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# Languages

> Supported language codes for transcription and alignment models

The following language codes are supported by the `transcription` and `alignment` models. Include the `language` field in your target when [creating a Task](/api-reference/tasks/create) to improve model accuracy and timing alignment. If omitted, the model will attempt to auto-detect the language.

| Language    | Code |
| ----------- | ---- |
| Afrikaans   | `af` |
| Arabic      | `ar` |
| Azerbaijani | `az` |
| Belarusian  | `be` |
| Bulgarian   | `bg` |
| Bosnian     | `bs` |
| Catalan     | `ca` |
| Czech       | `cs` |
| Welsh       | `cy` |
| Danish      | `da` |
| German      | `de` |
| Greek       | `el` |
| English     | `en` |
| Spanish     | `es` |
| Estonian    | `et` |
| Persian     | `fa` |
| Finnish     | `fi` |
| French      | `fr` |
| Galician    | `gl` |
| Hebrew      | `he` |
| Hindi       | `hi` |
| Croatian    | `hr` |
| Hungarian   | `hu` |
| Armenian    | `hy` |
| Indonesian  | `id` |
| Icelandic   | `is` |
| Italian     | `it` |
| Japanese    | `ja` |
| Kazakh      | `kk` |
| Kannada     | `kn` |
| Korean      | `ko` |
| Lithuanian  | `lt` |
| Latvian     | `lv` |
| Maori       | `mi` |
| Macedonian  | `mk` |
| Marathi     | `mr` |
| Malay       | `ms` |
| Nepali      | `ne` |
| Dutch       | `nl` |
| Norwegian   | `no` |
| Polish      | `pl` |
| Portuguese  | `pt` |
| Romanian    | `ro` |
| Russian     | `ru` |
| Slovak      | `sk` |
| Slovenian   | `sl` |
| Serbian     | `sr` |
| Swedish     | `sv` |
| Swahili     | `sw` |
| Tamil       | `ta` |
| Thai        | `th` |
| Filipino    | `tl` |
| Turkish     | `tr` |
| Ukrainian   | `uk` |
| Urdu        | `ur` |
| Vietnamese  | `vi` |
| Chinese     | `zh` |