The typical elements of a language environment are as follows:
The natural language of the user.
A coded character set is created by mapping the characters of a character set onto a set of code points (hexadecimal values). See Chapter 31, Internationalizing a Program for more information about coded character sets and CCSIDs.
The relative order of characters that are used for sorting.
The type of a character (for example, alphabetic, numeric) in a character set.
The mapping between uppercase and lowercase characters in a character set.
The format of date and time data (for example, order of the months, names of the weekdays).
The format of numbers and monetary quantities. For example, numeric grouping, decimal-point character, and monetary symbols.
The format of affirmative and negative system responses.
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