Windows 10: Change Cortana Language in Windows 10

How to: Change Cortana Language in Windows 10

How to Change Cortana Language in Windows 10


Cortana is your cloud-based personal assistant that works across your devices and other Microsoft services. Depending on the capabilities of your device and the version of Cortana youre using, Cortana can provide a range of features, some of which are personalized. Cortana on Windows is available in certain regions and languages. If Cortana isnt available for your Windows device, you can still search for files on your device in the search box on the taskbar. Cortana is also available on other platforms, such as Android and iOS, in select markets.

Cortana is optimized for specific language and market pairings. She works best when your display language settings are aligned.

Cortana uses the same language as your region language by default, but you can specify your specific region language for the Cortana language . For example, if your device primary language is English (United States), but you're from England, you can tell Cortana to use English (United Kingdom) to better understand you.

The following is a list of regions where Cortana is available and the corresponding language that Cortana is optimized for in each of those regions.

Cortana is available in these regions for these languages:

• Australia: English
• Brazil: Portuguese
• Canada: English/French
• China: Chinese (Simplified)
• France: French
• Germany: German
• India: English
• Italy: Italian
• Japan: Japanese
• Mexico: Spanish
• Spain: Spanish
• United Kingdom: English
• United States: English

This tutorial will show you how to change the Cortana language to a specific region language for your account in Windows 10.



Here's How:

1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Cortana or Cortana & Search (build 17623) icon.

2. Do step 3 (default) or step 4 (change) below for what you want to do.


3. To Restore Default Cortana Language
A) Click/tap on Talk to Cortana on the left side, and click/tap on the Default language button under the Cortana language setting on the right side. (see screenshot below)

*note The Default language button will only be available if you had previously changed the Cortana language.





4. To Change Cortana Language
A) Click/tap on Talk to Cortana on the left side, and choose a language you want in the drop menu under the Cortana language setting. (see screenshot below)



B) The corresponding speech pack from optional features will be automatically downloaded and installed to your PC if it hasn't already been installed. (see screenshots below)










That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Enable or Disable Cortana in Windows 10
• How to Change Country or Region Home Location in Windows 10
• How to Change Region Location of Windows 10 for when Abroad
• How to Add or Remove Language Packs and change Display Language in Windows 10

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Windows 8.1 update changed the language, can't change back

Maybe, these will help... it seems it is a common enough problem.

Language packs are no longer available after you upgrade to Windows 8.1

And, sort of the same here --> Add a language or keyboard

Quote from above MS web page:

Spoiler Download and install language packs
You'll need to download the language pack if you want to make a language your Windows display language (that's the language you see most often in Windows and apps).

• Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
  (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
• Tap or click Time and language, and then tap or click Region and language.
• Tap or click a language that says Language pack available underneath, and then tap or click Options.
• Tap or click Download. The download process might take a while, depending on your PC and the size of the language pack.
  If you want to make this your display language, see the next section "Change your Windows display language".

Change your Windows display language
To change your Windows display language (that's the language you see most often in Windows and apps), first add a language, download and install the language pack, and then follow these steps.

• Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
  (If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
• Tap or click Time and language, and then tap or click Region and language.
• Tap or click the language that you want to set as your display language.
• Tap or click Set as primary to move the language to the top of the list. If the language can become your Windows display language, you'll see Will be display language after next sign-in appear under the language.
• Sign out and then sign back in to finish.

And here is some more info --> Add Language Packs to Windows

 

Cortana speech language?

Hi Oliver,

Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and we are happy to help you.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to check the language and speech settings in Cortana.

• Press Windows + I keys on the keyboard to open settings menu.
• Click on Time and language and select region and language.
  
• Under Language option, check which language is Set as default.
  
• If you find different language, you can change it by clicking on Add a language option.
  
• Select your preferred language (English UK) and click on
  Set as default under English UK language.
• Now, click on English UK and click on Options.
• Download the language, handwriting and speech packs.
• Now, click on Speech from the Time and language settings menu.
• Check if you are able to select the speech settings to English UK.
• After performing above steps, check if you are able to use Cortana.

Reference: Refer to the following Microsoft article on
Cortana & search.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/cortana-search

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Cortana setup not continuing past language setup

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. I will surely help you to fix this issue.

This issue could have occurred due to incorrect language or Cortana settings.

Try the steps listed here:

Method 1:

I suggest you to refer the article and check if you are setting language properly for Cortana or not.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/cortanas-regions-and-languages#v1h=tab02

Method 2:

If the issue persists, I suggest you to try the steps in the following article to fix common issues with Cortana.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/get-help-windows-start-menu

Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.

 

Cortana keeps saying "Change your speech language before you can use me."

Hi,

There are different variables that can be the cause as to why the normal usage of Cortana in Windows 10 is not possible. This could can be caused by the language packs available in the computer or the settings currently used in Cortana. For us to resolve
your concern, kindly answer the questions below:

• What are the checkboxes that are selected in Cortana settings?
• Can you describe what window exactly pops-up when you try to sign in using your Microsoft Account?
• Which version and build of Windows 10 do you have installed?

As an initial recommendation, you can follow the steps on this
link to verify and change Cortana's regions and languages. In the drop down selection, choose the option "Language packs". This will provide a step by step guide to make sure that you have the correct settings and language packs installed so that Cortana
will work correctly.

We look forward to your response to our queries.

 

unable to change the language of UI

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

To assist you better I would like to know, what was the base language for your previous Operating system?



I would suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: Remove the Existing language.

• 
  Press Windows + X on your keyboard.
  
• 
  Select Control panel.
  
• 
  Select language.
  
• 
  Click on the Option adjacent to the
  Existing language.
  
• 
  Click on remove under input method.
  

Step 2: Add English Language.

• 
  Press Windows + X on your keyboard.
  
• 
  Select Control panel.
  
• 
  Select language.
  
• 
  Click on Add language.
  
• 
  Add the English language from the given list.
  

If you want a language pack:

You may refer to the suggestions posted by Andre Da Costa on the following thread.

Can I change language in Windows 10 Home edition?

Hope this information was helpful.