IN · IND

India languages and locale codes

Official or primary languages with practical BCP 47 locale recommendations.

BCP 47

Languages and locale codes

Language	Code	Recommended locale	Status
Hindi			Official
English			Official
Bangla			Regional official
Telugu			Regional official
Marathi			Regional official
Tamil			Regional official
Urdu			Regional official
Gujarati			Regional official
Kannada			Regional official
Malayalam			Regional official
Odia			Regional official
Punjabi			Regional official
Assamese			Regional official
Maithili			Regional official
Nepali			Regional official
Santali			Regional official
Kashmiri			Regional official
Konkani			Regional official
Sindhi			Regional official
Khasi			Regional official
Sanskrit			Regional official

Use a India locale in a product

When content is written in Hindi, use the lang tag below to describe the text. The Intl locale selects regional formatting. This is one example from the table, not a claim about every visitor's language preference.

<html lang="hi">
new Intl.NumberFormat("hi-IN").format(1234567.89);

Compare number and date formatting

These examples use 1234567.89 and the fixed instant 2026-01-15T13:45:00Z, with dates displayed in UTC. Intl computes the results when this site is built; your browser and locale-data version may differ. Unsupported tags are identified instead of showing default-language output.

Intl formatting examples (UTC)
Locale	Number	Date	Currency
`hi-IN`	12,34,567.89	15 जनवरी 2026	INR: ₹1,234.50
`en-IN`	12,34,567.89	15 January 2026	INR: ₹1,234.50
`bn-IN`	১২,৩৪,৫৬৭.৮৯	১৫ জানুয়ারি, ২০২৬	INR: ₹১,২৩৪.৫০
`te-IN`	12,34,567.89	15 జనవరి, 2026	INR: ₹1,234.50
`mr-IN`	१२,३४,५६७.८९	१५ जानेवारी, २०२६	INR: ₹१,२३४.५०
`ta-IN`	12,34,567.89	15 ஜனவரி, 2026	INR: ₹1,234.50
`ur-IN`	۱٬۲۳۴٬۵۶۷٫۸۹	۱۵ جنوری، ۲۰۲۶	INR: ₹۱٬۲۳۴٫۵۰
`gu-IN`	12,34,567.89	15 જાન્યુઆરી, 2026	INR: ₹1,234.50
`kn-IN`	1,234,567.89	ಜನವರಿ 15, 2026	INR: ₹1,234.50
`ml-IN`	12,34,567.89	2026 ജനുവരി 15	INR: ₹1,234.50
`or-IN`	12,34,567.89	ଜାନୁଆରୀ 15, 2026	INR: ₹1,234.50
`pa-IN`	12,34,567.89	15 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2026	INR: ₹1,234.50
`as-IN`	১২,৩৪,৫৬৭.৮৯	১৫ জানুৱাৰী, ২০২৬	INR: ₹ ১,২৩৪.৫০
`mai-IN`	1,234,567.89	15 जनवरी 2026	INR: ₹ 1,234.50
`ne-IN`	१२,३४,५६७.८९	२०२६ जनवरी १५	INR: ₹ १,२३४.५०
`sat-IN`	᱑,᱒᱓᱔,᱕᱖᱗.᱘᱙	᱑᱕ ᱡᱟᱱᱣᱟᱨᱤ ᱒᱐᱒᱖	INR: ₹ ᱑,᱒᱓᱔.᱕᱐
`ks-IN`	۱٬۲۳۴٬۵۶۷٫۸۹	جنؤری ۱۵, ۲۰۲۶	INR: ₹۱٬۲۳۴٫۵۰
`kok-IN`	12,34,567.89	15 जानेवारी 2026	INR: ₹1,234.50
`sd-Deva-IN`	1,234,567.89	जनवरी 15, 2026	INR: ₹ 1,234.50
`kha-IN`	Unsupported in this build	Unsupported in this build	INR: Unsupported in this build
`sa-IN`	१२,३४,५६७.८९	१५ जनवरीमासः २०२६	INR: ₹१,२३४.५०

Currency examples use the fixed value 1234.5. SIX and CLDR snapshot: 2026-09-26. Specify each currency explicitly; formatting is not an exchange rate.

new Intl.NumberFormat("hi-IN", { style: "currency", currency: "INR" }).format(1234.5);

Before adopting a tag, run Intl.NumberFormat.supportedLocalesOf() and Intl.DateTimeFormat.supportedLocalesOf() in your target runtime. A locale does not select a time zone or translate interface text; specify currency explicitly when formatting money.

Intl locale support reference (MDN)

Data provenance

Sources

Data snapshot: 2026-09-26