# Language support

We support multiple character sets and languages.\
You can select the OCR engine when [creating your custom document type](https://typless.gitbook.io/typlessapi/automation-use-cases/custom-document).

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To ensure consistent data extraction, you cannot switch it after document type creation.
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<table><thead><tr><th width="242">OCR engine</th><th>Engine supports</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Default</td><td>English, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, and German.</td></tr><tr><td>General character sets</td><td>All the character sets and 170+ different languages.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Supported languages for OCR engine - General character sets

<table><thead><tr><th width="154">Language</th><th>Language (English name)</th><th width="133">language code</th><th>Script</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Afrikaans</td><td>Afrikaans</td><td>af</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>shqip</td><td>Albanian</td><td>sq</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>العربية</td><td>Arabic</td><td>ar</td><td>Arab; Modern Standard</td></tr><tr><td>Հայ</td><td>Armenian</td><td>hy</td><td>Armn</td></tr><tr><td>беларускі</td><td>Belorussian</td><td>be</td><td>Cyrl</td></tr><tr><td>বাংলা</td><td>Bengali</td><td>bn</td><td>Beng</td></tr><tr><td>български</td><td>Bulgarian</td><td>bg</td><td>Cyrl</td></tr><tr><td>Català</td><td>Catalan</td><td>ca</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>普通话</td><td>Chinese</td><td>zh</td><td>Hans/Hant</td></tr><tr><td>Hrvatski</td><td>Croatian</td><td>hr</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Čeština</td><td>Czech</td><td>cs</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Dansk</td><td>Danish</td><td>da</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Nederlands</td><td>Dutch</td><td>nl</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>English</td><td>English</td><td>en</td><td>Latn; American</td></tr><tr><td>Eesti keel</td><td>Estonian</td><td>et</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Filipino</td><td>Filipino</td><td>fil (or tl)</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Suomi</td><td>Finnish</td><td>fi</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Français</td><td>French</td><td>fr</td><td>Latn; European</td></tr><tr><td>Deutsch</td><td>German</td><td>de</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Ελληνικά</td><td>Greek</td><td>el</td><td>Grek</td></tr><tr><td>ગુજરાતી</td><td>Gujarati</td><td>gu</td><td>Gujr</td></tr><tr><td>עברית</td><td>Hebrew</td><td>iw</td><td>Hebr</td></tr><tr><td>हिन्दी</td><td>Hindi</td><td>hi</td><td>Deva</td></tr><tr><td>Magyar</td><td>Hungarian</td><td>hu</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Íslenska</td><td>Icelandic</td><td>is</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Bahasa Indonesia</td><td>Indonesian</td><td>id</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Italiano</td><td>Italian</td><td>it</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>日本語</td><td>Japanese</td><td>ja</td><td>Jpan</td></tr><tr><td>ಕನ್ನಡ</td><td>Kannada</td><td>kn</td><td>Knda</td></tr><tr><td>ភាសាខ្មែរ</td><td>Khmer</td><td>km</td><td>Khmr</td></tr><tr><td>한국어</td><td>Korean</td><td>ko</td><td>Kore</td></tr><tr><td>ລາວ</td><td>Lao</td><td>lo</td><td>Laoo</td></tr><tr><td>Latviešu</td><td>Latvian</td><td>lv</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Lietuvių</td><td>Lithuanian</td><td>lt</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Македонски</td><td>Macedonian</td><td>mk</td><td>Cyrl</td></tr><tr><td>Bahasa Melayu</td><td>Malay</td><td>ms</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>മലയാളം</td><td>Malayalam</td><td>ml</td><td>Mlym</td></tr><tr><td>मराठी</td><td>Marathi</td><td>mr</td><td>Deva</td></tr><tr><td>नेपाली</td><td>Nepali</td><td>ne</td><td>Deva</td></tr><tr><td>Norsk</td><td>Norwegian</td><td>no</td><td>Latn; Bokmål</td></tr><tr><td>فارسی</td><td>Persian</td><td>fa</td><td>Arab</td></tr><tr><td>Polski</td><td>Polish</td><td>pl</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Português</td><td>Portuguese</td><td>pt</td><td>Latn; Brazilian</td></tr><tr><td>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</td><td>Punjabi</td><td>pa</td><td>Guru; Gurmukhi</td></tr><tr><td>Română</td><td>Romanian</td><td>ro</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Русский</td><td>Russian</td><td>ru</td><td>Cyrl</td></tr><tr><td>Русский (старая орфография)</td><td>Russian</td><td>ru-PETR1708</td><td>Cyrl; Old Orthography</td></tr><tr><td>Српски</td><td>Serbian</td><td>sr</td><td>Cyrl &#x26; Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Српски (латиница)</td><td>Serbian</td><td>sr-Latn</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Slovenčina</td><td>Slovak</td><td>sk</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Slovenščina</td><td>Slovenian</td><td>sl</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Español</td><td>Spanish</td><td>es</td><td>Latn; European</td></tr><tr><td>Svenska</td><td>Swedish</td><td>sv</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>தமிழ்</td><td>Tamil</td><td>ta</td><td>Taml</td></tr><tr><td>తెలుగు</td><td>Telugu</td><td>te</td><td>Telu</td></tr><tr><td>ไทย</td><td>Thai</td><td>th</td><td>Thai</td></tr><tr><td>Türkçe</td><td>Turkish</td><td>tr</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Українська</td><td>Ukrainian</td><td>uk</td><td>Cyrl</td></tr><tr><td>Tiếng Việt</td><td>Vietnamese</td><td>vi</td><td>Latn</td></tr><tr><td>Yiddish</td><td>Yiddish</td><td>yi</td><td>Hebr</td></tr></tbody></table>