Language support for Form Recognizer
This article covers the supported languages for text and field extraction (by feature) and detection (Read only). Both groups are mutually exclusive.
Read, layout, and custom form (template) model
The following lists include the currently GA languages in for the v2.1 version and the most recent v3.0 preview. These languages are supported by Read, Layout, and Custom form (template) model features.
Note
Language code optional
Form Recognizer's deep learning based universal models extract all multi-lingual text in your documents, including text lines with mixed languages, and do not require specifying a language code. Do not provide the language code as the parameter unless you are sure about the language and want to force the service to apply only the relevant model. Otherwise, the service may return incomplete and incorrect text.
To use the preview languages, refer to the v3.0 REST API migration guide to understand the differences from the v2.1 GA API and explore the v3.0 preview SDK quickstarts.
Handwritten text (preview and GA)
The following table lists the supported languages for extracting handwritten texts.
| Language | Language code (optional) | Language | Language code (optional) |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | en |
Japanese (preview) | ja |
| Chinese Simplified (preview) | zh-Hans |
Korean (preview) | ko |
| French (preview) | fr |
Portuguese (preview) | pt |
| German (preview) | de |
Spanish (preview) | es |
| Italian (preview) | it |
Print text (preview)
This section lists the supported languages for extracting printed texts in the latest preview.
| Language | Code (optional) | Language | Code (optional) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angika (Devanagari) | anp |
Lakota | lkt |
| Arabic | ar |
Latin | la |
| Awadhi-Hindi (Devanagari) | awa |
Lithuanian | lt |
| Azerbaijani (Latin) | az |
Lower Sorbian | dsb |
| Bagheli | bfy |
Lule Sami | smj |
| Belarusian (Cyrillic) | be, be-cyrl |
Mahasu Pahari (Devanagari) | bfz |
| Belarusian (Latin) | be, be-latn |
Maltese | mt |
| Bhojpuri-Hindi (Devanagari) | bho |
Malto (Devanagari) | kmj |
| Bodo (Devanagari) | brx |
Maori | mi |
| Bosnian (Latin) | bs |
Marathi | mr |
| Brajbha | bra |
Mongolian (Cyrillic) | mn |
| Bulgarian | bg |
Montenegrin (Cyrillic) | cnr-cyrl |
| Bundeli | bns |
Montenegrin (Latin) | cnr-latn |
| Buryat (Cyrillic) | bua |
Nepali | ne |
| Chamling | rab |
Niuean | niu |
| Chhattisgarhi (Devanagari) | hne |
Nogay | nog |
| Croatian | hr |
Northern Sami (Latin) | sme |
| Dari | prs |
Ossetic | os |
| Dhimal (Devanagari) | dhi |
Pashto | ps |
| Dogri (Devanagari) | doi |
Persian | fa |
| Erzya (Cyrillic) | myv |
Punjabi (Arabic) | pa |
| Faroese | fo |
Ripuarian | ksh |
| Gagauz (Latin) | gag |
Romanian | ro |
| Gondi (Devanagari) | gon |
Russian | ru |
| Gurung (Devanagari) | gvr |
Sadri (Devanagari) | sck |
| Halbi (Devanagari) | hlb |
Samoan (Latin) | sm |
| Haryanvi | bgc |
Sanskrit (Devanagari) | sa |
| Hawaiian | haw |
Santali(Devanagiri) | sat |
| Hindi | hi |
Serbian (Latin) | sr, sr-latn |
| Ho(Devanagiri) | hoc |
Sherpa (Devanagari) | xsr |
| Icelandic | is |
Sirmauri (Devanagari) | srx |
| Inari Sami | smn |
Skolt Sami | sms |
| Jaunsari (Devanagari) | Jns |
Slovak | sk |
| Kangri (Devanagari) | xnr |
Somali (Arabic) | so |
| Karachay-Balkar | krc |
Southern Sami | sma |
| Kara-Kalpak (Cyrillic) | kaa-cyrl |
Tajik (Cyrillic) | tg |
| Kazakh (Cyrillic) | kk-cyrl |
Thangmi | thf |
| Kazakh (Latin) | kk-latn |
Tongan | to |
| Khaling | klr |
Turkmen (Latin) | tk |
| Korku | kfq |
Tuvan | tyv |
| Koryak | kpy |
Urdu | ur |
| Kosraean | kos |
Uyghur (Arabic) | ug |
| Kumyk (Cyrillic) | kum |
Uzbek (Arabic) | uz-arab |
| Kurdish (Arabic) | ku-arab |
Uzbek (Cyrillic) | uz-cyrl |
| Kurukh (Devanagari) | kru |
Welsh | cy |
| Kyrgyz (Cyrillic) | ky |
Print text (GA)
This section lists the supported languages for extracting printed texts in the latest GA version.
