language

The basic letter codes that define which language is used in the eBook, and thus which hyphenation and justification Microsoft Reader should apply to that content. Most languages have several options (see the OEB specification at http://www.openebook.org/ for details). The text of the eBook can be in any language for which there is font support. For more information about font support, see Font and Character Set Support.

At the moment, hyphenation is only available for English, because a .lex file format dictionary is only available for English. As additional dictionaries become available, hyphenation will be available for other languages as well.

If no language is specified, Reader defaults to English.

ar Arabic
de German
el Greek
en English
es Spanish
fr French
he Hebrew
hi Hindi
it Italian
ja Japanese
nl Dutch
pt Portuguese
ru Russian
ur Urdu
zh Chinese

Note that bi-directional or vertically-written languages such as Japanese, Chinese, and Hebrew will not be displayed in those orientations in Version 1.0 or 1.5 of the Reader.

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