Language support

Document AI API's text recognition feature (OCR) is able to detect text from a wide variety of languages and can detect multiple languages within a single document.

Languages detected by the Document AI API are returned in the Document object in the detectedLanguages field as a BCP-47 identifier.

For more information about OCR Language support, refer to the Cloud Vision OCR Language Support documentation.

See the tables below or the full Processor List for details.

General processors

Processor Supported Languages

Enterprise Document OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script
Afrikaans	`af`	`Latn`
Albanian	`sq`	`Latn`
Arabic	`ar`	`Arab`
Armenian	`hy`	`Armn`
Belarusian	`be`	`Cyrl`
Bangla	`bn`	`Beng`
Bengali	`bn`	`Beng`
Bulgarian	`bg`	`Cyrl`
Catalan	`ca`	`Latn`
Chinese	`zh`	`Hani`
Croatian	`hr`	`Latn`
Czech	`cs`	`Latn`
Danish	`da`	`Latn`
Dutch	`nl`	`Latn`
English	`en`	`Latn`
Estonian	`et`	`Latn`
Filipino	`fil`	`Latn`
Finnish	`fi`	`Latn`
French	`fr`	`Latn`
German	`de`	`Latn`
Greek	`el`	`Grek`
Gujarati	`gu`	`Gujr`
Hebrew	`iw`	`Hebr`
Hindi	`hi`	`Deva`
Hungarian	`hu`	`Latn`
Icelandic	`is`	`Latn`
Indonesian	`id`	`Latn`
Italian	`it`	`Latn`
Japanese	`ja`	`Jpan`
Kannada	`kn`	`Knda`
Khmer	`km`	`Khmr`
Korean	`ko`	`Kore`
Lao	`lo`	`Laoo`
Latvian	`lv`	`Latn`
Lithuanian	`lt`	`Latn`
Macedonian	`mk`	`Cyrl`
Malay	`ms`	`Latn`
Malayalam	`ml`	`Mlym`
Marathi	`mr`	`Deva`
Nepali	`ne`	`Deva`
Norwegian	`no`	`Latn`
Persian	`fa`	`Arab`
Polish	`pl`	`Latn`
Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil)	`pt`	`Latn`
Punjabi	`pa`	`Guru`
Romanian	`ro`	`Latn`
Russian	`ru`	`Cyrl`
Serbian	`sr`	`Cyrl`
Slovak	`sk`	`Latn`
Slovenian	`sl`	`Latn`
Spanish	`es`	`Latn`
Swedish	`sv`	`Latn`
Tagalog	`tl`	`Latn`
Tamil	`ta`	`Taml`
Telugu	`te`	`Telu`
Thai	`th`	`Thai`
Turkish	`tr`	`Latn`
Ukrainian	`uk`	`Cyrl`
Vietnamese	`vi`	`Latn`
Yiddish	`yi`	`Hebr`

Form Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script
Afrikaans	`af`	`Latn`
Albanian	`sq`	`Latn`
Arabic	`ar`	`Arab`
Armenian	`hy`	`Armn`
Belarusian	`be`	`Cyrl`
Bangla	`bn`	`Beng`
Bengali	`bn`	`Beng`
Bulgarian	`bg`	`Cyrl`
Catalan	`ca`	`Latn`
Chinese	`zh`	`Hani`
Croatian	`hr`	`Latn`
Czech	`cs`	`Latn`
Danish	`da`	`Latn`
Dutch	`nl`	`Latn`
English	`en`	`Latn`
Estonian	`et`	`Latn`
Filipino	`fil`	`Latn`
Finnish	`fi`	`Latn`
French	`fr`	`Latn`
German	`de`	`Latn`
Greek	`el`	`Grek`
Gujarati	`gu`	`Gujr`
Hebrew	`iw`	`Hebr`
Hindi	`hi`	`Deva`
Hungarian	`hu`	`Latn`
Icelandic	`is`	`Latn`
Indonesian	`id`	`Latn`
Italian	`it`	`Latn`
Japanese	`ja`	`Jpan`
Kannada	`kn`	`Knda`
Khmer	`km`	`Khmr`
Korean	`ko`	`Kore`
Lao	`lo`	`Laoo`
Latvian	`lv`	`Latn`
Lithuanian	`lt`	`Latn`
Macedonian	`mk`	`Cyrl`
Malay	`ms`	`Latn`
Malayalam	`ml`	`Mlym`
Marathi	`mr`	`Deva`
Nepali	`ne`	`Deva`
Norwegian	`no`	`Latn`
Persian	`fa`	`Arab`
Polish	`pl`	`Latn`
Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil)	`pt`	`Latn`
Punjabi	`pa`	`Guru`
Romanian	`ro`	`Latn`
Russian	`ru`	`Cyrl`
Serbian	`sr`	`Cyrl`
Slovak	`sk`	`Latn`
Slovenian	`sl`	`Latn`
Spanish	`es`	`Latn`
Swedish	`sv`	`Latn`
Tagalog	`tl`	`Latn`
Tamil	`ta`	`Taml`
Telugu	`te`	`Telu`
Thai	`th`	`Thai`
Turkish	`tr`	`Latn`
Ukrainian	`uk`	`Cyrl`
Vietnamese	`vi`	`Latn`
Yiddish	`yi`	`Hebr`

