Hi John,
The IDs correspond exactly to Microsoft's (proprietary) LCID ("locale ID")
codes used in the Windows operating systems. So they are a "Microsoft
standard".
Best Regards,
Addison
Addison P. Phillips
Globalization Architect / Manager, Globalization Engineering
webMethods, Inc. 432 Lakeside Drive, Sunnyvale, CA
+1 408.962.5487 (phone) +1 408.210.3659 (mobile)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org
> [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org]On Behalf Of jgo
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 4:04 PM
> To: unicode@unicode.org
> Subject: RTF language codes
>
>
> I was reading:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/specs/rtfspec_16.htm#rtfspec_34
>
> and trying to figure out the RTF language codes when I found:
> "The following table defines the standard languages used by Microsoft.
> This table was generated by the Unicode group for use with TrueType
> and Unicode.
> Language ID (hexadecimal) ID (decimal)
> Afrikaans 0x0436 1078
> Albanian 0x041c 1052
> Arabic 0x0401 1025
> Arabic Algeria 0x1401 5121
> Arabic Bahrain 0x3c01 15361...
> Xhosa 0x0434 1076
> Yiddish 0x043d 1085
> Zulu 0x0435 1077"
>
> I don't see such a table via search from the Unicode site.
> Is this just another M$ non-standard "standard" subject to
> change at a whim? (Does the consortium have anything to do
> with it at all?)
>
> Since I'm trying to use it with MacOS 9-, how does this fit
> with Apple's script and region codes... or does it? (And
> where can I find those, if so?)
>
> John G. Otto Nisus Software, Engineering
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