RSS Language Codes

The language employed in an RSS feed can be indicated in the language element, which contains a short code that must be either one of the identifiers on this page or a language code permitted by the W3C for use in HTML. The U.S. Library of Congress publishes the current list of ISO 639 language codes adopted by HTML.

RSS-Specific Language Codes

The following table contains the language codes explicitly specified for RSS. They apply to all versions of RSS 2.0 with one exception: the original RSS 0.91 release by Netscape did not include codes for Estonian ("et") or Hawaiian ("haw").

LanguageIdentifier
Afrikaansaf
Albaniansq
Basqueeu
Belarusianbe
Bulgarianbg
Catalanca
Chinese (Simplified)zh-cn
Chinese (Traditional)zh-tw
Croatianhr
Czechcs
Danishda
Dutchnl
Dutch (Belgium)nl-be
Dutch (Netherlands)nl-nl
Englishen
English (Australia)en-au
English (Belize)en-bz
English (Canada)en-ca
English (Ireland)en-ie
English (Jamaica)en-jm
English (New Zealand)en-nz
English (Phillipines)en-ph
English (South Africa)en-za
English (Trinidad)en-tt
English (United Kingdom)en-gb
English (United States)en-us
English (Zimbabwe)en-zw
Estonian et
Faeroesefo
Finnishfi
Frenchfr
French (Belgium)fr-be
French (Canada)fr-ca
French (France)fr-fr
French (Luxembourg)fr-lu
French (Monaco)fr-mc
French (Switzerland)fr-ch
Galiciangl
Gaelicgd
Germande
German (Austria)de-at
German (Germany)de-de
German (Liechtenstein)de-li
German (Luxembourg)de-lu
German (Switzerland)de-ch
Greekel
Hawaiianhaw
Hungarianhu
Icelandicis
Indonesianin
Irishga
Italianit
Italian (Italy)it-it
Italian (Switzerland)it-ch
Japaneseja
Koreanko
Macedonianmk
Norwegianno
Polishpl
Portuguesept
Portuguese (Brazil)pt-br
Portuguese (Portugal)pt-pt
Romanianro
Romanian (Moldova)ro-mo
Romanian (Romania)ro-ro
Russianru
Russian (Moldova)ru-mo
Russian (Russia)ru-ru
Serbiansr
Slovaksk
Sloveniansl
Spanishes
Spanish (Argentina)es-ar
Spanish (Bolivia)es-bo
Spanish (Chile)es-cl
Spanish (Colombia)es-co
Spanish (Costa Rica)es-cr
Spanish (Dominican Republic)es-do
Spanish (Ecuador)es-ec
Spanish (El Salvador)es-sv
Spanish (Guatemala)es-gt
Spanish (Honduras)es-hn
Spanish (Mexico)es-mx
Spanish (Nicaragua)es-ni
Spanish (Panama)es-pa
Spanish (Paraguay)es-py
Spanish (Peru)es-pe
Spanish (Puerto Rico)es-pr
Spanish (Spain)es-es
Spanish (Uruguay)es-uy
Spanish (Venezuela)es-ve
Swedishsv
Swedish (Finland)sv-fi
Swedish (Sweden)sv-se
Turkishtr
Ukranianuk

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