Specialized processors

Processor Supported Languages

Identity Document Proofing Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

US Driver License Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

US Passport Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1003 Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1040 Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1040 Schedule C Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1040 Schedule D Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1040 Schedule E Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1099-DIV Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1099-G Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1099-INT Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1099-NEC Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1099-R Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1065 Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1120 Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

1120S Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

Bank Statement Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

HOA Statement Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

HUD-92900B Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

Lending Document Splitter & Classifier

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

Mortgage Statement Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

Pay Slip Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

Retirement/Investment Statement Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

SSA-89 Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

SSA-1099 Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

VBA26-0551 Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

W2 Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

W9 Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

Expense Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script
German	`de`	`Latn`
English	`en`	`Latn`
Spanish	`es`	`Latn`
French	`fr`	`Latn`
Japanese	`ja`	`Jpan`
Dutch	`nl`	`Latn`

Invoice Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script
German	`de`	`Latn`
English	`en`	`Latn`
Spanish	`es`	`Latn`
Estonian	`et`	`Latn`
French	`fr`	`Latn`
Italian	`it`	`Latn`
Latvian	`lv`	`Latn`
Lithuanian	`lt`	`Latn`
Dutch	`nl`	`Latn`
Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil)	`pt`	`Latn`
Romanian	`ro`	`Latn`
Swedish	`sv`	`Latn`

Procurement Document Splitter & Classifier

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

Purchase Order Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

Utility Parser

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

Custom processors

Processor Supported Languages

Custom Document Extractor

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script
Afrikaans	`af`	`Latn`
Arabic	`ar`	`Arab`
Azerbaijani	`az`	`Latn`
Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)	`az-Cyrl`	`Cyrl`
Belarusian	`be`	`Cyrl`
Bulgarian	`bg`	`Cyrl`
Bosnian	`bs`	`Latn`
Catalan	`ca`	`Latn`
Cebuano	`ceb`	`Latn`
Czech	`cs`	`Latn`
Welsh	`cy`	`Latn`
Danish	`da`	`Latn`
German	`de`	`Latn`
Greek	`el`	`Grek`
English	`en`	`Latn`
Esperanto	`eo`	`Latn`
Spanish	`es`	`Latn`
Estonian	`et`	`Latn`
Basque	`eu`	`Latn`
Persian	`fa`	`Arab`
Finnish	`fi`	`Latn`
Filipino	`fil`	`Latn`
French	`fr`	`Latn`
Irish	`ga`	`Latn`
Galician	`gl`	`Latn`
Hindi	`hi`	`Deva`
Croatian	`hr`	`Latn`
Haitian Creole	`ht`	`Latn`
Hungarian	`hu`	`Latn`
Indonesian	`id`	`Latn`
Icelandic	`is`	`Latn`
Italian	`it`	`Latn`
Hebrew	`iw`	`Hebr`
Japanese	`ja`	`Jpan`
Javanese	`jv`	`Latn`
Kazakh	`kk`	`Cyrl`
Korean	`ko`	`Kore`
Kyrgyz	`ky`	`Cyrl`
Latin	`la`	`Latn`
Lithuanian	`lt`	`Latn`
Latvian	`lv`	`Latn`
Macedonian	`mk`	`Cyrl`
Mongolian	`mn`	`Cyrl`
Marathi	`mr`	`Deva`
Malay	`ms`	`Latn`
Maltese	`mt`	`Latn`
Nepali	`ne`	`Deva`
Dutch	`nl`	`Latn`
Norwegian	`no`	`Latn`
Polish	`pl`	`Latn`
Pashto	`ps`	`Arab`
Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil)	`pt`	`Latn`
Romanian	`ro`	`Latn`
Russian	`ru`	`Cyrl`
Russian (Petrine Orthography)	`ru-PETR1708`	`Cyrl`
Sanskrit	`sa`	`Deva`
Slovak	`sk`	`Latn`
Slovenian	`sl`	`Latn`
Albanian	`sq`	`Latn`
Serbian	`sr`	`Cyrl`
Swedish	`sv`	`Latn`
Swahili	`sw`	`Latn`
Tagalog	`tl`	`Latn`
Turkish	`tr`	`Latn`
Ukrainian	`uk`	`Cyrl`
Urdu	`ur`	`Arab`
Uzbek	`uz`	`Latn`
Uzbek (Cyrillic)	`uz-Cyrl`	`Cyrl`
Vietnamese	`vi`	`Latn`
Yiddish	`yi`	`Hebr`
Chinese simplified	`zh-Hans`	`Hani`
Chinese traditional	`zh-Hant`	`Hani`
Zulu	`zu`	`Latn`

