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Release: 1.3 | June, 9 2022

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Accepted Languages

The following language values are approved values for delivery into the Warner Bros. Discovery Media Supply Chain.

DescriptionAudio Language TagVisual Language TagStatus

Afrikaans as spoken in South Africa

af-ZA

af-ZA

Accepted

Amharic as spoken in Ethiopia

am-ET

am-ET

Accepted

Arabic as spoken in Saudi Arabia

ar-SA

ar-SA

Accepted

Azeri as spoken in Azerbaijan

az-AZ

az-AZ

Accepted

Belarusian as spoken in Belarus

be-BY

be-BY

Accepted

Bulgarian as spoken in Bulgaria

bg-BG

bg-BG

Accepted

Bislama as spoken in Vanuatu

bi-VU

bi-VU

Accepted

Bengali as spoken in Bangladesh

bn-BD

bn-BD

Accepted

Bengali as spoken in India

bn-IN

bn-IN

Accepted

Bosnian as spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina

bs-BA

bs-BA

Accepted

Catalan as spoken in Spain

ca-ES

ca-ES

Accepted

Mandarin as spoken in Mainland China

cmn-CN

cmn-CN

Accepted

Mandarin as spoken in Singapore

cmn-SG

Accepted

Mandarin as spoken in Taiwan

cmn-TW

Accepted

Montenegrin as spoken in Montenegro

cnr-ME

cnr-ME

Accepted

Seselwa Creole French as spoken in the Seychelles

crs-SC

crs-SC

Accepted

Czech as spoken in the Czech Republic

cs-CZ

cs-CZ

Accepted

Welsh as spoken in the United Kingdom

cy-GB

cy-GB

Accepted

Danish as spoken in Denmark

da-DK

da-DK

Accepted

German as spoken in Austria

de-AT

de-AT

Accepted

German as spoken in Germany

de-DE

de-DE

Accepted

German as spoken in Switzerland

de-CH

de-CH

Accepted

Divehi as spoken in the Maldives

dv-MV

dv-MV

Accepted

Dzongkha as spoken in Bhutan

dz-BT

dz-BT

Accepted

Greek (Modern, 1453-) as spoken in Greece

el-GR

el-GR

Accepted

English as spoken in the United Kingdom

en-GB

en-GB

Accepted

English as spoken in the United States

en-US

en-US

Accepted

Spanish as spoken in Latin America

es-419

es-419

Accepted

Spanish as spoken in Chile

es-CL

es-CL

Accepted

Castilian as spoken in Spain

es-ES

es-ES

Accepted

Estonian as spoken in Estonia

et-EE

et-EE

Accepted

Basque as spoken in Spain

eu-ES

eu-ES

Accepted

Farsi as spoken in Iran

fa-IR

fa-IR

Accepted

Finnish as spoken in Finland

fi-FI

fi-FI

Accepted

Filipino as spoken in the Philippines

fil-PH

fil-PH

Accepted

Fijian as spoken in Fiji

fj-FJ

fj-FJ

Accepted

Faroese as spoken in Denmark

fo-DK

fo-DK

Accepted

French as spoken in Canada

fr-CA

fr-CA

Accepted

French as spoken in France

fr-FR

fr-FR

Accepted

Gaelic as spoken in Ireland

ga-IE

ga-IE

Accepted

Galician as spoken in Spain

gl-ES

gl-ES

Accepted

Gujarati as spoken in India

gu-IN

gu-IN

Accepted

Hebrew as spoken in Isreal

he-IL

he-IL

Accepted

Hindi as spoken in India

hi-IN

hi-IN

Accepted

Fiji Hindi as spoken in Fiji

hif-FJ

hif-FJ

Accepted

Croatian as spoken in Croatia

hr-HR

hr-HR

Accepted

Hungarian as spoken in Hungary

hu-HU

hu-HU

Accepted

Hungarian as spoken in Romania

hu-RO

hu-RO

Accepted

Hungarian as spoken in Slovakia

hu-SK

hu-SK

Accepted

Armenian as spoken in Armenia

hy-AM

hy-AM

Accepted

Indonesian as spoken in Indonesia

id-ID

id-ID

Accepted

Icelandic as spoken in Iceland

is-IS

is-IS

Accepted

Italian as spoken in Italy

it-IT

it-IT

Accepted

italian as spoken in Switzerland

it-CH

it-CH

Accepted

Japanese in Hiragana symbols

n/a

ja-Hira-JP

Accepted

Japanese as spoken in Japan

ja-JP

n/a

Accepted

Japanese in Han (Kanji), Hiragana, and Katakana symbols

n/a

ja-Jpan-JP

Accepted

Japanese in Katakana symbols

n/a

ja-Kata-JP

Accepted

Georgian as spoken in Georgia

ka-GE

ka-GE

Accepted

Kazakh as spoken in Kazakhstan

kk-KZ

kk-KZ

Accepted

Kalaallisut as spoken in Greenland

kl-GL

kl-GL

Accepted

Central Khmer as spoken in Cambodia

km-KH

km-KH

Accepted

Kannada as spoken in India

kn-IN

kn-IN

Accepted

Korean as spoken in South Korea

ko-KR

ko-KR

Accepted

Kirghiz as spoken in Kyrgyzstan

ky-KG

ky-KG

Accepted

Latin

la

la

Accepted

Luxembourgish as spoken in Luxembourg

lb-LU

lb-LU

Accepted

Ganda as spoken in Uganda

lg-UG

lg-UG

Accepted

Lao as spoken in Laos

lo-LA

lo-LA

Accepted

Lithuanian as spoken in Lithuania

lt-LT

lt-LT

Accepted

Latvian as spoken in Latvia

lv-LV

lv-LV

Accepted

Motu as spoken in Papua New Guinea

meu-PG

meu-PG

Accepted

Malagasy as spoken in Madagascar

mg-MG

mg-MG

Accepted

Macedonian as spoken in Macedonia

mk-MK

mk-MK

Accepted

Malayalam as spoken in India

ml-IN

ml-IN

Accepted

Mongolian as spoken in Mongolia

mn-MN

mn-MN

Accepted

Marathi as spoken in India

mr-IN

mr-IN

Accepted

Malay as spoken in Malaysia

ms-MY

ms-MY

Accepted

Maltese as spoken in Malta

mt-MT

mt-MT

Accepted

Burmese as spoken in Myanmar

my-MM

my-MM

Accepted

Nauru as spoken in Nauru

na-NR

na-NR

Accepted

Min Nan as spoken in Taiwan

nan-TW

nan-TW

Accepted

Neapolitan as spoken in Italy

nap-IT

nap-IT

Accepted

Nepali as spoken in Nepal

ne-NP

ne-NP

Accepted

Dutch as spoken in Belgium (Flemish)

