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    LibreOffice supports a wide variety of languages. This page gives an overview of the level of language support of LibreOffice. Furthermore, links are provided to language-related add-ons and extensions such as spell-check dictionaries, thesaurus and grammar checker.

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    Last update to this table was made on 11.06.2024

    Comprehensive language support comprises: (1) Localized user interface, (2) Localized help system, (3) AutoText list, (4) AutoCorrect list, (5) Spell-check dictionaries, (6) Hyphenation patterns, (7) Grammar check, (8) Thesaurus (synonyms). Additionally, there are document templates for a variety of languages: templates repository, AOO templates repository.

    Your help in improving LibreOffice language support is highly appreciated. Please contact your language team: Languages and Localization, Language Teams and start translating LibreOffice or improve the spell-check dictionaries for your language.

    Language support of LibreOffice
    Language ISO Code Localized UI Auto Text Auto Correct Spell check Hyphe-nation Thesaurus Additional language extensions
    Abkhazian / Abkhaz / Abxaz / Аԥсуа бызшәа ab n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Afrikaans af y ? ? y y ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Akan ak n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Albanian / shqip sq y (incl. help system) ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Amharic / አማርኛ am y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Angika / अंगिका anp n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Anii blo n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Arabic
    العربيّة
    ar y ? ? y N/A y

    Spell check dictionaries

    Other

    Aragonese an n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Aranese / Aranés aran1260 n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Armenian hy y (translation new in LibreOffice 24.2. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Assamese / অসমীয়া as y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Asturian / Asturianu ast y (Looking for new maintainer. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Azerbaijani / Azərbaycanca / Azeri Turkish / Azərbaycan dili az n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Bafia (Cameroon) ksf n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Bambara / Bamanakan bm n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Basque / euskara / Xuxen eu y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Belarusian / беларуская be, be_BY y ? ? y y ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Bengali / বাংলা, Bengali (India) / বাংলা (ভারত) bn, bn-IN y (incl. help system) ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Other

    Bodo (India) / बोडो brx y ? ? ? ? ?
    Bosnian / Bosanski bs y (incl. help system) ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Breton / brezhoneg br y ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Bulgarian / български bg y (incl. help system) y y y y y

    Spell check dictionaries

    Thesaurus

    Burmese/Myanmar / မန္မာစာ / မြန်မာစကား my y y ? ? ? ?

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    Catalan/ català ca y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Spell check dictionaries

    Thesaurus

    Grammar check

    Other

    (Valencian) / català (valencià) ca-XV y (incl. help system) ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Thesaurus

    Chechen / Нохчийн Мотт / Noxčiyn Mott / نَاخچیین موٓتت / ნახჩიე მუოთთ ce n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Chichewa / Chewa / Nyanja / Chinyanja ny n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Chinese (Simplified) / 中文 (简体) zh-CN y (incl. help system) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

    Language bundles

    • n/a

    Spell check dictionaries

    • n/a

    Thesaurus

    • n/a

    Grammar check

    Other

    Chinese (traditional) / 中文 (正體) zh-TW y (incl. help system) ? ? n/a n/a n/a

    Spell check dictionaries

    • n/a

    Thesaurus

    • n/a

    Grammar check

    • n/a

    Other

    Church Slavonic / Church Slavic / Old Church Slavonic / Old Slavonic cu-LO n ? ? ? ? ?

    Language bundles

    Other

    Chuvash / Чӑвашла / Čăvašla; cv n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Circassian (Kadardian/Къэбэрдейбзэ dialect), Cherkess, East Circassian kbd n ? ? ? ? ?

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • Included in above extension.

    Thesaurus

    • Included in above extension.
    Coptic (Bohairic) cop n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Cornish kw / cor n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Croatian
    Hrvatski
    hr y (incl. help system) ? y y y ?

    Language bundles

    Czech
    Čeština
    cs y (incl. help system) ? ? y y ?

