Icecat Locales and Language Code Table

How Icecat uses locale codes

Icecat supports many languages and locales, including language-and-country combinations. Each locale has an Icecat LangID and a shortcode used in Icecat.

Important: for simplicity, Icecat often uses the main language code for the general locale. Example: DE means the general German version and is short for DE_DE. If you need Swiss German content specifically, use DE_CH.

This is useful when one language is used in more than one country or region.

• DE = general German content
• DE_CH = German content for Switzerland
• EN = general English content
• FR = general French content
• NL = general Dutch content

Note: in a few cases, such as US or BR, Icecat uses a country code instead of a language code. This is done for user’s simplicity.

How to manage your Locales?

Follow My Icecat > Activated languages or locales > Add Languages

Icecat Language Code Table

LangID	Locale short code	Language-country in English	Localized language-country
0	INT	International – see below.
1	EN	English – United Kingdom
2	NL	Dutch – the Netherlands	Nederlands – Nederland
3	FR	French – France	Français – France
4	DE	German – Germany	Deutsch – Deutschland
5	IT	Italian – Italy	Italiano – Italia
6	ES	Spanish – Spain	Español – España
7	DK	Danish – Denmark	Dansk – Danmark
8	RU	Russian – Russia	Русский – Россия
9	US	English – USA
10	BR	Portuguese – Brazil	Português – Brasil
11	PT	Portuguese – Portugal	Português – Portugal
12	ZH	Simplified Chinese – China	中文 (简体) – 中国
13	SV	Swedish – Sweden	Svenska – Sverige
14	PL	Poland – Polish	Polski – Polska
15	CZ	Czech – Czech republic	Česky – Česká republika
16	HU	Hungarian – Hungary	Magyar – Magyarország
17	FI	Finnish – Finland	Suomi – Suomi
18	EL	Greek – Greece	Ελληνικά – Ελλάδα
19	NO	Norwegian – Norway	Norsk – Norge
20	TR	Turkish – Turkey	Türkçe – Turkiye
21	BG	Bulgarian – Bulgaria	Български – България
22	KA	Georgian – Georgia	ქართული – საქართველო
23	RO	Romanian – Romania	Română – Romania
24	SR	Serbian – Serbia	Srpski – Serbia
25	UK	Ukrainian – Ukraine	Українська – Україна
26	JA	Japanese – Japan	日本語 – 日本
27	CA	Catalan – Spain	Catalán – España
28	ES_AR	Spanish – Argentine	Español – Argentina
29	HR	Croatian – Croatia	Hrvatski – Hrvatska
30	AR	Arabic – United Arab Emirates	العربية – المملكة العربية السعودية
31	VI	Vietnamese – Vietnam	Tiếng Việt – Việt Nam
32	KO	Korean – South Korea	한국인 – 대한민국
33	MK	Macedonian – North Macedonia	Македонски – Македонија
34	SL	Slovenian – Slovenia	Slovenščina – Slovenija
35	EN_SG	English – Singapore
36	EN_ZA	English – South Africa
37	ZH_TW	Traditional Chinese – Taiwan	中文 (繁體) – 臺灣
38	HE	Hebrew – Israel	עברית – ישראל
39	LT	Lithuanian – Lithuania	Lietuvą – Lietuvoje
40	LV	Latvian – Latvia	Latviski – Latvia
41	EN_IN	English – India
42	DE_CH	German – Switzerland	Deutsch – Schweiz
43	ID	Indonesia – Indonesia	Indonesia – Indonesia
44	SK	Slovak – Slovakia	Slovenský – Slovensko
45	FA	Farsi – Iran	فار – ایران
46	ES_MX	Spanish – Mexico	Español – Méjico
47	ET	Estonian – Estonia	Eesti – Eesti
48	DE_BE	German – Belgium	Deutsch – Belgien
49	FR_BE	French – Belgium	Français – Belgique
50	NL_BE	Dutch – Belgium	Nederlands – Belgie
51	TH	Thai – Thailand	ไทย – ไทย
52	RU_UA	Russian – Ukraine	Русский – Украина
53	DE_AT	German – Austria	Deutsch – Österreich
54	FR_CH	French – Switzerland	Français – Suisse
55	EN_NZ	English – New Zealand
56	EN_SA	English – Saudi Arabia
57	EN_ID	English – Indonesia
58	EN_MY	English – Malaysia
59	HI	Hindi – India	हिंदी – भारत
60	FR_CA	French – Canada	Français – Canada
61	TE	Telugu – India	తెలుగు – భారతదేశం
62	TA	Tamil – India	தமிழ் – இந்தியா
63	KN	Kannada – India	ಕನ್ನಡ – ಭಾರತ
64	EN_IE	English – Ireland
65	ML	Malayalam – India	മലയാളം – ഇന്ത്യ
66	EN_AE	English – United Arab Emirates
67	ES_CL	Spanish – Chile	Español – Chile
68	ES_PE	Spanish – Peru	Español – Perú
69	ES_CO	Spanish – Colombia	Español – Colombia
70	MR	Marathi – India	मराठी – भारत
71	BN	Bengali – India	বাংলা – ভারতবর্ষ
72	MS	Malay – Malaysia	Bahasa Melayu – Malaysia
73	EN_AU	English – Australia
74	IT_CH	Italian – Switzerland	Italiano – Svizzera
75	EN_PH	English – Philippines
76	FL_PH	Filipino – Philippines	Filipino – Pilipinas
77	EN_CA	English – Canada
78	EN_EG	English – Egypt
79	AR_EG	Arabic – Egypt	العربية – مصر
80	AR_SA	Arabic – Saudi Arabia	العربية – المملكة العربية السعودية

International Locale

The International locale is a special feature that lets a channel partner retrieve data for all locales in a single request or file — instead of making separate calls for each language.

This works the other way around too: international assets (pictures, specs, marketing text) are automatically included for every locale the partner has access to.

⚠️ Heads up: International requests return much larger responses than localized ones. It is strongly recommended to use them with scripts or automated tools only — not for manual browsing.

How It Works with the XML API

When you make an International request via the XML API, Icecat:

1. Checks which locales are assigned to your account.
2. Returns data only for the locales available to you.

If the International locale is active on your account, you get all data for all locales in one go.

📌 Note: At the moment, CSV, JSON, and LiveHTML APIs do not support International requests — this feature is XML API only.

International Index File

In the context of Index Files, the International Index File includes every product that is activated for at least one locale. This makes it the largest catalogue you can download from Icecat.