.ISO8859-15@euro
ISO8859-15
Danish, Denmark (Euro)
de_AT.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
German, Austria
de_AT.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
German, Austria
de_CH.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
German, Switzerland
de_DE.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
German, Germany
de_DE.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
German, Germany
el_GR.ISO8859-7
ISO8859-7
Greek, Greece
en_AU.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
English, Australia
en_CA.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
English, Canada
en_GB.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
English, United Kingdom
en_GB.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
English, United Kingdom
en_GB.ISO8859-15@euro
ISO8859-15
English, United Kingdom (Euro)
en_IE.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
English, Ireland
en_IE.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
English, Ireland
en_NZ.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
English, New Zealand
en_US.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
English, U.S.A.
en_US.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
English, U.S.A.
en_US.ISO8859-15@euro
ISO8859-15
English, U.S.A. (Euro)
es_AR.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Argentina
es_BO.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Bolivia
es_CL.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Chile
es_CO.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Colombia
es_CR.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Costa Rica
es_EC.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Ecuador
es_ES.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Spain
es_ES.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
Spanish, Spain
es_GT.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Guatemala
es_MX.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Mexico
es_NI.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Nicaragua
es_PA.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Panama
es_PE.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Peru
es_PY.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Paraguay
es_SV.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, El Salvador
es_UY.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Uruguay
es_VE.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Spanish, Venezuela
et_EE.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
Estonian, Estonia
fi_FI.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Finnish, Finland
fi_FI.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
Finnish, Finland
fr_BE.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
French, Belgium
fr_BE.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
French, Belgium
fr_CA.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
French, Canada
fr_CH.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
French, Switzerland
fr_FR.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
French, France
fr_FR.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
French, France
he_IL.ISO8859-8
ISO8859-8
Hebrew, Israel
hr_HR.ISO8859-2
ISO8859-2
Croatian, Croatia
hu_HU.ISO8859-2
ISO8859-2
Hungarian, Hungary
is_IS.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Icelandic, Iceland
it_IT.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Italian, Italy
it_IT.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
Italian, Italy
ja_JP.PCK
PCK
Japanese, Japan (PC Kanji code, aka. Shift-JIS)
ja_JP.eucJP
EUC-JP
Japanese EUC environment. Compliant to UI-OSF Japanese Environment Implementation Agreement Version 1.1
ja_JP.UTF-8@cldr
UTF-8
Japanese, Japan (CLDR)
ko_KR.EUC
KS X 1001
Korean, Korea
ko_KR.EUC@dict
KS X 1001
Korean, Korea (dict)
ko_KR.UTF-8@dict
UTF-8
Korean, Korea (dict)
lt_LT.ISO8859-13
ISO8859-13
Lithuanian, Lithuania
lv_LV.ISO8859-13
ISO8859-13
Latvian, Latvia
mk_MK.ISO8859-5
ISO8859-5
Macedonian, Macedonia
nb_NO.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Norwegian Bokmal, Norway
nl_BE.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Dutch, Belgium
nl_BE.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
Dutch, Belgium
nl_NL.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Dutch, Netherlands
nl_NL.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
Dutch, Netherlands
nn_NO.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Norwegian Nynorsk, Norway
pl_PL.ISO8859-2
ISO8859-2
Polish, Poland
pt_BR.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Portuguese, Brazil
pt_PT.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Portuguese, Portugal
pt_PT.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
Portuguese, Portugal
ro_RO.ISO8859-2
ISO8859-2
Romanian, Romania
ru_RU.ANSI1251
ANSI1251
Russian, Russia
ru_RU.ISO8859-5
ISO8859-5
Russian, Russia
ru_RU.KOI8-R
KOI8-R
Russian, Russia
sk_SK.ISO8859-2
ISO8859-2
Slovak, Slovakia
sl_SI.ISO8859-2
ISO8859-2
Slovenian, Slovenia
sq_AL.ISO8859-2
ISO8859-2
Albanian, Albania
sr_ME.ISO8859-5
ISO8859-5
Serbian, Montenegro
sv_SE.ISO8859-1
ISO8859-1
Swedish, Sweden
sv_SE.ISO8859-15
ISO8859-15
Swedish, Sweden
sv_SE.ISO8859-15@euro
ISO8859-15
Swedish, Sweden (Euro)
sv_SE.UTF-8@euro
UTF-8
Swedish, Sweden (Euro)
th_TH.TIS620
TIS-620
Thai, Thailand
tr_TR.ISO8859-9
ISO8859-9
Turkish, Turkey
zh_CN.EUC
GB2312
Simplified Chinese, China
zh_CN.EUC@pinyin
GB2312
Simplified Chinese, China (pinyin)
zh_CN.EUC@radical
GB2312
Simplified Chinese, China (radical)
zh_CN.EUC@stroke
GB2312
Simplified Chinese, China (stroke)
zh_CN.GB18030
GB18030
Simplified Chinese, China
zh_CN.GB18030@pinyin
GB18030
Simplified Chinese, China (pinyin)
zh_CN.GB18030@radical
GB18030
Simplified Chinese, China (radical)
zh_CN.GB18030@stroke
GB18030
Simplified Chinese, China (stroke)
zh_CN.GBK
GBK
Simplified Chinese, China
zh_CN.GBK@pinyin
GBK
Simplified Chinese, China (pinyin)
zh_CN.GBK@radical
GBK
Simplified Chinese, China (radical)
zh_CN.GBK@stroke
GBK
Simplified Chinese, China (stroke)
zh_CN.UTF-8@pinyin
UTF-8
Simplified Chinese, China (pinyin)
zh_CN.UTF-8@radical
UTF-8
Simplified Chinese, China (radical)
zh_CN.UTF-8@stroke
UTF-8
Simplified Chinese, China (stroke)
zh_HK.BIG5HK
BIG5-HKSCS
Traditional Chinese, Hong Kong SAR China
zh_HK.BIG5HK@radical
BIG5-HKSCS
Traditional Chinese, Hong Kong SAR China (radical)
zh_HK.BIG5HK@stroke
BIG5-HKSCS
Traditional Chinese, Hong Kong SAR China (stroke)
zh_HK.UTF-8@radical
UTF-8
Traditional Chinese, Hong Kong SAR China (radical)
zh_HK.UTF-8@stroke
UTF-8
Traditional Chinese, Hong Kong SAR China (stroke)
zh_TW.BIG5
BIG5
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan
zh_TW.BIG5@pinyin
BIG5
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (pinyin)
zh_TW.BIG5@radical
BIG5
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (radical)
zh_TW.BIG5@stroke
BIG5
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (stroke)
zh_TW.BIG5@zhuyin
BIG5
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (zhuyin)
zh_TW.EUC
CNS11643-1992
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan
zh_TW.EUC@pinyin
CNS11643
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (pinyin)
zh_TW.EUC@radical
CNS11643
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (radical)
zh_TW.EUC@stroke
CNS11643
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (stroke)
zh_TW.EUC@zhuyin
CNS11643
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (zhuyin)
zh_TW.UTF-8@pinyin
UTF-8
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (pinyin)
zh_TW.UTF-8@radical
UTF-8
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (radical)
zh_TW.UTF-8@stroke
UTF-8
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (stroke)
zh_TW.UTF-8@zhuyin
UTF-8
Traditional Chinese, Taiwan (zhuyin)

Note - In earlier Oracle Solaris releases specification of ja locale (compatible with older Oracle Solaris release) was different from ja_JP.eucJP locale, but ja locale is now locale alias to ja_JP.eucJP in Oracle Solaris 11.