List of All Locales and Their Short Codes?

I'm looking for a list of all locales and their short codes for a PHP application I am writing. Is there much variation in this data between platforms?

Also, if I am developing an international application, can I just support one version of English or are there significant differences in English across the world?

Solution 1:

The importance of locales is that your environment/os can provide formatting functionality for all installed locales even if you don't know about them when you write your application. My Windows 7 system has 211 locales installed (listed below), so you wouldn't likely write any custom code or translation specific to this many locales.

Edit: The original list of locales has been edited to add additional locales that were not included before. Now 228 listed.

The most important thing for various versions of English is in formatting numbers and dates. Other differences are significant to the extent that you want and able to cater to specific variations.

af-ZA
am-ET
ar-AE
ar-BH
ar-DZ
ar-EG
ar-IQ
ar-JO
ar-KW
ar-LB
ar-LY
ar-MA
arn-CL
ar-OM
ar-QA
ar-SA
ar-SD
ar-SY
ar-TN
ar-YE
as-IN
az-az
az-Cyrl-AZ
az-Latn-AZ
ba-RU
be-BY
bg-BG
bn-BD
bn-IN
bo-CN
br-FR
bs-Cyrl-BA
bs-Latn-BA
ca-ES
co-FR
cs-CZ
cy-GB
da-DK
de-AT
de-CH
de-DE
de-LI
de-LU
dsb-DE
dv-MV
el-CY
el-GR
en-029
en-AU
en-BZ
en-CA
en-cb
en-GB
en-IE
en-IN
en-JM
en-MT
en-MY
en-NZ
en-PH
en-SG
en-TT
en-US
en-ZA
en-ZW
es-AR
es-BO
es-CL
es-CO
es-CR
es-DO
es-EC
es-ES
es-GT
es-HN
es-MX
es-NI
es-PA
es-PE
es-PR
es-PY
es-SV
es-US
es-UY
es-VE
et-EE
eu-ES
fa-IR
fi-FI
fil-PH
fo-FO
fr-BE
fr-CA
fr-CH
fr-FR
fr-LU
fr-MC
fy-NL
ga-IE
gd-GB
gd-ie
gl-ES
gsw-FR
gu-IN
ha-Latn-NG
he-IL
hi-IN
hr-BA
hr-HR
hsb-DE
hu-HU
hy-AM
id-ID
ig-NG
ii-CN
in-ID
is-IS
it-CH
it-IT
iu-Cans-CA
iu-Latn-CA
iw-IL
ja-JP
ka-GE
kk-KZ
kl-GL
km-KH
kn-IN
kok-IN
ko-KR
ky-KG
lb-LU
lo-LA
lt-LT
lv-LV
mi-NZ
mk-MK
ml-IN
mn-MN
mn-Mong-CN
moh-CA
mr-IN
ms-BN
ms-MY
mt-MT
nb-NO
ne-NP
nl-BE
nl-NL
nn-NO
no-no
nso-ZA
oc-FR
or-IN
pa-IN
pl-PL
prs-AF
ps-AF
pt-BR
pt-PT
qut-GT
quz-BO
quz-EC
quz-PE
rm-CH
ro-mo
ro-RO
ru-mo
ru-RU
rw-RW
sah-RU
sa-IN
se-FI
se-NO
se-SE
si-LK
sk-SK
sl-SI
sma-NO
sma-SE
smj-NO
smj-SE
smn-FI
sms-FI
sq-AL
sr-BA
sr-CS
sr-Cyrl-BA
sr-Cyrl-CS
sr-Cyrl-ME
sr-Cyrl-RS
sr-Latn-BA
sr-Latn-CS
sr-Latn-ME
sr-Latn-RS
sr-ME
sr-RS
sr-sp
sv-FI
sv-SE
sw-KE
syr-SY
ta-IN
te-IN
tg-Cyrl-TJ
th-TH
tk-TM
tlh-QS
tn-ZA
tr-TR
tt-RU
tzm-Latn-DZ
ug-CN
uk-UA
ur-PK
uz-Cyrl-UZ
uz-Latn-UZ
uz-uz
vi-VN
wo-SN
xh-ZA
yo-NG
zh-CN
zh-HK
zh-MO
zh-SG
zh-TW
zu-ZA

Solution 2:

The accepted answer misses some rather significant locales. For example, the Chinese locales don't distinguish between the different scriptures (simplified han, traditional han). What's a main-land Chinese citizen who wants traditional han supposed to use - the Hong Kong setting?