nl-BE

nl-BE

Accepted

Dutch as spoken in The Netherlands

nl-NL

nl-NL

Accepted

Norwegian as spoken in Norway

no-NO

no-NO

Accepted

Chewa as spoken in Malawi

ny-MW

ny-MW

Accepted

Panjabi as spoken in India

pa-IN

pa-IN

Accepted

Punjabi as spoken in Pakistan

pa-PK

pa-PK

Accepted

Palauan as spoken in Palau

pau-PW

pau-PW

Accepted

Pitcairn-Norfolk as spoken in Pitcairn

pih-PN

pih-PN

Accepted

Polish as spoken in Poland

pl-PL

pl-PL

Accepted

Dari as spoken in Afghanistan

prs-AF

prs-AF

Accepted

Pashto as spoken in Afghanistan

ps-AF

ps-AF

Accepted

Portuguese as spoken in Brazil

pt-BR

pt-BR

Accepted

Portuguese as spoken in Portugal

pt-PT

pt-PT

Accepted

Rundi as spoken in Burundi

rn-BI

rn-BI

Accepted

Romanian as spoken in Moldova

ro-MD

ro-MD

Accepted

Romanian as spoken in Romania

ro-RO

ro-RO

Accepted

Russian as spoken in Russia

ru-RU

ru-RU

Accepted

Kinyarwanda as spoken in Rwanda

rw-RW

rw-RW

Accepted

Sinhala as spoken in Sri Lanka

si-LK

si-LK

Accepted

Slovakian as spoken in Slovakia

sk-SK

sk-SK

Accepted

Slovenian as spoken in Slovenia

sl-SI

sl-SI

Accepted

Samoan as spoken in Samoa

sm-WS

sm-WS

Accepted

Somali as spoken in Somalia

so-SO

so-SO

Accepted

Albanian as spoken in Albania

sq-AL

sq-AL

Accepted

Serbian Latin

sr-RS

sr-Latn-RS

Accepted

Sranan Tongo as spoken in Suriname

srn-SR

srn-SR

Accepted

Swati as spoken in eSwatini

ss-SZ

ss-SZ

Accepted

Southern Sotho as spoken in South Africa

st-ZA

st-ZA

Accepted

Swedish as spoken in Sweden

sv-SE

sv-SE

Accepted

Swahili as spoken in Kenya

swh-KE

swh-KE

Accepted

Swahili as spoken in Tanzania

swh-TZ

swh-TZ

Accepted

Tamil as spoken in India

ta-IN

ta-IN

Accepted

Telugu as spoken in India

te-IN

te-IN

Accepted

Tajik as spoken in Tajikistan

tg-TJ

tg-TJ

Accepted

Thai as spoken in Thailand

th-TH

th-TH

Accepted

Tigrinya as spoken in Eritrea

ti-ER

ti-ER

Accepted

Turkmen as spoken in Turkmenistan

tk-TM

tk-TM

Accepted

Tagalog as spoken in Philippines

tl-PH

tl-PH

Accepted

Tswana as spoken in Botswana

tn-BW

tn-BW

Accepted

Tongan as spoken in the Tongan Islands

to-TO

to-TO

Accepted

Tok Pisin as spoken in Papua New Guinea

tpi-PG

tpi-PG

Accepted

Turkish as spoken in Turkey

tr-TR

tr-TR

Accepted

Tsonga as spoken in South Africa

ts-ZA

ts-ZA

Accepted

Tuvaluan as spoken in Tuvalu

tvl-TV

tvl-TV

Accepted

Tahitian as spoken in French Polynesia

ty-PF

ty-PF

Accepted

Ukranian as spoken in the Ukraine

uk-UA

uk-UA

Accepted

Undetermined

und

und

Accepted

Urdu as spoken in India

ur-IN

ur-IN

Accepted

Uzbek as spoken in Uzbekistan

uz-UZ

uz-UZ

Accepted

Vietnamese as spoken in Vietnam

vi-VN

vi-VN

Accepted

Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong

yue-HK

Accepted

Chinese

zh

zh

Accepted

Chinese Simplified based on Mandarin as spoken in Mainland China

zh-Hans-CN

Accepted

Chinese Simplified Singapore based on Mandarin as spoken in Taiwan

zh-Hans-TW

Accepted

Chinese Traditional Hong Kong as appropriate for Hong Kong

zh-Hant-HK

Accepted

Chinese Traditional as appropriate for Taiwan

zh-Hant-TW

Accepted

Malay as spoken in Singapore

zlm-SG

zlm-SG

Accepted

Zulu as spoken in South Africa

zu-ZA

zu-ZA

Accepted

No linguistic content

zxx

zxx

Accepted

Deprecated Languages

The following language values are deprecated and will be removed in a future version of this spec, and content containing these values will be rejected. Distributors are strongly encouraged to move to values from the Accepted Languages table as soon as possible.

DescriptionAudio Language TagVisual Language TagStatus

Abkhazian

ab

ab

Deprecated

Afrikaans

af

af

Deprecated

Albanian

sq

sq

Deprecated

Arapho

arp

arp

Deprecated

Amharic

am

am

Deprecated

Arabic

ar

ar

Deprecated

Arabic as spoken in Algeria

arq

arq

Deprecated

Arabic as spoken in Egypt

arz

arz

Deprecated

Arabic as spoken in Lebanon

apc

apc

Deprecated

Arabic as spoken in Morocco

ary

ary

Deprecated

Arabic as spoken in Tunisia

aeb

aeb

Deprecated

Standard Arabic

arb

arb

Deprecated

Armenian

hy

hy

Deprecated

Western Armenian

hyw

hyw

Deprecated

Assamese

as

as

Deprecated

Aymara

ay

ay

Deprecated

Azerbaijani

az

az-Latn

Deprecated

Bagri

raj

raj

Deprecated

Bambara

bm

bm

Deprecated

Bantu

bnt

bnt

Deprecated

Basque

eu

eu

Deprecated

Belarusian

be

be

Deprecated

Bengali

bn

bn

Deprecated

Berber

ber

ber

Deprecated

Bhojpuri

bho

bho

Deprecated

Bislama

bi

bi

Deprecated

Bosnian

bs

bs

Deprecated

Bulgarian

bg

bg

Deprecated

Burmese

my

my

Deprecated

Catalan

ca

ca

Deprecated

Catalan as spoken in France

ca-FR

ca-FR

Deprecated

Cherokee

chr

chr

Deprecated

Cantonese

yue

 

Deprecated

Mandarin

cmn

 

Deprecated

Min Nan

nan

 

Deprecated

Simplified Chinese

zh-Hans

Deprecated

Traditional Chinese

zh-Hant

Deprecated

Corsican

co

co

Deprecated

Czech

cs

cs

Deprecated

Danish

da

da

Deprecated

Divehi

dv

 

