Overview

You can help your employees view the platform or take surveys in the language they’re most comfortable with by adding a language preference to their profile. This guide shows you how to update your employee data file with language codes, what to expect after uploading, and how to enable languages across your account.

What are Language Codes?

Language codes are two-letter identifiers (with optional classifiers) that represent an employee's preferred language. You can add these codes in the Language column of your employee data file.

How to Update Your Employee Data File

Open your employee data file
Use the file you normally upload to Culture Amp.
Add or update the Language column
If it doesn’t exist yet, add a new column titled Language.
Enter the correct language code
Use the language codes listed in the table below. Example: fr for French, pt-BR for Brazilian Portuguese.
Save and upload the updated file
Once uploaded, each employee’s Preferred language will update automatically.

Tip: If all employees can comfortably use US English, you can leave the language column blank. Their default language will be set to English (US).

Language Codes List

Below are the supported language codes to use in the Language column of your employee data file.

Language (in English)	Language	Language Code
English (US English)	English	en
English (UK English)	English	en-gb
Albanian	Shqip	sq-AL
Arabic	العربية	ar
*Armenian	Հայերեն	hy
*Belarusian	беларуская	be
Bulgarian	български	bg
*Burmese	မြန်မာစာ	my
Simplified Chinese	简体中文‬	zh
Traditional Chinese	繁体中文	zh-TW
*Croatian	Hrvatski	hr
Czech	čeština	cs
Danish	dansk	da
Dari	دری	fa-AF
Dutch	Nederlands	nl
Estonian	Eesti keel	et
Farsi	فارسی	fa-IR
Finnish	Suomi	fi
French	français	fr
French Canadian	français canadien	fr-CA
French Creole	fransè ayisyen	ht
German	Deutsch	de
Greek	ελληνικά	el
Hebrew	עִברִית	he
Hindi	हिंदी	hi
Hungarian	Magyar	hu
*Informal German	Deutsch (informell)	de-x-informal
Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia	id
Italian	italiano	it
Japanese	日本語	ja
*Kannada	ಕನ್ನಡ	kn
Khmer	ភាសាខ្មែរ	km-KH
Korean	한국의	kr
Latvian	Latviešu	lv
Lithuanian	Lietuvių	lt
Malay	Bahasa Melayu	ms
*Maltese	Malti	mt
Maori	Te reo Maori	mi
Nepali	नेपाली	ne-NP
Norwegian	Norsk	no
*Persian	فارسی	fa
Polish	Język Polski	pl
Portuguese	Português	pt
Brazilian Portuguese	Português brasileiro	pt-BR
Romanian	Limba Română	ro
Russian	русский	ru
Serbian	српски	sr
Sinhala	සිංහල	si-LK
Slovak	Slovenčina	sk
*Slovene	Slovenščina	sl
Somali	Soomaali	so-SO
Spanish	Español	es
Latin American Spanish	Español latinoamericano	es-419
Swedish	Svenska	sv
Filipino	Tagalog	tl
Tamil	தமிழ்	ta-LK
Thai	ไทย	th
Turkish	Türkçe	tr
Ukrainian	Українська	uk
*Urdu	اُردُو	ur
*Uzbek	O‘zbekcha	uz
Vietnamese	Việt	vi
Welsh	Cymraeg	cy
*Zulu	isiZulu	zu

Tip: Languages marked with an asterisk (*) are Tier 3. These languages are not officially supported and may have important limitations. To learn more about language tiers and which parts of the platform are covered, check out our supported languages article.

After You Upload Your File

Once your updated file is uploaded:

The Preferred language field will automatically update for each employee profile.
This preference will be used for any surveys or experiences where that language is available.