Chapter 2. Installing and supporting languages
Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports installation of multiple languages and changing of languages based on your requirements. Please only install those languages that you will use as this will save you a significant amount of disk space.
The following languages are supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
East Asian Languages - Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese and Korean.
European Languages - French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian and Spanish.
Indic Languages - Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Tamil and Telugu.
The table below summarizes the currently supported languages 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 |
| 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 | |
| Sri Lanka | Sinhala | si_LK.UTF-8 | LKLUG | fonts-sinhala, scim-sinhala, scim-m17n, m17n-db-sinhala |
Table 2.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux International Languages
Red Hat Enterprise Linux uses the UTF-8 (8bit Unicode Transformation Format) encoding for supported locales. This allows you to create, edit and view documents written in different locales using UTF-8.
Please note that applications such as Open Office may use additional files for internationalization. Please consult the application's user guide for more information.