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$AllCultures = [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::
GetCultures(
[System.Globalization.CultureTypes]::
SpecificCultures) # !AllCultures
# $AllCultures | ft -AutoSize
# $AllCultures.Count
##### build table of data
$objs = @();
$AllCultures | % {
$dn = $_.DisplayName.Split(“(|)”);
$RegionInfo = New-Object System.Globalization.RegionInfo $PsItem.name;
$objs += [pscustomobject]@{
Name = $RegionInfo.Name;
EnglishName = $RegionInfo.EnglishName;
TwoLetterISORegionName = $RegionInfo.TwoLetterISORegionName;
GeoId = $RegionInfo.GeoId;
ISOCurrencySymbol = $RegionInfo.ISOCurrencySymbol;
CurrencySymbol = $RegionInfo.CurrencySymbol;
IsMetric = $RegionInfo.IsMetric;
LCID = $PsItem.LCID;
Lang = $dn[0].Trim();
Country = $dn[1].Trim();
}
};
# $objs | ft -au
# $objs.Count
# find out the number of countries which support each available language in Windows
$objs | group lang | sort count -desc
# get number of Windows supported languages per country
# NOTE: the resulting figures do not necessary map to the officially
# supported number of languages of that country
$objs | group country | sort count -desc
# check which country or countries support a particular language
$objs | ? lang -eq “French” | ft -au
##### get list of unique country names and ISO codes in Windows
$countries = $objs |
select -Unique -prop TwoLetterISORegionName,EnglishName | sort TwoLetterISORegionName
# NOTE: the resulting number of nations worldwide found in Windows
# is lower than formally listed per the United Nations
# $countries | ft -AutoSize
# $countries.count
##### filter out non-standard ISO codes e.g. 029 Caribbean
$countries1 = $countries | ? TwoLetterISORegionName -cmatch “^[A-Z]*$”
# $countries1 | ft -AutoSize
# $countries1.count
#REFERENCE
# Country Codes – ISO 3166 (list)
# IATA Codes
# United Nations Member States