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Supported YouTube languages

The lang parameter value designates the desired language for video transcripts. By specifying a particular language code in the YouTube Transcripts API requests, you can indicate your preference for the language of the transcript.

If the preferred language is not available yet, a default language will be used.

You can use a dedicated endpoint to perform translation.

The following values are valid for the lang search parameter:

Language CodeLanguage Name
afAfrikaans
akAkan
sqAlbanian
amAmharic
arArabic
hyArmenian
asAssamese
ayAymara
azAzerbaijani
bnBangla
euBasque
beBelarusian
bhoBhojpuri
bsBosnian
bgBulgarian
myBurmese
caCatalan
cebCebuano
zhChinese
zh-HKChinese (Hong Kong)
zh-CNChinese (China)
zh-SGChinese (Singapore)
zh-TWChinese (Taiwan)
zh-HansChinese (Simplified)
zh-HantChinese (Traditional)
hak-TWHakka Chinese (Taiwan)
nan-TWMin Nan Chinese (Taiwan)
coCorsican
hrCroatian
csCzech
daDanish
dvDivehi
nlDutch
enEnglish
en-USEnglish (United States)
eoEsperanto
etEstonian
eeEwe
filFilipino
fiFinnish
frFrench
glGalician
lgGanda
kaGeorgian
deGerman
elGreek
gnGuarani
guGujarati
htHaitian Creole
haHausa
hawHawaiian
iwHebrew
hiHindi
hmnHmong
huHungarian
isIcelandic
igIgbo
idIndonesian
gaIrish
itItalian
jaJapanese
jvJavanese
knKannada
kkKazakh
kmKhmer
rwKinyarwanda
koKorean
kriKrio
kuKurdish
kyKyrgyz
loLao
laLatin
lvLatvian
lnLingala
ltLithuanian
lbLuxembourgish
mkMacedonian
mgMalagasy
msMalay
mlMalayalam
mtMaltese
miMāori
mrMarathi
mnMongolian
neNepali
nsoNorthern Sotho
noNorwegian
nyNyanja
orOdia
omOromo
psPashto
faPersian
plPolish
ptPortuguese
paPunjabi
quQuechua
roRomanian
ruRussian
smSamoan
saSanskrit
gdScottish Gaelic
srSerbian
snShona
sdSindhi
siSinhala
skSlovak
slSlovenian
soSomali
stSouthern Sotho
esSpanish
suSundanese
swSwahili
svSwedish
tgTajik
taTamil
ttTatar
teTelugu
thThai
tiTigrinya
tsTsonga
trTurkish
tkTurkmen
ukUkrainian
urUrdu
ugUyghur
uzUzbek
viVietnamese
cyWelsh
fyWestern Frisian
xhXhosa
yiYiddish
yoYoruba
zuZulu