Custom Document Classifier

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`

Custom Document Splitter

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script
Afrikaans	`af`	`Latn`
Arabic	`ar`	`Arab`
Azerbaijani	`az`	`Latn`
Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)	`az-Cyrl`	`Cyrl`
Belarusian	`be`	`Cyrl`
Bulgarian	`bg`	`Cyrl`
Bosnian	`bs`	`Latn`
Catalan	`ca`	`Latn`
Cebuano	`ceb`	`Latn`
Czech	`cs`	`Latn`
Welsh	`cy`	`Latn`
Danish	`da`	`Latn`
German	`de`	`Latn`
Greek	`el`	`Grek`
English	`en`	`Latn`
Esperanto	`eo`	`Latn`
Spanish	`es`	`Latn`
Estonian	`et`	`Latn`
Basque	`eu`	`Latn`
Persian	`fa`	`Arab`
Finnish	`fi`	`Latn`
Filipino	`fil`	`Latn`
French	`fr`	`Latn`
Irish	`ga`	`Latn`
Galician	`gl`	`Latn`
Hindi	`hi`	`Deva`
Croatian	`hr`	`Latn`
Haitian Creole	`ht`	`Latn`
Hungarian	`hu`	`Latn`
Indonesian	`id`	`Latn`
Icelandic	`is`	`Latn`
Italian	`it`	`Latn`
Hebrew	`iw`	`Hebr`
Japanese	`ja`	`Jpan`
Javanese	`jv`	`Latn`
Kazakh	`kk`	`Cyrl`
Korean	`ko`	`Kore`
Kyrgyz	`ky`	`Cyrl`
Latin	`la`	`Latn`
Lithuanian	`lt`	`Latn`
Latvian	`lv`	`Latn`
Macedonian	`mk`	`Cyrl`
Mongolian	`mn`	`Cyrl`
Marathi	`mr`	`Deva`
Malay	`ms`	`Latn`
Maltese	`mt`	`Latn`
Nepali	`ne`	`Deva`
Dutch	`nl`	`Latn`
Norwegian	`no`	`Latn`
Polish	`pl`	`Latn`
Pashto	`ps`	`Arab`
Portuguese (Portugal & Brazil)	`pt`	`Latn`
Romanian	`ro`	`Latn`
Russian	`ru`	`Cyrl`
Russian (Petrine Orthography)	`ru-PETR1708`	`Cyrl`
Sanskrit	`sa`	`Deva`
Slovak	`sk`	`Latn`
Slovenian	`sl`	`Latn`
Albanian	`sq`	`Latn`
Serbian	`sr`	`Cyrl`
Swedish	`sv`	`Latn`
Swahili	`sw`	`Latn`
Tagalog	`tl`	`Latn`
Turkish	`tr`	`Latn`
Ukrainian	`uk`	`Cyrl`
Urdu	`ur`	`Arab`
Uzbek	`uz`	`Latn`
Uzbek (Cyrillic)	`uz-Cyrl`	`Cyrl`
Vietnamese	`vi`	`Latn`
Yiddish	`yi`	`Hebr`
Chinese simplified	`zh-Hans`	`Hani`
Chinese traditional	`zh-Hant`	`Hani`
Zulu	`zu`	`Latn`

Summarizer

Language Name	BCP 47 Tag	Script	Handwriting supported
English	`en`	`Latn`