People keep asking me where to find information about how to write a country or language name in the native language and script for links to localized versions of their web pages, so I thought I'd put a list together myself.

I make no guarrantees of correctness at this stage, although I may add that later. It is still a work in progress. Please send corrections or additional entries to ishida@w3.org, preferably using utf-8 encoded HTML attachments for native language text. Thanks!

This page is encoded using UTF-8 (Unicode). In many cases you will need appropriate fonts, and sometimes rendering capabilities, to view the text correctly.

EnglishISONativeNotes
AlbaniaALShqipëria
AnguillaAIAnguila
ArgentinaARArgentina
AustriaATÖsterreich
BelgiumBEBelgique
België
The first is French, the second Flemish.
BoliviaBOBolivia
Bosnia & HerzegovinaBABosna I Hercegovina
BrazilBRBrasil
BulgariaBGБългария
CanadaCACanada
ChileCLChile
ColumbiaCOColombia
Costa RicaCRCosta Rica
CroatiaHRHrvatska
CyprusCYΚύπρος
Kıbrıs
Czech RepublicCZČeská republika
DenmarkDKDanmark
Dominican RepublicDORepública Dominicana
EcuadorECEcuador
El SalvadorSVEl Salvador
EstoniaEEEesti
Finland FISuomi
FranceFRFrance
GermanyDEDeutschland
GreeceGRΕλλάδα
GuatemalaGTGuatemala
HondurasHNHonduras
HungaryHUMagyarország
IcelandISIsland
IrelandIEÉireInformant: Ismael Funes-Aguilera, Séamus Ó Ciardhuáin
IsraelILישראלInformant: Bercovier
ItalyITItalia
IndonesiaIDRepublik Indonesia
JamaicaJMJamaica
JapanJP日本
Korea (South)KR한국Informant: Ismael Funes-Aguilera. Other alternatives include: 한국/韓國 and 대한민국/大韓民國
LatviaLVLatvija
LithuaniaLTLietuva
LuxembourgLULuxembourg
Luxemburg
MacedoniaMKМакедонијаInformant: Filip Miletic.
MalaysiaMYMalaysia
MaltaMTMalta
MexicoMXMéxico
New ZealandNZNew Zealand
NicaraguaNINicaragua
NorwayNONorge
PanamaPAPanamá
ParaguayPYParaguay
PeruPEPerú
PhilippinesPHPilipinas
PolandPLPolska
PortugalPTPortugal
RomaniaRORomănia
Russian FederationRUРоссия
Serbia/MontenegroCSСрбија и Црна Гора
Srbija i Crna Gora
Informant: Filip Miletic. The first is in Cyrillic, the second Latin script.
SingaporeSGSingapore
SlovakiaSKSlovenskoSlovak Republic is Slovenská Republika. Informant: Persson
SloveniaSISlovenijaInformant: Persson
SpainESEspañaInformant: Ismael Funes-Aguilera. "Spain: España (Castilian, Galician) Espanya (Catalan, Valencian) Espainia (Basque) Espanha (Aranese) Spain is a multilingual country with regional languages, as stated in Spanish laws. The name of the country above is in all the official languages."
SwedenSESverige
SwitzerlandCHSuisse
Svizzera
Schweiz
The first is French, the second Italian, and the third German.
TaiwanTW中華民國
ThailandTHประเทศไทย
The NetherlandsNLNederland
TurkeyTRTürkiye
UkraineUAУкраїнаInformant: Ismael Funes-Aguilera.
United KingdomGBUnited Kingdom Or UK (Refers to the countries of England, Scotland, and Wales and Northern Ireland). 'Great Britain' refers to the three countries above.
UruguayUYUruguay
United StatesUSUnited States
VenezuelaVEVenezuela