Chapter 6. Internationalization
6.1. 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 |
6.2. 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 Using langpacks.
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The
glibcpackage updates for multiple locales are now synchronized with the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR).
