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Chapter 2 Supported Native Languages Native Language Support (NLS) is based on languages and character sets that are predefined and built into the operating system. These are referred to as supported languages. Hewlett-Packard has assigned a unique language name and language ID number to each language supported in NLS. In some cases, Hewlett-Packard has more than one supported language corresponding to a single natural language (for example, NLS supports French and Canadian-French, because upshifting is handled differently). When language-dependent characteristics differ within the same natural language, NLS can create separate native languages to represent these differences. Each of the supported languages may also be considered a language family that is applicable in several countries. German may be used in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and any other place it is requested. The NATIVE-3000 language (an artificial language) represents the way the computer dealt with language before the introduction of NLS. For example, the collating sequence for NATIVE-3000 is the same as the order of characters in the USASCII code. The NATIVE-3000 date format is returned by the existing MPE XL intrinsic FMTDATE. Anytime NATIVE-3000 is used in a native language function, the result is identical to the function performed prior to the introduction of NLS. NLS intrinsic calls using a language parameter of 0 always work correctly, even if native languages have not been configured on the system.