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For information about preparing content for translation, see our Producing multilingual content – digital guide. Also refer to the
How to set the language code
Find the code in the table below and open your content page in the CMS (or the Embedded video media item).
On the right side of the screen you'll see a sidebar. (This is at the bottom of the screen for Embedded video.) Click on the Metatags heading to reveal more detail. Use Ctrl + F to search for the word ‘locale’. You’ll find it in the Open Graph section of the Metatags.
In the Locale field, enter the code in the Content language field. (Use the codes provided below.
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Save your page.
Note that fonts that read right-to-left (such as Arabic) will display that way on the live page when the language code is set.
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Where the font column has 'NA' the language uses the same font as English.
If there is a language not found below that you would like on vic.gov.au, please submit a platform enhancement request.
Language | Code | Right-to left? | Font |
Acholi | ach | TBC | |
Albanian | sq | TBC | |
Amharic | am | ||
Arabic |
ar | Yes | ||
Assyrian | aii | Yes | |
Bengali | bn | ||
Bosnian | bs | NA | |
Burmese | my | ||
Chaldean | cld | Yes | |
Chin - Hakha Chin | cnh | NA | |
Chinese – simplified | zh-Hans | ||
Chinese - traditional | zh-Hant | ||
Cook Islands Maori - Kuki Airani | rar | NA | |
Croatian | hr | NA | |
Dari | prs | Yes | |
Dinka | din | Arial | |
Falam | cfm | TBC | |
Farsi (Persian) | fa | Yes | |
Fijian | fj | NA | |
Filipino | fil | NA | |
Filipino - Tagalog | tl | NA | |
French | af | NA | |
Greek | el | ||
Gujarati | gu | ||
Hakka | hak | NA | |
Hazaragi | haz | Yes | |
Hebrew | he | Yes | TBC |
Hindi | hi | ||
Indonesian | id | NA | |
Italian | it | NA | |
Japanese | ja | ||
Karen | kar | ||
Karenni | kyu | ||
Khmer | km | ||
Korean | ko | ||
Kurdish (Northern) - Kurmanji (کورمانجی) | kmr | Yes | |
Kurdish (Central) - Sorani (کرمانجیی خواروو) | ckb | Yes | |
Macedonian | mk | ||
Malay | ms | NA | |
Malayalam | ml | NA | |
Maltese | mt | NA | |
Nepali | ne | ||
Niuean - Vagahau Niue | niu | NA | |
Nuer | nus | Arial | |
Oromo | om | NA | |
Pashto | ps | Yes | |
Polish | pl | NA | |
Portugese | pt | NA | |
Punjabi | pa | ||
Rohingya | rhg | NA | |
Russian | ru | ||
Samoan | sm | NA | |
Serbian | sr | ||
Sinhalese | si | ||
Somali | so | NA | |
Spanish | es | NA | |
Swahili | sw | NA | |
Tamil | ta | ||
Thai | th | ||
Telugu | te | ||
Tigrinya | ti | ||
Tongan | to | NA | |
Turkish | tur | NA | |
Urdu | ur | Yes | |
Vietnamese | vi | ||
Zomi | ctd | NA |