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sys.syslanguages (Transact-SQL)
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Contains one row for each language present in the instance of SQL Server.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
langid |
smallint | Unique language ID. |
dateformat |
nchar(3) | Date order, for example, DMY. |
datefirst |
tinyint | First day of the week: 1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on, through 7 for Sunday. |
upgrade |
int | Reserved for system use. |
name |
sysname | Official language name, for example, Français. |
alias |
sysname | Alternative language name, for example, French. |
months |
nvarchar(372) | Comma-separated list of full-length month names in order from January through December, with each name having up to 20 characters. |
shortmonths |
nvarchar(132) | Comma-separated list of short-month names in order from January through December, with each name having up to nine characters. |
days |
nvarchar(217) | Comma-separated list of day names in order from Monday through Sunday, with each name having up to 30 characters. |
lcid |
int | Microsoft Windows language code ID (LCID) for the locale. |
msglangid |
smallint | Database Engine message group ID. |
The Database Engine contains the following installed languages.
| Name in English | Windows LCID | Database Engine message group ID |
|---|---|---|
| English | 1033 | 1033 |
| German | 1031 | 1031 |
| French | 1036 | 1036 |
| Japanese | 1041 | 1041 |
| Danish | 1030 | 1030 |
| Spanish | 3082 | 3082 |
| Italian | 1040 | 1040 |
| Dutch | 1043 | 1043 |
| Norwegian | 2068 | 2068 |
| Portuguese | 2070 | 2070 |
| Finnish | 1035 | 1035 |
| Swedish | 1053 | 1053 |
| Czech | 1029 | 1029 |
| Hungarian | 1038 | 1038 |
| Polish | 1045 | 1045 |
| Romanian | 1048 | 1048 |
| Croatian | 1050 | 1050 |
| Slovak | 1051 | 1051 |
| Slovenian | 1060 | 1060 |
| Greek | 1032 | 1032 |
| Bulgarian | 1026 | 1026 |
| Russian | 1049 | 1049 |
| Turkish | 1055 | 1055 |
| British English | 2057 | 1033 |
| Estonian | 1061 | 1061 |
| Latvian | 1062 | 1062 |
| Lithuanian | 1063 | 1063 |
| Brazilian | 1046 | 1046 |
| Traditional Chinese | 1028 | 1028 |
| Korean | 1042 | 1042 |
| Simplified Chinese | 2052 | 2052 |
| Arabic | 1025 | 1025 |
| Thai | 1054 | 1054 |
| Bokmål | 1044 | 1044 |
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