Deprecated

Dutch

nl

nl

Deprecated

Dzongkha

dz

dz

Deprecated

English as spoken in Australia

en-AU

en-AU

Deprecated

English as spoken in Canada

en-CA

en-CA

Deprecated

English as spoken in Hong Kong

en-HK

en-HK

Deprecated

English as spoken in Malaysia

en-MY

en-MY

Deprecated

English as spoken in Montserrat

en-MS

en-MS

Deprecated

English as spoken in People's Republic of China

en-CN

en-CN

Deprecated

English as spoken in South Africa

en-ZA

en-ZA

Deprecated

English as spoken in the Philippines

en-PH

en-PH

Deprecated

Esperanto

eo

eo

Deprecated

Estonian, Standard

ekk

ekk

Deprecated

Faroese

fo

fo

Deprecated

Fijian

fj

fj

Deprecated

Filipino

fil

fil

Deprecated

Finnish

fi

fi

Deprecated

French as spoken in Belgium

fr-BE

fr-BE

Deprecated

French as spoken in Switzerland

fr-CH

fr-CH

Deprecated

Frisian - Eastern

frs

frs

Deprecated

Frisian - Northern

frr

frr

Deprecated

Frisian - Western

fy

fy

Deprecated

Gaelic as spoken in Scotland

gd

gd

Deprecated

Galician

gl

gl

Deprecated

Ganda

lg

lg

Deprecated

Georgian

ka

ka

Deprecated

Ancient Greek

grc

grc

Deprecated

Greek as spoken in Cyprus

el-CY

el-CY

Deprecated

Greek, Modern (1453-)

