Installed Languages in SharePoint 2010

In this article we will be seeing about the Installed languages in SharePoint 2010.

Installed Languages:

An installed language is either the SKU language or a language that administrator adds to servers in the farm by downloading and installing a language pack.

Download and install the language packs in the following link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=046f16a9-4bce-4149-8679-223755560d54&displaylang=en

We can get all the installed languages using SharePoint object model.

Steps Involved:

Open Visual Studio 2010.
Go to File => New => Project.
Select Console Application template from the installed templates.
Enter the Name and click Ok.
Add the following assembly.
- Microsoft.SharePoint.dll
Add the following namespace.
- Using Microsoft.SharePoint ;
Program.cs looks like the following.
Build the solution.
Hit F5.
Output:

PowerShell script:

Go to Start => All Programs => Microsoft SharePoint 2010 products => SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
Run as an administrator.
Run the following script to get the installed languages.