Using the MyLanguage portal
Each language supported by the MyLanguage portal has different operating system and font requirements. The information on the MyLanguage support pages will indicate which languages will work with which versions of Windows. The support pages will also provide information on locating and installing fonts, enabling Microsoft Windows language support, and installing keyboard layouts.
Each new version of Microsoft Windows adds new languages to the list of languages already supported. For computers being used for Multilingual Public Internet access, we recommend that the computers use the latest version of Windows (Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed). The latest versions of Mozilla Firefox or Opera would be good choices to use as a web browser.
Windows Unicode support
| Language | Win95 | Win98 | WinME | WinNT4 | Win2000 | WinXP | WinXP-SP2 | Notes |
| Afrikaans | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Albanian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Amharic | Limited | Limited | Limited | fk | fk | fk | fk | Install the Unicode font GF Zemen Unicode. Additional fonts and keyboard layouts are available. |
| Arabic | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Armenian | fk | fk | fk | fk | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Azeri | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Basque | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Belarusian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Bosnian | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | Yes | Will display correctly on all versions of Windows. Use theCroatian keyboard layout if a Bosnian layout is unavailable. |
| Breton | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | The Spanish or US-International keyboard layouts would be suitable. |
| Bulgarian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Catalan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Croatian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Czech | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Danish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Dinka | - | - | - | - | - | - | fk | Install the Unicode font Doulos SIL. Additional fonts and keyboard layouts are available. |
| Dutch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Estonian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Finnish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| French | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Gaelic | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | Will display correctly in web browsers. Windows' US-International keyboard layout would be suitable for typing in Gaelic. |
| Galician | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | Yes | Yes | The Windows' Spanish and US-International keyboard layouts would be suitable for Windows 2000 and earlier versions of Windows |
| German | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Greek | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hebrew | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hindi | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hungarian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Icelandic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Indonesian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Irish | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | Will display correctly in web browsers. Keyboard layouts are available for typing in Irish. Windows' US-International keyboard layout would be suitable for typing in Irish. |
| Italian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Japanese | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Kannada | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | |
| Korean | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Latvian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Lithuanian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Macedonian | kb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Malay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Norwegian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Nuer | - | - | - | - | - | - | fk | Install the Unicode font Doulos SIL. Additional fonts and keyboard layouts are available. |
| Occitan | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | kb | The Windows' US-International keyboard layout would be suitable for typing in Occitan. |
| Persian (Farsi) | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Polish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Portuguese | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Romanian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Russian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Serbian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Slovak | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Slovenian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Somali | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Spanish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Swahili | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Swedish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Tamil | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Thai | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Turkish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Ukranian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Vietnamese | fk | fk | fk | fk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third party input software is available for typing in Windows. |
| Welsh | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited | kb | kb | Yes | Will display correctly in web browsers. Keyboard layouts are available for older operating systems. |