NLS_LANG

Commonly Used Values for NLS_LANG

The following table lists commonly used NLS_LANG values for various languages:

Language	NLS_LANG Value
Arabic	ARABIC_UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.AR8MSWIN1256
Brazilian Portuguese	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE_BRAZIL.WE8ISO8859P1
Bulgarian	BULGARIAN_BULGARIA.CL8MSWIN1251
Canadian French	CANADIAN FRENCH_CANADA.WE8ISO8859P1
Catalan	CATALAN_CATALONIA.WE8ISO8859P1
Croatian	CROATIAN_CROATIA.EE8MSWIN1250
Czech	CZECH_CZECH REPUBLIC.EE8MSWIN1250
Danish	DANISH_DENMARK.WE8ISO8859P1
Dutch	DUTCH_THE NETHERLANDS.WE8ISO8859P1
Egyptian	ARABIC_UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.AR8MSWIN1256
English	AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1
English (United Kingdom)	ENGLISH_UNITED KINGDOM.WE8ISO8859P1
Estonian	ESTONIAN_ESTONIA.BLT8MSWIN1257
Finnish	FINNISH_FINLAND.WE8ISO8859P1
French	FRENCH_FRANCE.WE8ISO8859P1
German	GERMAN_GERMANY.WE8ISO8859P1
Greek	GREEK_GREECE.EL8MSWIN1253
Hebrew	HEBREW_ISRAEL.IW8MSWIN1255
Hungarian	HUNGARIAN_HUNGARY.EE8MSWIN1250
Icelandic	ICELANDIC_ICELAND.WE8ISO8859P1
Indonesian	INDONESIAN_INDONESIA.WE8ISO8859P1
Italian	ITALIAN_ITALY.WE8ISO8859P1
Japanese	JAPANESE_JAPAN.JA16SJIS
Korean	KOREAN_KOREA.KO16KSC5601
Latin American Spanish	LATIN AMERICAN SPANISH_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1
Latvian	LATVIAN_LATVIA.BLT8MSWIN1257
Lithuanian	LITHUANIAN_LITHUANIA.BLT8MSWIN1257
Mexican Spanish	MEXICAN SPANISH_MEXICO.WE8ISO8859P1
Norwegian	NORWEGIAN_NORWAY.WE8ISO8859P1
Polish	POLISH_POLAND.EE8MSWIN1250
Portuguese	PORTUGUESE_PORTUGAL.WE8ISO8859P1
Romanian	ROMANIAN_ROMANIA.EE8MSWIN1250
Russian	RUSSIAN_CIS.CL8MSWIN1251
Simplified Chinese	SIMPLIFIED CHINESE_CHINA.ZHS16GBK
Slovak	SLOVAK_SLOVAKIA.EE8MSWIN1250
Spanish	SPANISH_SPAIN.WE8ISO8859P1
Swedish	SWEDISH_SWEDEN.WE8ISO8859P1
Thai	THAI_THAILAND.TH8TISASCII
Traditional Chinese	TRADITIONAL CHINESE_TAIWAN.ZHT16BIG5
Turkish	TURKISH_TURKEY.WE8ISO8859P9
Ukrainian	UKRAINIAN_UKRAINE.CL8MSWIN1251
Vietnamese	VIETNAMESE_VIETNAM.VN8VN3
Others	AMERICAN_AMERICA.US7ASCII