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Xbox Services Language Fallback

If a user's system language setting is not included in a title's localized strings, Xbox services are able to automatically fallback to a language that is closest to it.

For example, if a console is set to Belgium French (fr-BE) and a localization for an achievement isn't available for it, then the system will check for a localization in its fallback language, France French (fr-FR). If a localization still cannot be found, it will fall back further into the default en-US.

Official Xbox services languages that are available on console

Locale Fallback
ar-AE ar-SA
ar-SA ar-SA
da-DK da-DK
de-AT de-DE
de-CH de-DE
de-DE de-DE
en-AE en-GB
en-AU en-GB
en-CA en-GB
en-CZ en-GB
en-GB en-GB
en-GR en-GB
en-HK en-GB
en-HU en-GB
en-IE en-GB
en-IL en-GB
en-IN en-GB
en-NZ en-GB
en-SA en-GB
en-SG en-GB
en-SK en-GB
en-ZA en-GB
en-US en-US
es-ES es-ES
es-AR es-MX
es-CL es-MX
es-CO es-MX
es-MX es-MX
fi-FI fi-FI
fr-BE fr-FR
fr-CA fr-FR
fr-CH fr-FR
fr-FR fr-FR
he-IL he-IL
it-IT it-IT
ja-JP ja-JP
ko-KR ko-KR
nb-NO nb-NO
nl-BE nl-NL
nl-NL nl-NL
pl-PL pl-PL
pt-BR pt-BR
pt-PT pt-PT
ru-RU ru-RU
sv-SE sv-SE
tr-TR tr-TR
zh-CN zh-CN
zh-SG zh-CN
zh-HK zh-TW
zh-TW zh-TW
uk-UA uk-UA

Note

While the default fallback is en-US, there are exceptions if the locale's language root is either "es", "fr", or "sa".

Language-root Fallback
es es-MX
fr fr-FR
sa ar-SA

See also

Configuring localized strings in Partner Center
Console-supported languages