Applies ToWindows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Windows 7
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Use the Add a language feature to install another language for Windows 11 to view menus, dialog boxes, and supported apps and websites in that language. To do this:

  1. Select Start > Settings > Time & language > Language & region.Open Language settings

  2. Go to Preferred languages, select Add a language.

  3. In Choose a language to install, enter and select the name of the language that you want to install, then select Next.

  4. In Install language features, select the features that you want to use, then select Install.

To use Microsoft Office in your preferred language, download a Microsoft 365 language pack

You can download and install any of the following languages in Windows 11.

Language

Native name

Base language required

Afrikaans

Afrikaans

English (United States)

Albanian

shqip

English (United States)

Amharic

አማርኛ

English (United States) 

Arabic

العربية

Any language

Armenian

Հայերեն

English (United States)

Assamese

অসমীয়া

English (United States) 

Azerbaijani (Latin)

Azərbaycan

English (United States)

Bangla (India)

বাংলা (ভারত)

English (United States) 

Basque

euskara

Spanish (Spain)

Belarusian

беларуская мова

Russian

Bosnian (Latin)

bosanski

English (United States)

Bulgarian

Български

Any language

Catalan

català

Spanish (Spain)

Cherokee (Cherokee)

ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ

English (United States)

Chinese Simplified

中文(简体)

Any language

Chinese Traditional

中文(繁體)

Any language

Croatian

hrvatski

Any language

Czech

čeština

Any language

Danish

dansk

Any language

Dutch

Nederlands

Any language

English

English

Any language

Estonian

eesti

Any language

Filipino

Filipino

English (United States) 

Finnish

suomi

Any language

French

français

Any language

Galician

galego

Spanish (Spain)

Georgian

ქართული

English (United States)

German

Deutsch

Any language

Greek

Ελληνικά

Any language

Gujarati

ગુજરાતી

English (United States) 

Hebrew

עברית

Any language

Hindi

हिंदी

English (United States)

Hungarian

magyar

Any language

Icelandic

íslenska

English (United States)

Indonesian

Bahasa Indonesia

English (United States)

Irish

Gaeilge

English (United States)

Italian

italiano

Any language

Japanese

日本語‫

Any language

Kannada

ಕನ್ನಡ

English (United States) 

Kazakh

Қазақ

English (United States)

Khmer

ខ្មែរ

English (United States)

Konkani

कोंकणी

English (United States)

Korean

한국어‫

Any language

Latvian

latviešu

Any language

Lithuanian

lietuvių

Any language

Luxembourgish

Lëtzebuergesch

French

Macedonian

македонски јазик

English (United States)

Malay (Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore)

Bahasa Melayu

English (United States)

Malayalam

മലയാളം

English (United States)

Maltese

Malti

English (United States)

Maori

Te Reo Māori

English (United States)

Marathi

मराठी

English (United States)

Nepali

नेपाली

English (United States)

Norwegian (Bokmål)

norsk (bokmål)

Any language

Norwegian (Nynorsk)

norsk (nynorsk)

Norwegian (Bokmål)

Odia

ଓଡିଆ

English (United States)

Persian

فارسی

English (United States)

Polish

Polski

Any language

Portuguese (Brazil)

português

Any language

Portuguese (Portugal)

português

Any language

Punjabi (Arabic)

پنجابی

English (United States)

Quechua

runasimi

Spanish (Mexico)

Romanian

română

Any language

Russian

Русский

Any language

Scottish Gaelic

Gàidhlig

English (United States)

Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

српски

English (United States)

Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)

српски

Serbian (Latin)

Serbian (Latin)

srpski

Any language

Slovak

slovenčina

Any language

Slovenian

slovenski

Any language

Spanish

Español

Any language

Swedish

svenska

Any language

Tamil (India and Sri Lanka)

தமிழ்

English (United States)

Tatar

Татар

Russian

Telugu

తెలుగు

English (United States)

Thai

ไทย

Any language

Turkish

Türkçe

Any language

Ukrainian

українська

Any language

Urdu

اردو

English (United States)

Uyghur

ئۇيغۇرچە

Simplified Chinese (China)

Uzbek (Latin)

O'zbekcha

English (United States)

Valencian

valencià

Spanish (Spain)

Vietnamese

Tiếng Việt

English (United States)

Welsh

Cymraeg

English (United States)

May I redistribute the Language Pack?

If you represent a government or government agency, a government-affiliated or government-sponsored cultural or language board or institution, or an accredited educational institution, you may redistribute the Pack to validly licensed users of the Software, in the same form as received from Microsoft.

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