Help:Localization
Localization is the term used to refer to video games being translated into different languages. The following is a list of languages that our editors have documented so far that translations have been made for, either for commercial or open-source software. Some websites tend to show the native language name rather than an English translation of it; because this is an English-language wiki, the list will be sorted into alphabetical order based on the English translation for the language, after listing the English-language derivatives first.
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American English | American English | American English | This is the standard English that most video games translate into, aimed at American audiences. |
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Australian English | Australian English | Australian English | This is an English dialect based upon regional differences in Australia. |
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British English | British English | British English | This is an English dialect based upon regional differences in the United Kingdom. |
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Afrikaans | Afrikaans (Suid-Afrika) | Afrikaans (South Africa) | Afrikaans is a dialect of Dutch found across South Africa. |
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Albanian | Shqip (Shqipëri) | Albanian (Albania) | Albanian is spoken by the population of Albania. |
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Amharic | አማርኛ (ኢትዮጵያ) | Amharic (Ethiopia) | Amharic is one of the Ethiopian Semitic languages, which are a subgroup within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and as a lingua franca by other populations residing in major cities and towns of Ethiopia. |
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Arabic | العربية (المملكة العربية السعودية) | Arabic (Saudi Arabia) | Arabic is a right-to-left language, spoken predominantly in the Middle East in countries such as Saudi Arabia. |
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Azerbaijani | Azərbaycan Dili (Azərbaycan) | Azerbaijani language (Azerbaijan) | Azerbaijani is spoken by the population of Azerbaijan, however, speakers of this language can also be found in Iran, Iraq, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Syria. |
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Basque | Euskara (Euskara) | Basque (Basque) | Basque is spoken by the population of the Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain and the Northern Basque Country in France. |
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Belarusian | Беларуская (Беларусь) | Belarus (Belarus) | Belarusian is spoken by the population of Belarus. |
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Bengali | বাংলা (বাংলাদেশ) | Bengali (Bangladesh) | Bengali is spoken by the population of Bangladesh. |
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Brazilian Portuguese | Português (Brasil) | Portuguese (Brazil) | Brazilian Portuguese is a dialect of Portuguese spoken by the population of Brazil. |
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Bulgarian | Български (България) | Bulgarian (Bulgaria) | Bulgarian is spoken by the population of Bulgaria. |
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Khmer | ភាសាខ្មែរ (កម្ពុជា) | Khmer (Cambodia) | Khmer is spoken by the population of Cambodia. |
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Catalan | Català (Català) | Catalan (Catalan) | Catalan is spoken by the population of Catalonia. |
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Cantonese | 广东话（中国） | Cantonese (China) | Cantonese is spoken by the population of the city of Guangzhou in China. |
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Chilean Spanish | Español (Chile) | Spanish (Chile) | Chilean Spanish a dialect of Spanish spoken by the population of Chile. |
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Hong Kong Chinese | 中文(香港特別行政區) | Chinese (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) | Hong Kong Chinese is spoken by the population of Hong Kong. |
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Simplified Chinese | 中文(中国) | Chinese (China) | Simplified Chinese is spoken by the population of China, also known as Chinese Mandarin Simplified. |
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Traditional Chinese | 中文(台灣) | Chinese (Taiwan) | Traditional Chinese is spoken by the population of Taiwan (Republic of China, officially referred to as Chinese Taipei by China), also known as Chinese Mandarin Traditional. |
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Classical Latin | Romanam classicam (Imperii Romani) | Classical Latin (Roman Empire) | Classical Latin is the modern term used to describe the form of the Latin language recognized as standard by writers of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. In some later periods, it was regarded as "good" Latin, with later versions being viewed as debased or corrupt. |
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Croatian | Hrvatski (Hrvatska) | Croatian (Croatia) | Croatian is spoken by the population of Croatia. |
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Czech | Čeština (Česká Republika) | Czech (Czech Republic) | Czech is spoken by the population of the Czech Republic. |
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Danish | Dansk (Danmark) | Danish (Denmark) | Danish is spoken by the population of Denmark. |