I've taken this list of iOS locales, removed the strange POSIX entry, formatted it as Javascript and sorted it by value (so if you use an ordered object implementation and create a list by going through the keys and returning the value, it will show the human readable text in correct order). Also, this list both contains a main entry per language as well as all the region specific variants - this way you always have a designated fallback option, say if your interface has only defined the 'en' option - you wouldn't otherwise know on what to fall back on reliably.

var LANGUAGE_BY_LOCALE = {
    af_NA: "Afrikaans (Namibia)",
    af_ZA: "Afrikaans (South Africa)",
    af: "Afrikaans",
    ak_GH: "Akan (Ghana)",
    ak: "Akan",
    sq_AL: "Albanian (Albania)",
    sq: "Albanian",
    am_ET: "Amharic (Ethiopia)",
    am: "Amharic",
    ar_DZ: "Arabic (Algeria)",
    ar_BH: "Arabic (Bahrain)",
    ar_EG: "Arabic (Egypt)",
    ar_IQ: "Arabic (Iraq)",
    ar_JO: "Arabic (Jordan)",
    ar_KW: "Arabic (Kuwait)",
    ar_LB: "Arabic (Lebanon)",
    ar_LY: "Arabic (Libya)",
    ar_MA: "Arabic (Morocco)",
    ar_OM: "Arabic (Oman)",
    ar_QA: "Arabic (Qatar)",
    ar_SA: "Arabic (Saudi Arabia)",
    ar_SD: "Arabic (Sudan)",
    ar_SY: "Arabic (Syria)",
    ar_TN: "Arabic (Tunisia)",
    ar_AE: "Arabic (United Arab Emirates)",
    ar_YE: "Arabic (Yemen)",
    ar: "Arabic",
    hy_AM: "Armenian (Armenia)",
    hy: "Armenian",
    as_IN: "Assamese (India)",
    as: "Assamese",
    asa_TZ: "Asu (Tanzania)",
    asa: "Asu",
    az_Cyrl: "Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)",
    az_Cyrl_AZ: "Azerbaijani (Cyrillic, Azerbaijan)",
    az_Latn: "Azerbaijani (Latin)",
    az_Latn_AZ: "Azerbaijani (Latin, Azerbaijan)",
    az: "Azerbaijani",
    bm_ML: "Bambara (Mali)",
    bm: "Bambara",
    eu_ES: "Basque (Spain)",
    eu: "Basque",
    be_BY: "Belarusian (Belarus)",
    be: "Belarusian",
    bem_ZM: "Bemba (Zambia)",
    bem: "Bemba",
    bez_TZ: "Bena (Tanzania)",
    bez: "Bena",
    bn_BD: "Bengali (Bangladesh)",
    bn_IN: "Bengali (India)",
    bn: "Bengali",
    bs_BA: "Bosnian (Bosnia and Herzegovina)",
    bs: "Bosnian",
    bg_BG: "Bulgarian (Bulgaria)",
    bg: "Bulgarian",
    my_MM: "Burmese (Myanmar [Burma])",
    my: "Burmese",
    yue_Hant_HK: "Cantonese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)",
    ca_ES: "Catalan (Spain)",
    ca: "Catalan",
    tzm_Latn: "Central Morocco Tamazight (Latin)",
    tzm_Latn_MA: "Central Morocco Tamazight (Latin, Morocco)",
    tzm: "Central Morocco Tamazight",
    chr_US: "Cherokee (United States)",
    chr: "Cherokee",
    cgg_UG: "Chiga (Uganda)",
    cgg: "Chiga",
    zh_Hans: "Chinese (Simplified Han)",
    zh_Hans_CN: "Chinese (Simplified Han, China)",
