Chapter 7. Internationalization
7.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 International Languages
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 supports the installation of multiple languages and the changing of languages based on your requirements.
- East Asian Languages - Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
- European Languages - English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian.
The following table lists the fonts and input methods provided for various major languages.
| Language | Default Font (Font Package) | Input Methods |
|---|---|---|
| English | dejavu-sans-fonts | |
| French | dejavu-sans-fonts | |
| German | dejavu-sans-fonts | |
| Italian | dejavu-sans-fonts | |
| Russian | dejavu-sans-fonts | |
| Spanish | dejavu-sans-fonts | |
| Portuguese | dejavu-sans-fonts | |
| Simplified Chinese | google-noto-sans-cjk-ttc-fonts, google-noto-serif-cjk-ttc-fonts | ibus-libpinyin, libpinyin |
| Traditional Chinese | google-noto-sans-cjk-ttc-fonts, google-noto-serif-cjk-ttc-fonts | ibus-libzhuyin, libzhuyin |
| Japanese | google-noto-sans-cjk-ttc-fonts, google-noto-serif-cjk-ttc-fonts | ibus-kkc, libkkc |
| Korean | google-noto-sans-cjk-ttc-fonts, google-noto-serif-cjk-ttc-fonts | ibus-hangul, libhangu |
7.2. Notable changes to internationalization in RHEL 8
RHEL 8 introduces the following changes to internationalization compared to RHEL 7:
- Support for the Unicode 11 computing industry standard has been added.
Internationalization is distributed in multiple packages, which allows for smaller footprint installations.
For more information, see
glibclocalization for RHEL is distributed in multiple packages.-
The
glibcpackage updates for multiple locales are now synchronized with the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR).
