Chapter 1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 International Languages
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 supports installation of multiple languages and changing of languages based on your requirements.
The following languages are supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6:
- East Asian Languages - Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese
- European Languages - English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese Brazilian, and Russian,
- Indic Languages - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu
The table below summarizes the currently supported languages, their locales, default fonts installed and packages required for some of the supported languages
| Territory | Language | Locale | Fonts | Package Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | Simplified Chinese | zh_CN.UTF-8 | AR PL (ShanHeiSun and Zenkai) Uni | fonts-chinese, scim-pinyin, scim-tables |
| Japan | Japanese | ja_JP.UTF-8 | Sazanami (Gothic and Mincho) | fonts-japanese, scim-anthy |
| Korea | Hangul | ko_KR.UTF-8 | Baekmuk (Batang, Dotum, Gulim, Headline) | fonts-korean, scim-hangul |
| Taiwan | Traditional Chinese | zh_TW.UTF-8 | AR PL (ShanHeiSun and Zenkai) Uni | fonts-chinese, scim-chewing, scim-tables |
| Brazil | Portuguese | pt_BR.UTF-8 | standard latin fonts | |
| France | French | ft_FR.UTF-8 | standard latin fonts | |
| Germany | German | de_DE.UTF-8 | standard latin fonts | |
| Italy | Italy | it_IT.UTF-8 | standard latin fonts | |
| Russia | Russian | ru_RU.UTF-8 | KOI8-R, fonts-KOI8-R-100dpi, fonts-KOI8-R-75dpi and xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic | fonts-KO18-R, fonts-KO18-R-100 dpi,fonts-KO18-R-75dpi, xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic |
| Spain | Spanish | es_ES.UTF-8 | standard latin fonts | |
| India | Assamese | as_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Bengali | fonts-bengali, scim-m17n, m17n-db-assamese |
| Bengali | bn_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Bengali | fonts-bengali, scim-m17n, m17n-db-bengali | |
| Gujarati | gu_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Gujarati | fonts-gujarati, scim-m17n, m17n-db-gujarati | |
| Hindi | hi_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Hindi | fonts-hindi, scim-m17n, m17n-db-hindi | |
| Kannada | kn_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Kannada | fonts-kannada, scim-m17n, m17n-db-kannada | |
| Malayalam | ml_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Malayalam | fonts-malayalam, scim-m17n, m17n-db-malayalam | |
| Marathi | mr_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Hindi | fonts-hindi, scim-m17n, m17n-db-marathi | |
| Oriya | or_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Oriya | fonts-oriya, scim-m17n, m17n-db-oriya | |
| Punjabi | pa_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Punjabi | fonts-punjabi, scim-m17n, m17n-db-punjabi | |
| Tamil | ta_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Tamil | fonts-tamil, scim-m17n, m17n-db-tamil | |
| Telugu | te_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Telugu | fonts-telugu, scim-m17n, m17n-db-telugu |