    zh_Hans_HK: "Chinese (Simplified Han, Hong Kong SAR China)",
    zh_Hans_MO: "Chinese (Simplified Han, Macau SAR China)",
    zh_Hans_SG: "Chinese (Simplified Han, Singapore)",
    zh_Hant: "Chinese (Traditional Han)",
    zh_Hant_HK: "Chinese (Traditional Han, Hong Kong SAR China)",
    zh_Hant_MO: "Chinese (Traditional Han, Macau SAR China)",
    zh_Hant_TW: "Chinese (Traditional Han, Taiwan)",
    zh: "Chinese",
    kw_GB: "Cornish (United Kingdom)",
    kw: "Cornish",
    hr_HR: "Croatian (Croatia)",
    hr: "Croatian",
    cs_CZ: "Czech (Czech Republic)",
    cs: "Czech",
    da_DK: "Danish (Denmark)",
    da: "Danish",
    nl_BE: "Dutch (Belgium)",
    nl_NL: "Dutch (Netherlands)",
    nl: "Dutch",
    ebu_KE: "Embu (Kenya)",
    ebu: "Embu",
    en_AS: "English (American Samoa)",
    en_AU: "English (Australia)",
    en_BE: "English (Belgium)",
    en_BZ: "English (Belize)",
    en_BW: "English (Botswana)",
    en_CA: "English (Canada)",
    en_GU: "English (Guam)",
    en_HK: "English (Hong Kong SAR China)",
    en_IN: "English (India)",
    en_IE: "English (Ireland)",
    en_IL: "English (Israel)",
    en_JM: "English (Jamaica)",
    en_MT: "English (Malta)",
    en_MH: "English (Marshall Islands)",
    en_MU: "English (Mauritius)",
    en_NA: "English (Namibia)",
    en_NZ: "English (New Zealand)",
    en_MP: "English (Northern Mariana Islands)",
    en_PK: "English (Pakistan)",
    en_PH: "English (Philippines)",
    en_SG: "English (Singapore)",
    en_ZA: "English (South Africa)",
    en_TT: "English (Trinidad and Tobago)",
    en_UM: "English (U.S. Minor Outlying Islands)",
    en_VI: "English (U.S. Virgin Islands)",
    en_GB: "English (United Kingdom)",
    en_US: "English (United States)",
    en_ZW: "English (Zimbabwe)",
    en: "English",
    eo: "Esperanto",
    et_EE: "Estonian (Estonia)",
    et: "Estonian",
    ee_GH: "Ewe (Ghana)",
    ee_TG: "Ewe (Togo)",
    ee: "Ewe",
    fo_FO: "Faroese (Faroe Islands)",
    fo: "Faroese",
    fil_PH: "Filipino (Philippines)",
    fil: "Filipino",
    fi_FI: "Finnish (Finland)",
    fi: "Finnish",
    fr_BE: "French (Belgium)",
    fr_BJ: "French (Benin)",
    fr_BF: "French (Burkina Faso)",
    fr_BI: "French (Burundi)",
    fr_CM: "French (Cameroon)",
    fr_CA: "French (Canada)",
    fr_CF: "French (Central African Republic)",
    fr_TD: "French (Chad)",
    fr_KM: "French (Comoros)",
    fr_CG: "French (Congo - Brazzaville)",
    fr_CD: "French (Congo - Kinshasa)",
    fr_CI: "French (Côte d’Ivoire)",
    fr_DJ: "French (Djibouti)",
    fr_GQ: "French (Equatorial Guinea)",
    fr_FR: "French (France)",
    fr_GA: "French (Gabon)",
    fr_GP: "French (Guadeloupe)",
    fr_GN: "French (Guinea)",
    fr_LU: "French (Luxembourg)",
    fr_MG: "French (Madagascar)",
