Configuring Language

Available languages and codes

Below are listed the languages in which Omeka is available, along with the two or four letter codes that you will need to configure Omeka to use your language.

Omeka 1.5.1

Language Code Status
Albanian (Albania) sq_AL Partial
Czech cs Complete
Dutch (Belgium) nl_BE Complete
Dutch (Netherlands) nl_NL Complete
Finnish (Finland) fi_FI Complete
French fr Complete
Galician gl Partial
German (Germany) de_DE Complete
Greek (Greece) el_GR Complete
Hungarian (Hungary) hu_HU Partial
Italian it Partial
Macedonian (Macedonia) mk_MK Partial
Malay (Malaysia) ms_MY Partial
Norwegian no Partial
Portuguese (Brazil) pt_BR Complete
Portuguese (Portugal) pt_PT Partial
Romanian ro Complete
Spanish (Castillian) es Complete
Spanish (Colombia) es_CO Complete

New Installations of Omeka 1.5 or higher

  • Open the config.ini file found in the folder '{omeka-root}/application/config' in a text editor
  • Look for the "Localization" section (it's right at the top), and the line in it that reads:
locale = ""
  • Fill in the two or four letter code for the language you wish to use (see the list above). It is case-sensitive and must match one of the codes exactly.

Upgrading from Omeka 1.4.x or lower

The config files before Omeka 1.5 do not contain the "Localization" section discussed above. You will therefore need to either copy over the new config file shipped with Omeka 1.5 or, if you have made changes to your config.ini file, just copy-and-paste the section from the new config file to your current one.