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Default Languages for Phone Number Country Codes


Verify will automatically resolve a verification's language based on the country code of the phone number provided. Phone verification messages for all countries except those listed below default to English. Using automatic language resolution is highly recommended. If required, you can override the default language by specifying the locale parameter in the request.

You can view a list of all supported languages here.


Default languages other than English

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CountryCountry CodeLanguage Tag
Argentina54es
Austria43de
Belgium32fr
Bolivia591es
Brazil55pt
Chile56es
China86zh-CN
Colombia57es
Costa Rica506es
Cuba53es
Cyprus357el
Dominican Republic*1809es
Ecuador593es
Egypt20ar
El Salvador503es
Estonia372et
France33fr
Germany49de
Guatemala502es
Honduras504es
India91en
Indonesia62id
Italy39it
Japan81ja
Kuwait965ar
Lithuania370lt
Luxembourg352de
Mexico52es
Monaco377fr
Nicaragua505es
Oman968ar
Panama507es
Paraguay595es
Peru51es
Poland48pl
Portugal351pt
Romania226ro
San Marino378it
Saudi Arabia966ar
Slovakia421sk
South Africa27af
Spain34es
Switzerland41de
Ukraine380uk
United Arab Emirates971ar
United Kingdom44en-GB
Uruguay598es
Vatican City379it
Venezuela58es
Vietnam84vi

*The Dominican Republic uses the country code and area code to default messages to Spanish.

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