LANG[UAGE]

The LANG[UAGE] parameter specifies the National Language Support (NLS) environment. It sets the language of error messages and can also be used to set the language of report titles if the Master File contains alternate language TITLE attributes. For more information, see the Describing Data manual and the Describing Data manual.

The syntax is:

SET LANG[UAGE] = [LNG|ln] 

where:

LNG

Is the 3-letter abbreviation used to specify a language.

ln

Is the 2-letter ISO code used to specify a language.

The abbreviations and ISO codes used to specify a language are shown in the following table.

Language Name (Code)

Displayed Language (GUI)

Language Abbreviation

Language ISO code

AMENGLISH or
ENGLISH or
UKENGLISH
English
AME or
ENG or
UKE
en
ARABIC
Arabic
ARB
ar
BALTIC
Lithuanian
BAL
lt
CZECH
Czech
CZE
cs
DANISH
Danish
DAN
da
DUTCH
Dutch
DUT
nl
FINNISH
Finnish
FIN
fi
FRENCH
French - Standard
or Canadian
FRE
fr
fc
GERMAN
German - Standard
or Austrian
GER
de
at
GREEK
Greek
GRE
el
HEBREW
Hebrew
HEB or HEW
iw
ITALIAN
Italian
ITA
it
JAPANESE
Japanese-JIS or EUC
JPN or JPE
ja or je
KOREAN
Korean
KOR
ko
POLISH
Polish
POL
po
PORTUGUESE
Portuguese- Brazil or Portugal
POR
br
pt
RUSSIAN
Russian
RUS
ru
S-CHINESE
Chinese-
Simplified GB
PRC
zh
SPANISH
Spanish
SPA
es
SWEDISH
Swedish
SWE
sv
T-CHINESE
Chinese-
Traditional Big-5
ROC
tw
THAI
Thai
THA
th
TURKISH
Turkish
TUR
tr