    fr_ML: "French (Mali)",
    fr_MQ: "French (Martinique)",
    fr_MC: "French (Monaco)",
    fr_NE: "French (Niger)",
    fr_RW: "French (Rwanda)",
    fr_RE: "French (Réunion)",
    fr_BL: "French (Saint Barthélemy)",
    fr_MF: "French (Saint Martin)",
    fr_SN: "French (Senegal)",
    fr_CH: "French (Switzerland)",
    fr_TG: "French (Togo)",
    fr: "French",
    ff_SN: "Fulah (Senegal)",
    ff: "Fulah",
    gl_ES: "Galician (Spain)",
    gl: "Galician",
    lg_UG: "Ganda (Uganda)",
    lg: "Ganda",
    ka_GE: "Georgian (Georgia)",
    ka: "Georgian",
    de_AT: "German (Austria)",
    de_BE: "German (Belgium)",
    de_DE: "German (Germany)",
    de_LI: "German (Liechtenstein)",
    de_LU: "German (Luxembourg)",
    de_CH: "German (Switzerland)",
    de: "German",
    el_CY: "Greek (Cyprus)",
    el_GR: "Greek (Greece)",
    el: "Greek",
    gu_IN: "Gujarati (India)",
    gu: "Gujarati",
    guz_KE: "Gusii (Kenya)",
    guz: "Gusii",
    ha_Latn: "Hausa (Latin)",
    ha_Latn_GH: "Hausa (Latin, Ghana)",
    ha_Latn_NE: "Hausa (Latin, Niger)",
    ha_Latn_NG: "Hausa (Latin, Nigeria)",
    ha: "Hausa",
    haw_US: "Hawaiian (United States)",
    haw: "Hawaiian",
    he_IL: "Hebrew (Israel)",
    he: "Hebrew",
    hi_IN: "Hindi (India)",
    hi: "Hindi",
    hu_HU: "Hungarian (Hungary)",
    hu: "Hungarian",
    is_IS: "Icelandic (Iceland)",
    is: "Icelandic",
    ig_NG: "Igbo (Nigeria)",
    ig: "Igbo",
    id_ID: "Indonesian (Indonesia)",
    id: "Indonesian",
    ga_IE: "Irish (Ireland)",
    ga: "Irish",
    it_IT: "Italian (Italy)",
    it_CH: "Italian (Switzerland)",
    it: "Italian",
    ja_JP: "Japanese (Japan)",
    ja: "Japanese",
    kea_CV: "Kabuverdianu (Cape Verde)",
    kea: "Kabuverdianu",
    kab_DZ: "Kabyle (Algeria)",
    kab: "Kabyle",
    kl_GL: "Kalaallisut (Greenland)",
    kl: "Kalaallisut",
    kln_KE: "Kalenjin (Kenya)",
    kln: "Kalenjin",
    kam_KE: "Kamba (Kenya)",
    kam: "Kamba",
    kn_IN: "Kannada (India)",
    kn: "Kannada",
    kk_Cyrl: "Kazakh (Cyrillic)",
    kk_Cyrl_KZ: "Kazakh (Cyrillic, Kazakhstan)",
    kk: "Kazakh",
    km_KH: "Khmer (Cambodia)",
    km: "Khmer",
    ki_KE: "Kikuyu (Kenya)",
    ki: "Kikuyu",
    rw_RW: "Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)",
    rw: "Kinyarwanda",
    kok_IN: "Konkani (India)",
    kok: "Konkani",
    ko_KR: "Korean (South Korea)",
    ko: "Korean",
    khq_ML: "Koyra Chiini (Mali)",
    khq: "Koyra Chiini",
    ses_ML: "Koyraboro Senni (Mali)",
    ses: "Koyraboro Senni",
    lag_TZ: "Langi (Tanzania)",
    lag: "Langi",
    lv_LV: "Latvian (Latvia)",
    lv: "Latvian",
    lt_LT: "Lithuanian (Lithuania)",
    lt: "Lithuanian",
    luo_KE: "Luo (Kenya)",
    luo: "Luo",
    luy_KE: "Luyia (Kenya)",
    luy: "Luyia",