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    Danish / dansk da y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Other

    Dari prs n ? ? ? ? ?
    Divvun -> Nordic languages such as Lule, Inari, Kven, ISL - Icelandicm, KAL - Greenlandic, SMA - South Sámi, SME - North Sámi, SMJ - Julev Sámi isl, kal, sma, sme, smj, ... n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Other

    Dogri / डोगरी dgo y ? ? ? ? ?
    Dutch / Nederlands nl y (incl. help system) ? ? y y ?

    Language bundles

    Grammar check

    Dzongkha / རྫོང་ཁ dz y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?
    English: British (GB), American (US) , South Africa (ZA), Canada, Australia, New Zealand en-GB, en-US, en-ZA, en-CA y (incl. help system) y y,y(ZA) y y y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    Specialized spell check dictionaries

    Thesaurus

    • US thesaurus created by Daniel Naber

    Grammar check

    Other

    Esperanto eo y (incl. help system) y ? y ? ?

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • included in above extension

    Thesaurus

    • included in above extension

    Grammar check

    Estonian / eesti keel et y (incl. help system) n n y y n

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • Included in the above extension

    Thesaurus

    • Included in the above extension

    Grammar check

    • Exprimental, included in the above extension
    Faroese fo n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Finnish / suomi fi y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?

    Language bundles

    French / français fr y (incl. help system) y y y y y

    Spell check dictionaries

    Dictionaries can be improved on this website : Dicollecte

    Thesaurus

    • Included in the above extension.

    Hyphenation dictionary

    • Included in the above extension.

    Grammar check

    Other

    Frisian / West Frisian / Frysk / Fries fy y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Friulian / Friulan fur y (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Gaelic (Scottish) / Gàidhlig gd y ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Galician / Galego gl y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Garhwali / गढ़वळि भाख/भाषा gbm n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Geez Ethiopia / ግዕዝ ኢትዮጵያ gez n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Georgian / ქართული ka y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    German / Deutsch (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) de y (incl. help system) y y y y y

    Language bundles

    • Dict-de_DE_frami contains spell check dictionary, hyphenation, thesaurus. (pre-installed with LibreOffice and also available for Swiss and Austrian.)

    Spell check dictionaries

    Spell check dictionaries for dialects and regional languages

    Thesaurus

    Grammar check

    Greek / Ελληνικά el y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Spell check dictionaries

    Thesaurus

    Grammar check

    Other

    Greek, Ancient grc n/a ? ? ? ? ?

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • included in above

    Other

    Guarani gn, gug y (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? y ? y

    Language bundles

    Gujarati / ગુજરાતી gu y (incl. help system) ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Other

    Hausa ha n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Haitian Creole ht n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Hebrew / עברית he y (incl. help system) ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Other

    Hiligaynon hil n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Hindi / हिंदी hi y (incl. help system) ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Other

    Hungarian / magyar hu y (incl. help system) y y y y y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • in the bundle above and also integrated into LibreOffice

    Thesaurus

    • in the bundle above and also integrated into LibreOffice

    Grammar check

    Other

    • n/a
    Icelandic/ Íslenska is y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • included in above

    Grammar check

    Other

    Igbo ig n ? ? ? ? ?
    Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia id y (incl. help system) ? ? y ? y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • included in above

    Thesaurus

    Interlingua ia n ? ? ? ? ?

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • included in above
    Interlingue / Occidental ie n ? ? ? ? ?

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • included in above
    Interslavic Latin (Latinica) and Interslavic isv (proposed) n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Irish / Gaeilge ga y ? ? ? ? ?

