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A Windows '''Language Code Identifier''' ('''LCID''') is a 32-bit code that identifies a ''language dialect'', ''locale'', ''culture'', or something of that nature. It is associated with Microsoft Windows.

It is also known as a '''Locale ID''', and other similar names, which may include the word "Microsoft". (But it is distinct from ''Language ID''; see below.) Note that '''LCID''' probably stands for ''Language Code ID'', and not for ''Locale ID''.

== Format details ==
An LCID is the combination of a 16-bit '''Language ID''', and a ''sort order identifier''.

The LCID and Language ID are sometimes conflated. The sort order identifier is usually 0, in which case the LCID and Language ID are numerically equal.

A Language ID is itself the combination of a ''Primary Language ID'' and a ''SubLanguage ID''. There is supposedly some sort of correspondence between a Language ID and an [[IETF language tag]].

== Examples ==
The Language ID for US English (en-US) is 0x0409, or decimal 1033. The most likely LCID would be 0x00000409.

== Links ==
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc233965.aspx <nowiki>[MS-LCID]</nowiki>: Windows Language Code Identifier (LCID) Reference] (downloadable documents)
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664.aspx Locale IDs Assigned by Microsoft]
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc233968.aspx MSDN: LCID structure]
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd318693(v=vs.85).aspx Windows Dev Center: Language Identifier Constants and Strings]
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd373763(v=vs.85).aspx Windows Dev Center: Locale Identifiers] - Structure of an LCID
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd318691(v=vs.85).aspx Windows Dev Center: Language Identifiers] - Structure of a Language ID

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