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List of the predefined languages
Here is the list of internal names of the predefined languages that are supported in ABBYY FineReader Engine Linux (= CLI is based on the version 11 of the SDK).
There are 2 types of languages
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languages that have full built-in dictionary support
-
“simple” languages with a specific language definition, for example allowed/used character sets.
Standard Languages
| Internal name | Recognition language | Can be used for OCR | Full dictionary support available |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Abkhaz |
Abkhaz |
+ | |
|
Adyghe |
Adyghe |
+ | |
|
Afrikaans |
Afrikaans |
+ | |
|
Agul |
Agul |
+ | |
|
Albanian |
Albanian |
+ | |
|
Altaic |
Altaic |
+ | |
|
Arabic |
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) |
+ | + |
|
ArmenianEastern |
Armenian (Eastern) |
+ | + |
|
ArmenianGrabar |
Armenian (Grabar) |
+ | + |
|
ArmenianWestern |
Armenian (Western) |
+ | + |
|
Awar |
Avar |
+ | |
|
Aymara |
Aymara |
+ | |
|
AzeriCyrillic |
Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) |
+ | |
|
AzeriLatin |
Azerbaijani (Latin) |
+ | + |
|
Bashkir |
Bashkir |
+ | + |
|
Basic |
Basic programming language |
+ | |
|
Basque |
Basque |
+ | |
|
Belarusian |
Belarussian |
+ | |
|
Bemba |
Bemba |
+ | |
|
Blackfoot |
Blackfoot |
+ | |
|
Breton |
Breton |
+ | |
|
Bugotu |
Bugotu |
+ | |
|
Bulgarian |
Bulgarian |
+ | + |
|
Buryat |
Buryat |
+ | |
|
C++ |
C/C++ programming language |
+ | |
|
Catalan |
Catalan |
+ | + |
|
Chamorro |
Chamorro |
+ | |
|
Chechen |
Chechen |
+ | |
|
Chemistry |
Simple chemical formulas |
+ | |
|
ChinesePRC |
Chinese Simplified |
+ | |
|
ChinesePRC+English* |
Chinese Simplified and English |
+ | |
|
ChineseTaiwan |
Chinese Traditional |
+ | |
|
ChineseTaiwan+English* |
Chinese Traditional and English |
+ | |
|
Chukcha |
Chukcha |
+ | |
|
Chuvash |
Chuvash |
+ | |
|
"CMC7">CMC7 |
For MICR CMC-7 text type |
+ | |
|
Cobol |
Cobol programming language |
+ | |
|
Corsican |
Corsican |
+ | |
|
CrimeanTatar |
Crimean Tatar |
+ | |
|
Croatian |
Croatian |
+ | + |
|
Crow |
Crow |
+ | |
|
Czech |
Czech |
+ | + |
|
Danish |
Danish |
+ | + |
|
Dargwa |
Dargwa |
+ | |
|
Digits |
Numbers |
+ | |
|
Dungan |
Dungan |
+ | |
|
Dutch |
Dutch (Netherlands) | + | + |
|
DutchBelgian |
Dutch (Belgium) | + | |
|
E13B |
For MICR (E-13B) text type |
+ | |
|
English |
English |
+ | + |
|
EskimoCyrillic |
Eskimo (Cyrillic) |
+ | |
|
EskimoLatin |
Eskimo (Latin) |
+ | |