    Language bundles

    Italian / Italiano it y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Other

    • Patina normalizes the text for the Italian language and introduces small typographical differences between characters.
    Japanese
    日本語
    ja y (incl. help system) y y n n/a n

    Grammar check

    Other

    Javanese jv n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Kabyle / Kabylian / Taqbaylit / Taqbaylit / Tazwawt kab y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Kalaallisut / West Greenlandic kl n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Kannada / ಕನ್ನಡ kn y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Other

    Kashmiri / ﻚﺸﻤﻳﺮﻳ ks y ? ? ? ? ?
    Kashubian (Poland) / Cassubian / kaszëbsczi jãzëk csb n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Kazakh / Қазақша kk y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Khmer / ខ្មែរ km y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    K'iche' / Quiché quc n ? ? ? ? ?
    Kinyarwanda/ kinyaRwanda rw y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Kikuyu / Gikuyu / Gĩkũyũ ki n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Kituba / Kikongo ya leta mkw n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Komi / Коми кыв kv n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Konkani / कोंकणी kok y ? ? ? ? ?
    Korean / 한국어 [韓國語] ko y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Central Kurdish / Soranî / سۆرانی ckb y (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Kurdish
    Kurdí / Kurmanji (Kurmancî)
    kmr-Latn / ku y (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? y y ?

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    Kyrgyz / Kirghiz ky n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Ladin lld n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Language bundles

    Lao / ພາສາລາວ lo y ? ? y ? ?

    Language bundles

    • Under progress, join anousak AT gmail.com
    Latgalian ltg n (as of version 4.2.1 & 4.1.5) ? ? y n n

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    Latin la n/a ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Latvian / latviešu lv y ? ? y y n

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    Lingala / Ngala (Congo) ln n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Lithuanian / Lietuvių kalba lt y ? y y y ?

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Low German / Low Saxon / Plattdüütsch / Nedderdüütsch / Platduuts / Nedderduuts / Plattdeutsch / Niederdeutsch / Nederduits nds n n n n n n

    Spell check dictionaries

    Luxembourgish / Lëtzebuergesch lb y ? y y ? y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • Included in the above extension.

    Thesaurus

    • Included in the above extension.

    Other

    Macedonian / македонски mk y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Maithili / मैथिली mai y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Malagasy / Malgache mg n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Malay / Bahasa Malaysia zlm / zsm n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Malayalam (India) / മലയാളം ml y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Other

    Maltese mt n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Maori mi n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Marathi / मराठी mr y y y y y y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries including thesaurus, hyphenation, auto correct and auto text

    Spell check dictionaries

    Other

    Mari / марий йылме chm n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Marshallese / Ebon / Kajin M̧ajeļ / Kajin Majōl mh n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Mauritius Creole / Morisyen / kreol morisien mfe n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Meithei / Manipuri / মৈইতৈইলোন mni y ? ? ? ? ?
    Mòcheno mhn n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Mongolian / монгол mn y ? y ? ? ?

    Language bundles

    Moore / Mõõré / Mòoré / Mooré / Moré / Moshi / Moore / More mos n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Nahuatl / Aztec nah n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Ndebele (South)/ Ndébélé nr y ? y ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Nepali / नेपाली ne y (incl. help system) ? y y ? y

    Spell check dictionaries

    N'Ko nqo n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Norwegian Bokmål nb y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Norwegian Nynorsk nn y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Spell check dictionaries

    Occitan / Occitan-lengadocian oc-FR y ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Oriya / ଓଡ଼ିଆ or y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Other

    Oromo / Afaan Oromo om y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?
    Ossetian / Ossetic / Ossete os-RU n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Panjabi / Punjabi
    ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
    pa y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Other

    Papiamento / Papiamentu (Curaçao) pap n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Pashto / پښتو / Pax̌tō / Paxto / Pukhto / Pakhto / Pushto ps n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Persian / Farsi
    فارسى
    fa y ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Polish / polski pl y (incl. help system) ? y y y y

    Language bundles

    Thesaurus

    Grammar check

    Portuguese / português pt y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Language bundles

    • Portuguese pre and post 1990 Orthographic Agreement

    Spell check dictionaries

    Thesaurus

    Grammar check

    Portuguese (Brazil) / português (Brasil) pt-BR y (incl. help system) ? y y y ?

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • included in above language bundle

    Thesaurus

    DicSin can be improved online. Visit the project website to check how.