    mk_MK: "Macedonian (Macedonia)",
    mk: "Macedonian",
    jmc_TZ: "Machame (Tanzania)",
    jmc: "Machame",
    kde_TZ: "Makonde (Tanzania)",
    kde: "Makonde",
    mg_MG: "Malagasy (Madagascar)",
    mg: "Malagasy",
    ms_BN: "Malay (Brunei)",
    ms_MY: "Malay (Malaysia)",
    ms: "Malay",
    ml_IN: "Malayalam (India)",
    ml: "Malayalam",
    mt_MT: "Maltese (Malta)",
    mt: "Maltese",
    gv_GB: "Manx (United Kingdom)",
    gv: "Manx",
    mr_IN: "Marathi (India)",
    mr: "Marathi",
    mas_KE: "Masai (Kenya)",
    mas_TZ: "Masai (Tanzania)",
    mas: "Masai",
    mer_KE: "Meru (Kenya)",
    mer: "Meru",
    mfe_MU: "Morisyen (Mauritius)",
    mfe: "Morisyen",
    naq_NA: "Nama (Namibia)",
    naq: "Nama",
    ne_IN: "Nepali (India)",
    ne_NP: "Nepali (Nepal)",
    ne: "Nepali",
    nd_ZW: "North Ndebele (Zimbabwe)",
    nd: "North Ndebele",
    nb_NO: "Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)",
    nb: "Norwegian Bokmål",
    nn_NO: "Norwegian Nynorsk (Norway)",
    nn: "Norwegian Nynorsk",
    nyn_UG: "Nyankole (Uganda)",
    nyn: "Nyankole",
    or_IN: "Oriya (India)",
    or: "Oriya",
    om_ET: "Oromo (Ethiopia)",
    om_KE: "Oromo (Kenya)",
    om: "Oromo",
    ps_AF: "Pashto (Afghanistan)",
    ps: "Pashto",
    fa_AF: "Persian (Afghanistan)",
    fa_IR: "Persian (Iran)",
    fa: "Persian",
    pl_PL: "Polish (Poland)",
    pl: "Polish",
    pt_BR: "Portuguese (Brazil)",
    pt_GW: "Portuguese (Guinea-Bissau)",
    pt_MZ: "Portuguese (Mozambique)",
    pt_PT: "Portuguese (Portugal)",
    pt: "Portuguese",
    pa_Arab: "Punjabi (Arabic)",
    pa_Arab_PK: "Punjabi (Arabic, Pakistan)",
    pa_Guru: "Punjabi (Gurmukhi)",
    pa_Guru_IN: "Punjabi (Gurmukhi, India)",
    pa: "Punjabi",
    ro_MD: "Romanian (Moldova)",
    ro_RO: "Romanian (Romania)",
    ro: "Romanian",
    rm_CH: "Romansh (Switzerland)",
    rm: "Romansh",
    rof_TZ: "Rombo (Tanzania)",
    rof: "Rombo",
    ru_MD: "Russian (Moldova)",
    ru_RU: "Russian (Russia)",
    ru_UA: "Russian (Ukraine)",
    ru: "Russian",
    rwk_TZ: "Rwa (Tanzania)",
    rwk: "Rwa",
    saq_KE: "Samburu (Kenya)",
    saq: "Samburu",
    sg_CF: "Sango (Central African Republic)",
    sg: "Sango",
    seh_MZ: "Sena (Mozambique)",
    seh: "Sena",
    sr_Cyrl: "Serbian (Cyrillic)",
    sr_Cyrl_BA: "Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina)",
    sr_Cyrl_ME: "Serbian (Cyrillic, Montenegro)",
    sr_Cyrl_RS: "Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)",
    sr_Latn: "Serbian (Latin)",
    sr_Latn_BA: "Serbian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina)",
    sr_Latn_ME: "Serbian (Latin, Montenegro)",
    sr_Latn_RS: "Serbian (Latin, Serbia)",
    sr: "Serbian",
    sn_ZW: "Shona (Zimbabwe)",
    sn: "Shona",