el

el

Deprecated

Guarani

gn

gn

Deprecated

Gujarati

gu

gu

Deprecated

Hausa

ha

ha

Deprecated

Hawaiian

haw

haw

Deprecated

Hawaiian Pidgin

hwc

hwc

Deprecated

Hebrew

he

he

Deprecated

Hindi

hi

hi

Deprecated

Hindi as spoken in Fiji

hif

hif

Deprecated

Hungarian

hu

hu

Deprecated

Icelandic

is

is

Deprecated

Igbo

ig

ig

Deprecated

Indonesian

id

id

Deprecated

Inuktitut

iu

iu

Deprecated

Irish

ga

ga

Deprecated

Italian

it

it

Deprecated

Neapolitan

nap

nap

Deprecated

Jamaican Creole English

jam

jam

Deprecated

Japanese

ja

ja

Deprecated

Jauer dialect of Romansh

rm

rm

Deprecated

Kalaallisut

kl

kl

Deprecated

Kannada

kn

kn

Deprecated

Kazakh

kk

kk

Deprecated

Kinyarwanda

rw

rw

Deprecated

Kirghiz

ky

ky-Cyrl

Deprecated

Klingon

tlh

tlh

Deprecated

Korean

ko

ko

Deprecated

Kurdish

ku

ku

Deprecated

Ladakhi

lbj

lbj

Deprecated

Lao

lo

lo

Deprecated

Latvian

lv

lv

Deprecated

Lithuanian

lt

lt

Deprecated

Luxembourgish

lb

lb

Deprecated

Macedonian

mk

mk

Deprecated

Malagasy

mg

mg

Deprecated

Malay

ms

ms

Deprecated

Malayalam

ml

ml

Deprecated

Maltese

mt

mt

Deprecated

Maori

mi

mi

Deprecated

Marathi

mr

mr

Deprecated

Mayan

myn

myn

Deprecated

Khmer

km

km

Deprecated

Mongolian

mn

mn-Cyrl

Deprecated

Mossi

mos

mos

Deprecated

Motu

meu

meu

Deprecated

Nauru

na

na

Deprecated

Navajo

nv

nv

Deprecated

Nepali

ne

ne

Deprecated

Northern Sotho

nso

nso

Deprecated

Norwegian

no

no

Deprecated

New Norwegian

nn

Deprecated

Norwegian Bokmål

nb

Deprecated

Nyanja

ny

ny

Deprecated

Odia

or

or

Deprecated

Palauan

pau

pau

Deprecated

Pashto

ps

ps

Deprecated

Persian

fa

fa

Deprecated

Dari

prs

prs

Deprecated

Pitcairn-Norfolk

pih

pih

Deprecated

Polish

pl

pl

Deprecated

Punjabi

pa

pa

Deprecated

Romanian

ro

ro

Deprecated

Rundi

rn

rn

Deprecated

Russian

ru

ru

Deprecated

Samoan

sm

sm

Deprecated

Sanskrit

sa

sa

Deprecated

Serbo-Croatian

sh

sh-Latn

Deprecated

Croatian

hr

hr

Deprecated

Montenegrin

cnr

cnr-Latn

Deprecated

Serbian

sr

sr-Latn

Deprecated

Seychellois Creole

crs

crs

Deprecated

Sichuan Yi

ii

ii

Deprecated

American Sign Language

ase

Deprecated

Australian Sign Language

asf

Deprecated

Brazilian Sign Language

bzs

Deprecated

British Sign Language

sgn-bfi

Deprecated

French Sign Language

fsl

Deprecated

Indian Sign Language

ins

Deprecated

Russian Sign Language

rsl

Deprecated

Sindhi

sd

 

Deprecated

Sinhala

si

si

Deprecated

Slovak

sk

sk

Deprecated

Slovenian

sl

sl

Deprecated

Somali

so

so

Deprecated

Southern Sotho

st

st

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Argentina

es-AR

es-AR

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Bolivia

es-BO

es-BO

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Colombia

es-COL

es-COL

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Costa Rica

es-CR

es-CR