| Language | Code (optional) | Language | Code (optional) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | af |
Japanese | ja |
| Albanian | sq |
Javanese | jv |
| Asturian | ast |
K'iche' | quc |
| Basque | eu |
Kabuverdianu | kea |
| Bislama | bi |
Kachin (Latin) | kac |
| Breton | br |
Kara-Kalpak (Latin) | kaa |
| Catalan | ca |
Kashubian | csb |
| Cebuano | ceb |
Khasi | kha |
| Chamorro | ch |
Korean | ko |
| Chinese Simplified | zh-Hans |
Kurdish (Latin) | ku-latn |
| Chinese Traditional | zh-Hant |
Luxembourgish | lb |
| Cornish | kw |
Malay (Latin) | ms |
| Corsican | co |
Manx | gv |
| Crimean Tatar (Latin) | crh |
Neapolitan | nap |
| Czech | cs |
Norwegian | no |
| Danish | da |
Occitan | oc |
| Dutch | nl |
Polish | pl |
| English | en |
Portuguese | pt |
| Estonian | et |
Romansh | rm |
| Fijian | fj |
Scots | sco |
| Filipino | fil |
Scottish Gaelic | gd |
| Finnish | fi |
Slovenian | sl |
| French | fr |
Spanish | es |
| Friulian | fur |
Swahili (Latin) | sw |
| Galician | gl |
Swedish | sv |
| German | de |
Tatar (Latin) | tt |
| Gilbertese | gil |
Tetum | tet |
| Greenlandic | kl |
Turkish | tr |
| Haitian Creole | ht |
Upper Sorbian | hsb |
| Hani | hni |
Uzbek (Latin) | uz |
| Hmong Daw (Latin) | mww |
Volapük | vo |
| Hungarian | hu |
Walser | wae |
| Indonesian | id |
Western Frisian | fy |
| Interlingua | ia |
Yucatec Maya | yua |
| Inuktitut (Latin) | iu |
Zhuang | za |
| Irish | ga |
Zulu | zu |
| Italian | it |
Custom neural model
| Language | Locale code |
|---|---|
| English (United States) | en-us |
Receipt and business card models
Note
It's not necessary to specify a locale. This is an optional parameter. The Form Recognizer deep-learning technology will auto-detect the language of the text in your image.
Pre-Built Receipt and Business Cards support all English receipts and business cards with the following locales:
| Language | Locale code |
|---|---|
| English (Australia) | en-au |
| English (Canada) | en-ca |
| English (United Kingdom) | en-gb |
| English (India | en-in |
| English (United States) | en-us |
Business card model
The 2022-06-30-preview release includes Japanese language support:
| Language | Locale code |
|---|---|
| Japanese | ja |
Invoice model
| Language | Locale code |
|---|---|
| English (United States) | en-US |
| Spanish | es |
| German (2022-06-30-preview) | de |
| French (2022-06-30-preview) | fr |
| Italian (2022-06-30-preview) | it |
| Portuguese (2022-06-30-preview) | pt |
| Dutch (2022-06-30-preview) | nl |
ID documents
This technology is currently available for US driver licenses and the biographical page from international passports (excluding visa and other travel documents).
General Document
| Language | Locale code |
|---|---|
| English (United States) | en-us |
Detected languages: Read API
The Read API supports detecting the following languages in your documents. This list may include languages not currently supported for text extraction.
Note
Language detection
Form Recognizer read model can detect possible presence of languages and returns language codes for detected languages. To determine if text can also be extracted for a given language, see previous sections.
Note
Detected languages vs extracted languages
This section lists the languages we can detect from the documents using the Read model, if present. Please note that this list differs from list of languages we support extracting text from, which is specified in the above sections for each model.
| Language | Code |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | af |
| Albanian | sq |
| Amharic | am |
| Arabic | ar |
| Armenian | hy |
| Assamese | as |
| Azerbaijani | az |
| Basque | eu |
| Belarusian | be |
| Bengali | bn |
| Bosnian | bs |
| Bulgarian | bg |
| Burmese | my |
| Catalan | ca |
| Central Khmer | km |
| Chinese | zh |
| Chinese Simplified | zh_chs |
| Chinese Traditional | zh_cht |
| Corsican | co |
| Croatian | hr |
| Czech | cs |
| Danish | da |
| Dari | prs |
| Divehi | dv |
| Dutch | nl |
| English | en |
| Esperanto | eo |
| Estonian | et |
| Fijian | fj |
| Finnish | fi |
| French | fr |
| Galician | gl |
| Georgian | ka |
| German | de |
| Greek | el |
| Gujarati | gu |
| Haitian | ht |
| Hausa | ha |
| Hebrew | he |
| Hindi | hi |
| Hmong Daw | mww |
| Hungarian | hu |
| Icelandic | is |
| Igbo | ig |
| Indonesian | id |
| Inuktitut | iu |
| Irish | ga |
| Italian | it |
| Japanese | ja |
| Javanese | jv |
| Kannada | kn |
| Kazakh | kk |
| Kinyarwanda | rw |
| Kirghiz | ky |
| Korean | ko |
| Kurdish | ku |
| Lao | lo |
| Latin | la |
| Latvian | lv |
| Lithuanian | lt |
| Luxembourgish | lb |
| Macedonian | mk |
| Malagasy | mg |
| Malay | ms |
| Malayalam | ml |
| Maltese | mt |
| Maori | mi |
| Marathi | mr |
| Mongolian | mn |
| Nepali | ne |
| Norwegian | no |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | nn |
| Oriya | or |
| Pasht | ps |
| Persian | fa |
| Polish | pl |
| Portuguese | pt |
| Punjabi | pa |
| Queretaro Otomi | otq |
| Romanian | ro |
| Russian | ru |
| Samoan | sm |
| Serbian | sr |
| Shona | sn |
| Sindhi | sd |
| Sinhala | si |
| Slovak | sk |
| Slovenian | sl |
| Somali | so |
| Spanish | es |
| Sundanese | su |
| Swahili | sw |
| Swedish | sv |
| Tagalog | tl |
| Tahitian | ty |
| Tajik | tg |
| Tamil | ta |
| Tatar | tt |
| Telugu | te |
| Thai | th |
| Tibetan | bo |
| Tigrinya | ti |
| Tongan | to |
| Turkish | tr |
| Turkmen | tk |
| Ukrainian | uk |
| Urdu | ur |
| Uzbek | uz |
| Vietnamese | vi |
| Welsh | cy |
| Xhosa | xh |
| Yiddish | yi |
| Yoruba | yo |
| Yucatec Maya | yua |
| Zulu | zu |
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