Named Entity Recognition (NER) language support
Use this article to learn which natural languages are supported by the NER feature of Azure Cognitive Service for Language.
Note
- Languages are added as new model versions are released.
- Only "Person", "Location" and "Organization" entities are returned for languages marked with *.
- The current model version for NER is
2021-06-01.
NER language support
| Language | Language code | Starting with model version: | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic* | ar |
2019-10-01 | |
| Chinese-Simplified | zh-hans |
2021-01-15 | zh also accepted |
| Chinese-Traditional* | zh-hant |
2019-10-01 | |
| Czech* | cs |
2019-10-01 | |
| Danish* | da |
2019-10-01 | |
| Dutch* | nl |
2019-10-01 | |
| English | en |
2019-10-01 | |
| Finnish* | fi |
2019-10-01 | |
| French | fr |
2021-01-15 | |
| German | de |
2021-01-15 | |
| Hebrew* | he |
2019-10-01 | |
| Hungarian* | hu |
2019-10-01 | |
| Italian | it |
2021-01-15 | |
| Japanese | ja |
2021-01-15 | |
| Korean | ko |
2021-01-15 | |
| Norwegian (Bokmål)* | no |
2019-10-01 | nb also accepted |
| Polish* | pl |
2019-10-01 | |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-BR |
2021-01-15 | |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt-PT |
2021-01-15 | pt also accepted |
| Russian* | ru |
2019-10-01 | |
| Spanish | es |
2020-04-01 | |
| Swedish* | sv |
2019-10-01 | |
| Turkish* | tr |
2019-10-01 |