This document explains how to manage language settings using the Gmail API.
You can use the settings
resource to
configure language settings for an account, which sets the display language for
Gmail.
Configure languages
The settings.getLanguage
and settings.updateLanguage
methods on the settings
resource use
a LanguageSettings
object. The displayLanguage
field of the LanguageSettings
object sets the display language for
Gmail. The format of the display language is in RFC 3066 language tag
format
.
Not all Gmail clients can display the same set of languages. If a user's display language is unavailable on a specific client, the Gmail client automatically chooses the closest supported variant or a reasonable default.
Language set
The set of supported languages evolves over time. For more information on how to find the list of languages in Gmail, see Change your Gmail language settings .
The following table shows a sample of potential language values:
| Language (English) | Language (in Gmail settings) | Tag (RFC 3066) |
|---|---|---|
|
Afrikaans
|
Afrikaans | af
|
|
Azerbaijani
|
Azərbaycanca | az
|
|
Indonesian
|
Bahasa Indonesia | id
|
|
Malay
|
Bahasa Melayu | ms
|
|
Catalan
|
Català | ca
|
|
Czech
|
Český | cs
|
|
Welsh
|
Cymraeg | cy
|
|
Danish
|
Dansk | da
|
|
German
|
Deutsch | de
|
|
Estonian
|
Eesti keel | et
|
|
English (UK)
|
English (UK) | en-GB
|
|
English
|
English (US) | en
|
|
Spanish
|
Español | es
|
|
Spanish (LatAm)
|
Español (Latinoamerica) | es-419
|
|
Basque
|
Euskara | eu
|
|
Filipino
|
Filipino | fil
|
|
French
|
Français | fr
|
|
French (Canada)
|
Français (Canada) | fr-CA
|
|
Irish
|
Gaeilge | ga
|
|
Gallegan
|
Galego | gl
|
|
Croatian
|
Hrvatski | hr
|
|
Italian
|
Italiano | it
|
|
Zulu
|
IsiZulu | zu
|
|
Icelandic
|
Íslenska | is
|
|
Swahili
|
Kiswahili | sw
|
|
Latvian
|
Latviešu | lv
|
|
Lithuanian
|
Lietuvių | lt
|
|
Hungarian
|
Magyar | hu
|
|
Norwegian
|
Norsk (Bokmål) | no
|
|
Dutch
|
Nederlands | nl
|
|
Polish
|
Polski | pl
|
|
Portuguese (BR)
|
Português (Brasil) | pt-BR
|
|
Portuguese (PT)
|
Português (Portugal) | pt-PT
|
|
Romanian
|
Română | ro
|
|
Slovak
|
Slovenský | sk
|
|
Slovenian
|
Slovenščina | sl
|
|
Finnish
|
Suomi | fi
|
|
Swedish
|
Svenska | sv
|
|
Vietnamese
|
Tiếng Việt | vi
|
|
Turkish
|
Türkçe | tr
|
|
Greek
|
Ελληνικά | el
|
|
Bulgarian
|
Български | bg
|
|
Mongolian
|
Монгол | mn
|
|
Russian
|
Русский | ru
|
|
Serbian
|
Српски | sr
|
|
Ukrainian
|
Українська | uk
|
|
Armenian
|
Հայերեն | hy
|
|
Hebrew
|
עברית | he
|
|
Urdu
|
اردو | ur
|
|
Arabic
|
العربية | ar
|
|
Persian
|
فارسی | fa
|
|
Nepali
|
नेपाली (Nepali) | ne
|
|
Marathi
|
मराठी | mr
|
|
Hindi
|
हिन्दी | hi
|
|
Bengali
|
বাংলা | bn
|
|
Gujarati
|
ગુજરાતી | gu
|
|
Tamil
|
தமிழ் | ta
|
|
Telugu
|
తెలుగు | te
|
|
Kannada
|
ಕನ್ನಡ | kn
|
|
Malayalam
|
മലയാളം | ml
|
|
Sinhalese
|
සිංහල (Sinhala) | si
|
|
Thai
|
ภาษาไทย | th
|
|
Lao
|
ພາສາລາວ (Lao) | lo
|
|
Burmese
|
မြန်မာဘာသာ (Myanmar language) | my
|
|
Georgian
|
ქართული | ka
|
|
Amharic
|
አማርኛ (Amharic) | am
|
|
Cherokee
|
ᏣᎳᎩ (Cherokee) | chr
|
|
Khmer
|
ភាសាខ្មែរ (Khmer) | km
|
|
Chinese (HK)
|
中文 (香港) | zh-HK
|
|
Chinese (China)
|
中文 (简体) | zh-CN
|
|
Chinese (Taiwan)
|
中文 (繁體) | zh-TW
|
|
Japanese
|
日本語 | ja
|
|
Korean
|
한국어 | ko
|