    ii_CN: "Sichuan Yi (China)",
    ii: "Sichuan Yi",
    si_LK: "Sinhala (Sri Lanka)",
    si: "Sinhala",
    sk_SK: "Slovak (Slovakia)",
    sk: "Slovak",
    sl_SI: "Slovenian (Slovenia)",
    sl: "Slovenian",
    xog_UG: "Soga (Uganda)",
    xog: "Soga",
    so_DJ: "Somali (Djibouti)",
    so_ET: "Somali (Ethiopia)",
    so_KE: "Somali (Kenya)",
    so_SO: "Somali (Somalia)",
    so: "Somali",
    es_AR: "Spanish (Argentina)",
    es_BO: "Spanish (Bolivia)",
    es_CL: "Spanish (Chile)",
    es_CO: "Spanish (Colombia)",
    es_CR: "Spanish (Costa Rica)",
    es_DO: "Spanish (Dominican Republic)",
    es_EC: "Spanish (Ecuador)",
    es_SV: "Spanish (El Salvador)",
    es_GQ: "Spanish (Equatorial Guinea)",
    es_GT: "Spanish (Guatemala)",
    es_HN: "Spanish (Honduras)",
    es_419: "Spanish (Latin America)",
    es_MX: "Spanish (Mexico)",
    es_NI: "Spanish (Nicaragua)",
    es_PA: "Spanish (Panama)",
    es_PY: "Spanish (Paraguay)",
    es_PE: "Spanish (Peru)",
    es_PR: "Spanish (Puerto Rico)",
    es_ES: "Spanish (Spain)",
    es_US: "Spanish (United States)",
    es_UY: "Spanish (Uruguay)",
    es_VE: "Spanish (Venezuela)",
    es: "Spanish",
    sw_KE: "Swahili (Kenya)",
    sw_TZ: "Swahili (Tanzania)",
    sw: "Swahili",
    sv_FI: "Swedish (Finland)",
    sv_SE: "Swedish (Sweden)",
    sv: "Swedish",
    gsw_CH: "Swiss German (Switzerland)",
    gsw: "Swiss German",
    shi_Latn: "Tachelhit (Latin)",
    shi_Latn_MA: "Tachelhit (Latin, Morocco)",
    shi_Tfng: "Tachelhit (Tifinagh)",
    shi_Tfng_MA: "Tachelhit (Tifinagh, Morocco)",
    shi: "Tachelhit",
    dav_KE: "Taita (Kenya)",
    dav: "Taita",
    ta_IN: "Tamil (India)",
    ta_LK: "Tamil (Sri Lanka)",
    ta: "Tamil",
    te_IN: "Telugu (India)",
    te: "Telugu",
    teo_KE: "Teso (Kenya)",
    teo_UG: "Teso (Uganda)",
    teo: "Teso",
    th_TH: "Thai (Thailand)",
    th: "Thai",
    bo_CN: "Tibetan (China)",
    bo_IN: "Tibetan (India)",
    bo: "Tibetan",
    ti_ER: "Tigrinya (Eritrea)",
    ti_ET: "Tigrinya (Ethiopia)",
    ti: "Tigrinya",
    to_TO: "Tonga (Tonga)",
    to: "Tonga",
    tr_TR: "Turkish (Turkey)",
    tr: "Turkish",
    uk_UA: "Ukrainian (Ukraine)",
    uk: "Ukrainian",
    ur_IN: "Urdu (India)",
    ur_PK: "Urdu (Pakistan)",
    ur: "Urdu",
    uz_Arab: "Uzbek (Arabic)",
    uz_Arab_AF: "Uzbek (Arabic, Afghanistan)",
    uz_Cyrl: "Uzbek (Cyrillic)",
    uz_Cyrl_UZ: "Uzbek (Cyrillic, Uzbekistan)",
    uz_Latn: "Uzbek (Latin)",
    uz_Latn_UZ: "Uzbek (Latin, Uzbekistan)",
    uz: "Uzbek",
    vi_VN: "Vietnamese (Vietnam)",
    vi: "Vietnamese",
    vun_TZ: "Vunjo (Tanzania)",
    vun: "Vunjo",
    cy_GB: "Welsh (United Kingdom)",
    cy: "Welsh",
    yo_NG: "Yoruba (Nigeria)",
    yo: "Yoruba",
    zu_ZA: "Zulu (South Africa)",
    zu: "Zulu"
}