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Dutch | Nederlands (Nederland) | Dutch (the Netherlands) | Dutch is spoken by the population of the Netherlands. |
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Esperanto | Esperanto | Esperanto | Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist, created Esperanto in the late 19th century and published the first book detailing it, Unua Libro, in 1887 under the pseudonym Dr. Esperanto. Esperanto translates as "one who hopes" |
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Estonian | Eesti (Eesti) | Estonia (Estonia) | Estonian is spoken by the population of Estonia. |
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Faeroese | Faroese (Faroe Islands) | Føroyskt (Føroyar) | Faroese is spoken by the population of the Faroe Islands. |
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Filipino | Filipino (Pilipinas) | Filipino (Philippines) | Filipino is spoken by the population of the Philippines. |
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Finnish | Suomi (Suomi) | Finnish (Finnish) | Finnish is spoken by the population of Finland. |
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French Canadian | Français (Canada) | French (Canada) | French Canadian is spoken by the population of Quebec. |
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French | Français (France) | French (France) | French is spoken by the population of France, as well as many of its colonies. |
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Galician | Galego (Galego) | Galician (Galego) | Galician is spoken by the population of Galicia, an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. |
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German | Deutsch (Deutschland) | German (Germany) | German is spoken by the population of Germany. |
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Greek | Ελληνικά (Ελλάδα) | Greek (Greece) | Greek is spoken by the population of Greece. |
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Hausa | Hausa (Najeriya) | Hausa (Nigeria) | Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by some 27 million people, and as a second language by another 20 million. The ancestral language of the Hausa people, one of the largest ethnic groups in Central Africa, Hausa is commonly spoken throughout southern Niger and northern Nigeria. It has developed into a lingua franca across much of Western Africa for the purposes of trade. Speakers can also be found in Ghana, Benin, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, Togo and Sudan. |
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Hebrew | עברית (ישראל) | Hebrew (Israel) | Hebrew is spoken by the population of Israel. |
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Hindi | हिंदी (भारत) | Hindi (India) | Hindi one of the official languages of India. |
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Irish Gaelic | Gaeilge (Éire) | Irish (Ireland) | Irish Gaelic is spoken by some parts of the population of the Republic of Ireland. |
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Hungarian | Magyar (Magyarország) | Hungarian (Hungary) | Hungarian is spoken by the population of Hungary. |
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Icelandic | Íslenska (Ísland) | Icelandic (Iceland) | Icelandic is spoken by the population of Iceland. |
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Indonesian | Indonesia (Indonesia) | Indonesia (Indonesia) | Indonesian is spoken by the population of Indonesia. |
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Italian | Italiano (Italia) | Italian (Italy) | Italian is spoken by the population of Italy. |
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Japanese | 日本語 (日本) | Japanese (Japan) | Japanese is spoken by the population of Japan. |
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Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ (ಭಾರತ) | Kannada (India) | Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the Kannada people in India, mainly in the state of Karnataka, and by significant linguistic minorities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa and abroad. The language has roughly 38 million native speakers, who are called Kannadigas. |
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Kazakh | Қазақ Тілі (Қазақстан) | Kazakh language (Kazakhstan) | Kazakh is spoken by the population of Kazakhstan. |
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Korean | 한국어(대한민국) | Korean (Korea) | Korean is spoken by the population of South Korea. |
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Latvian | Latviešu (Latvija) | Latvian (Latvia) | Latvian is spoken by the population of Latvia. |
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Lithuanian | Lietuvių (Lietuva) | Lithuanian (Lithuania) | Lithuanian is spoken by the population of Lithuania. |
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Luxembourgish | Lëtzebuergesch (Lëtzebuerg) | Luxembourgish (Luxembourg) | Luxembourgish is spoken by some parts of the population of Luxembourg. |
| 200px | Macedonian | Македонски (Република Македонија) | Macedonian (Republic of Macedonia) | Macedonian is spoken by the population of the Republic of Macedonia. |
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Malay | Bahasa Melayu (Malaysia) | Malay (Malaysia) | Malay is spoken by the population of Malaysia. |
