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Download languages for Windows

Get languages for Windows 7 and Windows Vista

You can download and install additional languages to view Windows Vista and Windows 7 menus, dialog boxes, and other user interface items in your preferred language. Additional languages will work only with a genuine copy of Windows. Some languages are installed from the Microsoft Download Center, and some are installed using Windows Update. In addition, some languages require a premium edition of Windows or a particular parent language.

  • Language Packs. If you're running the Ultimate or Enterprise edition of Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can download any of the 33 available language packs by using Windows Update. Language packs provide a translated version of Windows dialog boxes, menu items, and help content.

  • Language Interface Packs (LIPs). LIPs can be installed over any edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7, providing a translated version of only the most widely used dialog boxes, menu items, and help content. You can download LIPs from the Microsoft Download Center by using the links below. To install a LIP, you will need to have the required parent language installed on your PC. If your language is listed as "coming soon," it's on the way—check back here for updates.

Note: Language packs for Windows XP are also available. To use Microsoft Office in your preferred language, you can download an Office LIP.


Language


Native name

Base language and edition required

Windows 7

Windows 7

Windows Vista

Windows Vista

Afrikaans


Afrikaans

English
(any edition)

Albanian


shqipe

English
(any edition)

Amharic


አማርኛ

English
(any edition)

Armenian


Հայերեն

English
(any edition)

Arabic


العربية

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Assamese


অসমীয়া

English
(any edition)

Azeri (Latin)


Azərbaycan

English or Russian
(any edition)

Bangla (Bangladesh)


বাংলা (বাংলাদেশ)

English
(any edition)

Basque


euskara

French or Spanish
(any edition)

Bengali (India)


বাংলা (ভারত)

English
(any edition)

Bosnian (Cyrillic)


босански

English, Croatian, or Serbian-Latin (any edition)

Bosnian (Latin)


bosanski

English, Croatian, or Serbian-Latin (any edition)

Bulgarian


Български

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Catalan


català

French or Spanish
(any edition)

Chinese (Simplified)


中文(简体)

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Chinese (Traditional)


中文 (繁體)

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Croatian


hrvatski

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Czech


čeština

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Danish


dansk

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Dari


درى

English
(any edition)

Not available

Dutch


Nederlands

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

English


English

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Estonian


eesti

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Finnish


suomi

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Filipino


Filipino

English
(any edition)

French


français

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Galician


galego

Spanish
(any edition)

Georgian


ქართული

English
(any edition)

German


Deutsch

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Greek


Ελληνικά

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Gujarati


ગુજરાતી

English
(any edition)

Hausa (Latin)


Hausa

English
(any edition)

Hebrew


עברית

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Hindi


हिंदी

English
(any edition)

Hungarian


magyar

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Icelandic


íslenska

English
(any edition)

Igbo


Ndi Igbo

English
(any edition)

Indonesian


Bahasa Indonesia

English
(any edition)

Inuktitut (Latin)


Inuktitut

English
(any edition)

Irish


Gaeilge

English
(any edition)

Not available

isiXhosa


isiXhosa

English
(any edition)

isiZulu


isiZulu

English
(any edition)

Italian


italiano

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Japanese


日本語‫

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Kannada


ಕನ್ನಡ

English
(any edition)

Kazakh


Қазақ

English or Russian
(any edition)

Khmer


ខ្មែរ

English
(any edition)

KiSwahili


Kiswahili

English
(any edition)

Konkani


कोंकणी

English
(any edition)

Korean


한국어‫

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Kyrgyz


Кыргыз

Russian
(any edition)

Lao


ລາວ

English
(any edition)

Not available

Latvian


latviešu

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Lithuanian


lietuvių

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Luxembourgish


Lëtzebuergesch

French or English
(any edition)

Macedonian


македонски јазик

English
(any edition)

Malay (Brunei Darussalam)


Bahasa Melayu

English
(any edition)

Malay (Malaysia)


Bahasa Melayu

English
(any edition)

Malayalam


മലയാളം

English
(any edition)

Maltese


Malti

English
(any edition)

Maori


Te Reo Māori

English
(any edition)

Marathi


मराठी

English
(any edition)

Mongolian (Cyrillic)


Монгол хэл

English or Russian
(any edition)

Not available

Nepali


नेपाली

English
(any edition)

Norwegian (Bokmål)


norsk bokmål

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Norwegian (Nynorsk)


norsk (nynorsk)

Norwegian (Bokmal)
(any edition)

Oriya


ଓଡିଆ

English
(any edition)

Persian


فارسی

English
(any edition)

Polish


polski

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Portuguese (Brazil)


Português

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Portuguese (Portugal)


português

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Punjabi


ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

English
(any edition)

Quechua


runasimi

Spanish
(any edition)

Romanian


română

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Russian


Русский

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Serbian (Cyrillic)


српски

English or Serbian (Latin)
(any edition)

Serbian (Latin)


srpski

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Sesotho sa Leboa


Sesotho sa Leboa

English
(any edition)

Setswana (South Africa)


Setswana

English
(any edition)

Sinhala


සිංහල

English
(any edition)

Slovak


slovenčina

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Slovenian


slovenski

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Spanish


español

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Swedish


svenska

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Tamil


தமிழ்

English
(any edition)

Tatar


Татар

Russian
(any edition)

Telugu


తెలుగు

English
(any edition)

Thai


ไทย

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Turkish


Türkçe

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Turkmen


Türkmen

English or Russian
(any edition)

Not available

Ukrainian


українська

Any language
(Ultimate or Enterprise)

Urdu


اردو

English
(any edition)

Uzbek (Latin)


O'zbekcha

English or Russian
(any edition)

Vietnamese


Tiếng Việt

English
(any edition)

Welsh


Cymraeg

English
(any edition)

Yoruba


ede Yorùbá

English
(any edition)

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