    Grammar check

    CoGrOO Community is a website where users can try the grammar checker and improve it by reporting errors and writing new rules (rules editor under development): CoGrOO Comunidade

    Quechua qu n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Romanian / român ro y ? ? y y y

    Language bundles

    Grammar check

    Romansh / rumantsch / rumàntsch / romauntsch / romontsch rm n n n y n n

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Russian / Русский ru y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Rusyn / Ruthene (Slovakia) rue n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Sakha / Yakut / Саха тыла / Saxa tila sah n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Sami (North and Lule Sami) sme, smj n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Sango (Central African Republic) sg-CF n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Sanskrit (India) / संस्कृतम् sa y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Santhali / संथाली / Santali sat y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Sardinian sc-IT n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Serbian српски / Serbian (latin script) srpski latinicom sr (Cyrillic)
    sh (Latin)
    y ? ? y (cyr. & lat.) y (cyr. & lat.) ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Other

    Shona (Zimbabwe) sn n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Sidama sid y ? ? ? ? ?
    Silesian szl y (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Sindhi / ﺲﻧﺩھی sd y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Sinhala / සිංහල si y (incl. help system) ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Thesaurus

    Slovak / slovenčina sk y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Language bundles

    Grammar check

    Slovenian / slovenščina sl y (incl. help system) y y y y y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • included in above

    Thesaurus

    Grammar check

    Somali so n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Songhay (based on Malian Eastern varieties) son n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Sorbian: Lower Sorbian / Dolnoserbski & [Upper Sorbian / Hornjoserbšćina dsb, hsb y (hsb) (dsb translation in progress. Your help appreciated!) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Sotho (Northern) / Sesotho sa Leboa nso y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Sotho (Southern) / Sesotho st y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Spanish / español es y (incl. help system) y y y y y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    Thesaurus

    Grammar check

    Swahili / kiswahili sw y ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Swati / siSwati ss y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Swedish / Svenska sv y (incl. help system) y ? y y y

    Spell check dictionaries

    Thesaurus

    Grammar check

    Other

    Tagalog (Filipino, Pilipino) tl n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Tajik / Tajiki / тоҷикӣ tg y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Tamil
    தமிழ்
    ta y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Grammar check

    Other

    Tatar / татар теле tt y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Telugu / తెలుగు te y n y y y n

    Spell check dictionaries

    Thesaurus

    • n

    Grammar check

    • n

    Other

    Thai / ภาษาไทย th y n n y n n

    Spell check dictionaries

    • Included as CTL language spellchecker for LibreOffice >= 3.5.1

    Thesaurus

    Grammar check

    • n/a

    Other

    • n/a
    Tibetan / བོད་ཡིག bo y (incl. help system) y ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Tigrigna / Tigrinya ti n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea) tpi n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Tsonga / xiTshonga ts y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Tswana / seTswana tn y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Turkish / Türkçe tr y (incl. help system) ? ? y ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Turkmen tk n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Udmurt / удмурт кыл udm n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Ukrainian / Українська uk y (incl. help system) ? ? y y y

    Language bundles

    Spell check dictionaries

    • see above

    Grammar check

    Urdu ur n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Uyghur / Uighur / ﺉۇﻲﻏۇﺭچە ug y (incl. help system) ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Uzbek / ўзбек uz y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Venda / tshiVenḓa ve y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Venetian / Venetan / vèneto / vènet / ƚengua vèneta vec y y y y y y

    Language bundles

    Vietnamese / tiếng việt vi y (incl. help system) n n y n n

    Spell check dictionaries

    Welsh / Cymraeg cy y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Wolof wo n (translation in progress. Your help appreciated) ? ? ? ? ?
    Xhosa / isiXhosa xh y ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Yiddish yi n ? ? ? ? ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Yoruba yo n ? ? ? ? ?
    Zulu / isiZulu zu y ? ? ? y ?

    Spell check dictionaries

    Legend: y = yes, n = no, p = partly, n/a = non applicable, ? = unknown support

    See also