Chapter 20. Internationalization
20.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 International Languages
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 supports the installation of multiple languages and the changing of languages based on your requirements.
The following languages are supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7:
- East Asian Languages - Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese;
- European Languages - English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese Brazilian, and Russian.
- Indic Languages - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, 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.
For more information on font configuration, see Desktop Migration and Administration Guide.
| Territory | Language | Locale | Default Font (Font Package) | Input Methods |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Portuguese | pt_BR.UTF-8 | DejaVu Sans (dejavu-sans-fonts) | |
| France | French | fr_FR.UTF-8 | DejaVu Sans (dejavu-sans-fonts) | |
| Germany | German | de_DE.UTF-8 | DejaVu Sans (dejavu-sans-fonts) | |
| Italy | Italian | it_IT.UTF-8 | DejaVu Sans (dejavu-sans-fonts) | |
| Russia | Russian | ru_RU.UTF-8 | DejaVu Sans (dejavu-sans-fonts) | |
| Spain | Spanish | es_ES.UTF-8 | DejaVu Sans (dejavu-sans-fonts) | |
| USA | English | en_US.UTF-8 | DejaVu Sans (dejavu-sans-fonts) | |
| China | Simplified Chinese | zh_CN.UTF-8 | WenQuanYi Zen Hei Sharp (wqy-zenhei-fonts) | ibus-libpinyin, ibus-table-chinese |
| Japan | Japanese | ja_JP.UTF-8 | VL PGothic (vlgothic-p-fonts) | ibus-kkc |
| Korea | Korean | ko_KR.UTF-8 | NanumGothic (nhn-nanum-gothic-fonts) | ibus-hangul |
| Taiwan | Traditional Chinese | zh_TW.UTF-8 | AR PL UMing TW (cjkuni-uming-fonts) | ibus-chewing, ibus-table-chinese |
| India | Assamese | as_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Assamese (lohit-assamese-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib |
| Bengali | bn_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Bengali (lohit-bengali-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib | |
| Gujarati | gu_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Gujarati (lohit-gujarati-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib | |
| Hindi | hi_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Hindi (lohit-devanagari-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib | |
| Kannada | kn_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Kannada (lohit-kannada-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib | |
| Malayalam | ml_IN.UTF-8 | Meera (smc-meera-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib | |
| Marathi | mr_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Marathi (lohit-marathi-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib | |
| Odia | or_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Oriya (lohit-oriya-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib | |
| Punjabi | pa_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Punjabi (lohit-punjabi-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib | |
| Tamil | ta_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Tamil (lohit-tamil-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib | |
| Telugu | te_IN.UTF-8 | Lohit Telugu (lohit-telugu-fonts) | ibus-m17n, m17n-db, m17n-contrib |
