Add a Custom Language

You can create and add a custom language of your choice to your stack. With appropriate permissions, you will be able to create and publish entries in your custom language.

Note: When working within specific branches, languages created will be available only in that particular branch. For example, you are working within the development branch, and you create and add a new language such as Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg to this branch. This language will be available only within the development branch. Refer to our Branch-specific Modules document for more information.

To add a custom language, log in to your Contentstack account, and perform the following steps:

1. Go to your stack, navigate to the “Settings” icon (press “S”) on the left navigation panel, and select Languages (or press “alt + L” for Windows OS, and “option + L” for Mac OS). You will see the default master language along with other added language(s).

   Note: Apart from the master language, you can add/remove any of the other languages.

2. Click on the + New Language button located at the top-right corner of the page. This opens the Add Language box.
3. In the Add Language box, select Create Custom Language to add a custom language of your preference.
   
   

   Note: The combination of language code and locale or country code should be unique across the stack.

4. Enter the language name and code as per your choice.

   Note: The minimum character length of a language code is 2, and the maximum character length is 12.

5. In the Select Fallback Language menu, select the fallback language for the newly added language.
6. Click on Add.
   
   

   Note: Once generated, you cannot modify a custom language code.

After adding the language to the stack, the content manager can add an entry in the specified language or create localized entries.

Note: The content manager can view or create content in multiple languages only for the languages added to the stack by the Admin/Developer.

API Reference

To add a custom language to your stack via API request, refer to the Add a language API request.