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Cuba

es-CU

es-CU

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Ecuador

es-EC

es-EC

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in El Salvador

es-SV

es-SV

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Honduras

es-HN

es-HN

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in United States

es-US

es-US

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Mexico

es-MX

es-MX

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Nicaragua

es-NI

es-NI

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Panama

es-PA

es-PA

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Paraguay

es-PY

es-PY

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Peru

es-PE

es-PE

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Puerto Rico

es-PR

es-PR

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Uruguay

es-UY

es-UY

Deprecated

Spanish as spoken in Venezuela

es-VE

es-VE

Deprecated

Sranan Tongo

srn

srn

Deprecated

Swahili

swh

sw

Deprecated

Swati

ss

ss

Deprecated

Swedish

sv

sv

Deprecated

Swiss German

gsw

gsw

Deprecated

Tagalog

tl

tl

Deprecated

Tahitian

ty

ty

Deprecated

Tajik

tg

tg-Cyrl

Deprecated

Tamil

ta

ta

Deprecated

Telugu

te

te

Deprecated

Thai

th

th

Deprecated

Tibetan

bo

bo

Deprecated

Tigrinya

ti

ti

Deprecated

Tok Pisin

tpi

tpi

Deprecated

Tongan (Tonga Islands)

to

to

Deprecated

Tongan as spoken in Malawi

tog

tog

Deprecated

Tongan as spoken in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique

toi

toi

Deprecated

Tsonga

ts

ts

Deprecated

Tswana

tn

tn

Deprecated

Tulu

tcy

tcy

Deprecated

Turkish

tr

tr

Deprecated

Turkmen

tk

tk

Deprecated

Tuvaluan

tvl

tvl

Deprecated

Ukrainian

uk

uk

Deprecated

Urdu

ur

ur

Deprecated

Uzbek

uz

uz

Deprecated

Vietnamese

vi

vi

Deprecated

Flemish

vls

vls

Deprecated

Welsh

cy

cy

Deprecated

Wolof

wo

wo

Deprecated

Xhosa

xh

xh

Deprecated

Yiddish

yi

yi

Deprecated

Yoruba

yo

yo

Deprecated

Cantonese as spoken in mainland China

yue-CN

yue-CN

Deprecated

Zulu

zu

zu

Deprecated

Excluded Languages

The following language values do not meet Warner Bros. Discovery's language requirements and therefore are not accepted values.

DescriptionAudio Language TagVisual Language TagStatus
EnglishenenExcluded
Global Englishen-001en-001Excluded
FrenchfrfrExcluded
Global Frenchfr-001fr-001Excluded
SpanishesesExcluded
Global Spanishes-001es-001Excluded
PortugueseptptExcluded
GermandedeExcluded

Release History

v1.3 June 9, 2022

  1. Added new language tags to accepted languages: zh-Hans-CN, zh-Hans-TW, zh-Hant-TW, zh-Hant-HK, kn-IN, cmn-TW, cmn-SG, te-IN, ms-MY, yue-HK
  2. Moved yue-CN to deprecation list

v1.2 April 12, 2022

  1. Replaced 'WarnerMedia' with 'Warner Bros. Discovery'

v1.1 July 9, 2021

  1. Added 'Accepted Languages' table
  2. Added 'Deprecated Languages' table
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