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Appendix A Character Sets
NLS supports ten character sets containing the following native
languages:
Table A-1. Languages Supported by NLS
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| Language | Name | Language | Language |
| Set Number | | ID Number | |
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| 0 | USASCII | 00 | NATIVE-3000 |
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| 1 | ROMAN8 | 00 | NATIVE-3000 |
| | | 01 | AMERICAN, ENGLISH |
| | | 02 | CANADIAN-FRENCH |
| | | 03 | DANISH |
| | | 04 | DUTCH |
| | | 05 | ENGLISH |
| | | 06 | FINNISH |
| | | 07 | FRENCH |
| | | 08 | GERMAN |
| | | 09 | ITALIAN |
| | | 10 | NORWEGIAN |
| | | 11 | PORTUGUESE |
| | | 12 | SPANISH |
| | | 13 | SWEDISH |
| | | 14 | ICELANDIC |
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| 2 | KANA8 | 00 | NATIVE-3000 |
| | | 41 | KATAKANA |
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| 3 | ARABIC8 | 51 | ARABIC |
| | | 52 | WESTERN ARABIC |
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| 4 | GREEK8 | 61 | GREEK |
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| 6 | TURKISH8 | 81 | TURKISH |
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| 51 | PRC15 | 201 | SIMPLIFIED CHINESE (CHINESE-S) |
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| 56 | ROC15 | 211 | TRADITIONAL CHINESE (CHINESE-T) |
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| 61 | JAPAN15 | 221 | JAPANESE |
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| 66 | KOREA15 | 231 | KOREAN |
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The following items are defined for every supported language:
* The upshift and downshift table.
* The collating sequence table.
* The ASCII-to-EBCDIC and EBCDIC-to-ASCII translate tables.
* The long date format (the DATELINE format).
* The short date format (the custom date format).
* The time format.
* The currency symbol (one character).
* The currency descriptor (up to four characters).
* The position and spacing of the currency sign.
* The decimal and thousands separators for numbers.
* The equivalents of YES and NO (both up to six characters).
* The full weekday names (up to twelve characters).
* The abbreviated weekday names (up to three characters).
* The full month names (up to twelve characters).
* The abbreviated month names (up to four characters).
* The National Date table (where applicable).
The character sets supported by NLS are included on the following pages:
![[]](../../pic3k/M000105/USASCII3c50.gif)
Figure A-1. USASCII Character Set
![[]](../../pic3k/M000105/ROMAN83c50.gif)
Figure A-2. ROMAN8 Character Set
![[]](../../pic3k/M000105/KANA83c50.gif)
Figure A-3. KANA8 Character Set
![[]](../../pic3k/M000105/ARABIC83c50.gif)
Figure A-4. ARABIC8 Character Set
![[]](../../pic3k/M000105/GREEK83c50.gif)
Figure A-5. GREEK8 Character Set
![[]](../../pic3k/M000105/TURKISH83c50.gif)
Figure A-6. TURKISH8 Character Set
![[]](../../pic3k/M000105/PRC153c50.gif)
Figure A-7. PRC15 Character Set
![[]](../../pic3k/M000105/ROC153c50.gif)
Figure A-8. ROC15 Character Set
![[]](../../pic3k/M000105/JAPAN153c50.gif)
Figure A-9. JAPAN15 Character Set
![[]](../../pic3k/M000105/KOREA153c50.gif)
Figure A-10. KOREA15 Character Set