Answers.Body: <p>It seems that a country designation is required too, even though they are not easily shown in the prefered language interface. So fr is not valid, but fr_FR is.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Yes. It uses locale code not just language and should match the name of the .po file .   http://userguide.icu-project.org/locale
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Body: <p>I have tried this several ways, but can't seem to get the preferred language to come in with the contact import. The initial values I had were basic (English, French, etc.) and didn't match the labels in Civi. I changed them to match the Civi labels, with no luck and finally, have tried simply using the assigned values: en, es, etc.  Still no luck. </p>
  
  <p>Any thoughts?</p>
  
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Title: preferred language not importing with contact data
ThreadText: # preferred language not importing with contact data
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-01)
  
  I have tried this several ways, but can't seem to get the preferred language to come in with the contact import. The initial values I had were basic (English, French, etc.) and didn't match the labels in Civi. I changed them to match the Civi labels, with no luck and finally, have tried simply using the assigned values: en, es, etc. Still no luck.
  
  Any thoughts?
  
  **Tags:** import, language
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2018-09-01. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  It seems that a country designation is required too, even though they are not easily shown in the prefered language interface. So fr is not valid, but fr\_FR is.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Yes. It uses locale code not just language and should match the name of the .po file .   http://userguide.icu-project.org/locale  
  
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