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
| Country | Country Code | Language Tag |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 54 | es |
| Austria | 43 | de |
| Belgium | 32 | fr |
| Bolivia | 591 | es |
| Brazil | 55 | pt |
| Chile | 56 | es |
| Colombia | 57 | es |
| Costa Rica | 506 | es |
| Cuba | 53 | es |
| Cyprus | 357 | el |
| Dominican Republic* | 1809 | es |
| Ecuador | 593 | es |
| Egypt | 20 | ar |
| El Salvador | 503 | es |
| France | 33 | fr |
| Germany | 49 | de |
| Guatemala | 502 | es |
| Honduras | 504 | es |
| Indonesia | 62 | id |
| Italy | 39 | it |
| Japan | 81 | ja |
| Kuwait | 965 | ar |
| Luxembourg | 352 | de |
| Mexico | 52 | es |
| Monaco | 377 | fr |
| Nicaragua | 505 | es |
| Oman | 968 | ar |
| Panama | 507 | es |
| Paraguay | 595 | es |
| Peru | 51 | es |
| Poland | 48 | pl |
| Portugal | 351 | pt |
| San Marino | 378 | it |
| Saudi Arabia | 966 | ar |
| South Africa | 27 | af |
| Spain | 34 | es |
| Switzerland | 41 | de |
| Ukraine | 380 | uk |
| United Arab Emirates | 971 | ar |
| Uruguay | 598 | es |
| Vatican City | 379 | it |
| Venezuela | 58 | es |
*The Dominican Republic uses the country code and area code to default messages to Spanish.
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