|
Esperanto |
Esperanto |
+ | |
|
Estonian |
Estonian |
+ | + |
|
Even |
Even |
+ | |
|
Evenki |
Evenki |
+ | |
|
Faeroese |
Faeroese |
+ | |
|
Fijian |
Fijian |
+ | |
|
Finnish |
Finnish |
+ | + |
|
Fortran |
Fortran programming language |
+ | |
|
French |
French |
+ | + |
|
Frisian |
Frisian |
+ | |
|
Friulian |
Friulian |
+ | |
|
GaelicScottish |
Scottish Gaelic |
+ | |
|
Gagauz |
Gagauz |
+ | |
|
Galician |
Galician |
+ | |
|
Ganda |
Ganda |
+ | |
|
German |
German |
+ | + |
|
GermanNewSpelling |
German (new spelling) |
+ | + |
|
GermanLuxembourg |
German (Luxembourg) |
+ | |
|
Greek |
Greek |
+ | + |
|
Guarani |
Guarani |
+ | |
|
Hani |
Hani |
+ | |
|
Hausa |
Hausa |
+ | |
|
Hawaiian |
Hawaiian |
+ | |
|
Hebrew |
Hebrew |
+ | + |
|
Hungarian |
Hungarian |
+ | + |
|
Icelandic |
Icelandic |
+ | |
|
Ido |
Ido |
+ | |
|
Indonesian |
Indonesian |
+ | + |
|
Ingush |
Ingush |
+ | |
|
Interlingua |
Interlingua |
+ | |
|
Irish |
Irish |
+ | |
|
Italian |
Italian |
+ | + |
|
Japanese |
Japanese |
+ | + |
|
Japanese+English* |
Japanese and English |
+ | + |
|
Java |
Java programming language |
+ | |
|
Kabardian |
Kabardian |
+ | |
|
Kalmyk |
Kalmyk |
+ | |
|
KarachayBalkar |
Karachay-Balkar |
+ | |
|
Karakalpak |
Karakalpak |
+ | |
|
Kasub |
Kasub |
+ | |
|
Kawa |
Kawa |
+ | |
|
Kazakh |
Kazakh |
+ | |
|
Khakas |
Khakas |
+ | |
|
Khanty |
Khanty |
+ | |
|
Kikuyu |
Kikuyu |
+ | |
|
Kirgiz |
Kirghiz |
+ | |
|
Kongo |
Kongo |
+ | |
|
Korean |
Korean |
+ | + |
|
Korean+English* |
Korean and English |
+ | + |
|
KoreanHangul |
Korean (Hangul) |
+ | + |
|
Koryak |
Koryak |
+ | |
|
Kpelle |
Kpelle |
+ | |
|
Kumyk |
Kumyk |
+ | |
|
Kurdish |
Kurdish |
+ | |
|
Lak |
Lak |
+ | |
|
Lappish |
Sami (Lappish) |
+ | |
|
Latin |
Latin |
+ | + |
|
Latvian |
Latvian |
+ | + |
|
LatvianGothic |
Latvian language written in Gothic script |
+ | |
|
Lezgin |
Lezgin |
+ | |
|
Lithuanian |
Lithuanian |
+ | + |
|
Luba |
Luba |
+ | |
|
Macedonian |
Macedonian |
+ | |
|
Malagasy |
Malagasy |
+ | |
|
Malay |
Malay |
+ | |
|
Malinke |
Malinke |
+ | |
|
Maltese |
Maltese |
+ | |
|
Mansi |
Mansi |
+ | |
|
Maori |
Maori |
+ | |
|
Mari |
Mari |
+ | |
|
Maya |
Maya |
+ | |
|
Miao |
Miao |
+ | |
|
Minankabaw |
Minangkabau |
+ | |
|
Mixed* |
Russian and English |
+ | + |
|
Mohawk |
Mohawk |
+ | |
|
Mongol |
Mongol |
+ | |
|
Mordvin |
Mordvin |
+ | |
|
Nahuatl |
Nahuatl |
+ | |
|
Nenets |
Nenets |
+ | |
|
Nivkh |
Nivkh |
+ | |
|
Nogay |
Nogay |
+ | |
|
Norwegian |
NorwegianNynorsk and NorwegianBokmal |
+ | + |
|
NorwegianBokmal |
Norwegian (Bokmal) |