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Malayalam | മലയാളം (ഇന്ത്യ) | Malayalam (India) | Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken across the Indian state of Kerala by the Malayali people and it is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Designated a "Classical Language in India" in 2013, it was developed into the current form mainly by the influence of the poet Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan in the 16th century. |
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Medieval Latin | Medieval Latin (Città del Vaticano) | Medieval Latin (Vatican City) | Medieval Latin was the form of Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. In this region it served as the primary written language, though local languages were also written to varying degrees. |
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Mexican Spanish | Español (México) | Spanish (Mexico) | Mexican Spanish a dialect of Spanish spoken by the population of Mexico. |
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Norwegian (Bokmål) | Norsk Bokmål (Norge) | Norwegian Bokmål (Norway) | Norwegian (also known as Bokmål) is spoken by the population of Norway. |
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Norwegian (Nynorsk) (New Norwegian) | Norsk Nynorsk (Norge) | Norwegian Nynorsk (Norway) | Nynorsk is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language in Norway, the other being Bokmål. Nynorsk was established in 1929 as one of two state sanctioned fusions of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language with the Dano-Norwegian written language, the other such fusion being called Bokmål. |
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Persian | فارسى (ایران) | Farsi (Iran) | Persian is spoken by the population of Iran. |
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Polish | Polski (Polska) | Polish (Poland) | Polish is spoken by the population of Poland. |
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Portuguese | Português (Portugal) | Portuguese (Portugal) | Portuguese is spoken by the population of Portugal. |
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Romanian | Română (România) | Romanian (Romania) | Romanian is spoken by the population of Romania. |
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Russian | Русский (Россия) | Russian (Russia) | Russian is spoken by the population of Russia. |
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Scottish Gaelic | Gàidhlig (Alba) | Gaelic (Scotland) | Scottish Gaelic is spoken by some parts of the population of Scotland. |
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Serbian | Srpski (Srbija) | Serbian (Serbia) | Serbian is spoken by the population of Serbia. Serbian can be expressed by using either the Latin or Cyrillic alphabets. |
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Slovak | Slovenčina (Slovensko) | Slovak (Slovakia) | Slovak is spoken by the population of Slovakia. |
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Slovene | Slovenščina (Slovenija) | Slovene (Slovenia) | Slovene is spoken by the population of Slovenia. |
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Spanish | Español (España, Alfabetización Internacional) | Spanish (Spain, International Literacy) | Spanish is spoken by the population of Spain. This is also the main international dialect of the Spanish language. |
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Swahili | Kiswahili (Kenya) | Swahili (Kenya) | Swahili is spoken predominantly in Kenya. |
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Swedish | Svenska (Sverige) | Swedish (Sweden) | Swedish is spoken by the population of Sweden. |
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Swiss German | Schweizerdeutsch (Schweiz) | Swiss German (Switzerland) | Swiss German is spoken by the German-speaking population of Switzerland. |
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Tamil | தமிழ் (இந்தியா) | Tamil (India) | Tamil is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians. Tamil is an official language of two countries: Sri Lanka and Singapore. |
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Telugu | తెలుగు (భారత దేశం) | Telugu (India) | Telugu is a South-central Dravidian language native to India. It stands alongside Hindi, English and Bengali as one of the few languages with official primary language status in more than one Indian state. Telugu is the primary language in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and the union territory of Puducherry. |
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Thai | ไทย (ไทย) | Thai (Thai) | Thai is spoken by the population of Thailand. |
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Turkish | Türkçe (Türkiye) | Turkish (Turkey) | Turkish is spoken by the population of Turkey. |
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Ukrainian | Українська (Україна) | Ukrainian (Ukraine) | Ukrainian is spoken by the population of Ukraine. |
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Uzbek | O‘Zbek (Oʻzbekiston) | UZBEK (Uzbekistan) | Uzbek is spoken by the population of Uzbekistan. |
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Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt (Việt Nam) | Vietnamese (Vietnam) | Vietnamese is spoken by the population of Vietnam. |
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Welsh | Cymraeg (Cymru) | Welsh (Wales) | Welsh is spoken by some parts of the population of Wales. |
