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Language abbreviations

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POEditor's language menu contains some language that are abbreviated. Here's a list of them and what they stand for.

  • Arabic (DZ) - Arabic Algeria
  • Arabic (BH) - Arabic Bahrain
  • Arabic (EG) - Arabic Egypt
  • Arabic (IQ) - Arabic Iraq
  • Arabic (JO) - Arabic Jordan
  • Arabic (KW) - Arabic Kuwait
  • Arabic (LB) - Arabic Lebanon
  • Arabic (LY) - Arabic Libya
  • Arabic (MA) - Arabic Morocco
  • Arabic (OM) - Arabic Oman
  • Arabic (QA) - Arabic Qatar
  • Arabic (SA) - Arabic Saudi Arabia
  • Arabic (SY) - Arabic Syria
  • Arabic (TN) - Arabic Tunisia
  • Arabic (AE) - Arabic United Arab Emirates
  • Arabic (YE) - Arabic Yemen

  • Chinese (HK) - Cantonese
  • Chinese (SG) - Singaporean Mandarin
  • Chinese (MO) - Chinese Macau SAR
  • Chinese (TW) - Chinese Taiwan

  • English (AU) - Australian English
  • English (BZ) - English Belize
  • English (CA) - Canadian English
  • English (GH) - English Ghana
  • English (HK) - Hong-Kong English
  • English (IN) - Indian English
  • English (IE) - Irish English
  • English (JM) - Jamaican English
  • English (KE) - English Kenya
  • English (MU) - Mauritius English
  • English (NG) - English Nigeria
  • English (NZ) - New Zealand English
  • English (PH) - English Philippines
  • English (SG) - Singapore English
  • English (TT) - English Trinidad and Tobago
  • English (US) - American English
  • English (ZA) - South African English
  • English (ZW) - English Zimbabwe

  • French (BE) - Belgian French
  • French (CA) - Canadian French
  • French (CH) - Swiss French
  • French (LU) - French Luxembourg
  • French (MC) - French Morocco

  • German (AT) - Austrian German
  • German (BE) - Belgian German
  • German (CH) - Swiss German
  • German (LI) - German Liechtenstein
  • German (LU) - German Luxembourg

  • Italian (CH) - Swiss Italian

  • Malay (BN) - Malay Brunei

  • Portuguese (BR) - Brazilian Portuguese

  • Spanish (AR) - Argentinian Spanish
  • Spanish (BO) - Bolivian Spanish
  • Spanish (CL) - Chilean Spanish
  • Spanish (CR) - Spanish Costa Rica
  • Spanish (CO) - Colombian Spanish
  • Spanish (DO) - Dominican Spanish
  • Spanish (EC) - Spanish Ecuador
  • Spanish (GT) - Guatemalan Spanish
  • Spanish (LA & C) - Spanish Latin America and the Caribbean region
  • Spanish (MX) - Spanish Mexico
  • Spanish (NI) - Spanish Nicaragua
  • Spanish (PA) - Spanish Panama
  • Spanish (PE) - Spanish Peru
  • Spanish (PR) - Spanish Puerto Rico
  • Spanish (PY) - Spanish Paraguay
  • Spanish (UY) - Spanish Uruguay
  • Spanish (VE) - Spanish Venezuela
  • Spanish (SV) - Spanish El Salvador

  • Swedish (FI) - Swedish Finland
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