+ | + |
|
NorwegianNynorsk |
Norwegian (Nynorsk) |
+ | + |
|
Nyanja |
Nyanja |
+ | |
|
Occidental |
Occidental |
+ | |
|
OcrA |
For OCR-A text type |
+ | |
|
OcrB |
For OCR-B text type |
+ | |
|
Ojibway |
Ojibway |
+ | |
|
Papiamento |
Papiamento |
+ | |
|
Pascal |
Pascal programming language |
+ | |
|
PidginEnglish |
Tok Pisin |
+ | |
|
Polish |
Polish |
+ | + |
|
PortugueseBrazilian |
Portuguese (Brazil) |
+ | + |
|
PortugueseStandard |
Portuguese (Portugal) |
+ | + |
|
Provencal |
Provencal |
+ | |
|
Quechua |
Quechua |
+ | |
|
RhaetoRomanic |
Rhaeto-Romanic |
+ | |
|
Romanian |
Romanian |
+ | + |
|
RomanianMoldavia |
Romanian (Moldavia) |
+ | |
|
Romany |
Romany |
+ | |
|
Ruanda |
Ruanda |
+ | |
|
Rundi |
Rundi |
+ | |
|
RussianOldSpelling |
Russian (old spelling) |
+ | + |
|
Russian |
Russian |
+ | + |
|
RussianWithAccent |
Russian (with accents marking stress position) |
+ | + |
|
Samoan |
Samoan |
+ | |
|
Selkup |
Selkup |
+ | |
|
SerbianCyrillic |
Serbian (Cyrillic) |
+ | |
|
SerbianLatin |
Serbian (Latin) |
+ | |
|
Shona |
Shona |
+ | |
|
Sioux |
Sioux (Dakota) |
+ | |
|
Slovak |
Slovak |
+ | + |
|
Slovenian |
Slovenian |
+ | + |
|
Somali |
Somali |
+ | |
|
Sorbian |
Sorbian |
+ | |
|
Sotho |
Sotho |
+ | |
|
Spanish |
Spanish |
+ | + |
|
Sunda |
Sunda |
+ | |
|
Swahili |
Swahili |
+ | |
|
Swazi |
Swazi |
+ | |
|
Swedish |
Swedish |
+ | + |
|
Tabassaran |
Tabassaran |
+ | |
|
Tagalog |
Tagalog |
+ | |
|
Tahitian |
Tahitian |
+ | |
|
Tajik |
Tajik |
+ | |
|
Tatar |
Tatar |
+ | + |
|
Thai |
+ | + | |
|
Tinpo |
Jingpo |
+ | |
|
Tongan |
Tongan |
+ | |
|
Tswana |
Tswana |
+ | |
|
Tun |
Tun |
+ | |
|
Turkish |
Turkish |
+ | + |
|
Turkmen |
Turkmen |
+ | |
|
TurkmenLatin |
Turkmen (Latin) |
+ | |
|
Tuvin |
Tuvan |
+ | |
|
Udmurt |
Udmurt |
+ | |
|
UighurCyrillic |
Uighur (Cyrillic) |
+ | |
|
UighurLatin |
Uighur (Latin) |
+ | |
|
Ukrainian |
Ukrainian |
+ | + |
|
UzbekCyrillic |
Uzbek (Cyrillic) |
+ | |
|
UzbekLatin |
Uzbek (Latin) |
+ | |
|
Vietnamese |
Vietnamese |
+ | + |
|
Visayan |
Cebuano |
+ | |
|
Welsh |
Welsh |
+ | |
|
Wolof |
Wolof |
+ | |
|
Xhosa |
Xhosa |
+ | |
|
Yakut |
Yakut |
+ | |
|
Yiddish |
Yiddish |
+ | |
|
Zapotec |
Zapotec |
+ | |
|
Zulu |
Zulu |
+ |
* These are compound recognition languages. The compound predefined languages are to be removed in future versions.
Note: Support for historic fonts and the related "old" languages are not included per default in ABBYYs CLI OCR.
Language Keys when the CJK module is licensed
-
ChinesePRC
-
ChineseTaiwan
-
Japanese
-
Korean
-
KoreanHangul