Fireflies supports transcription and summary in over 100 languages. In this guide, you’ll learn how to:

You can also explore the full list of supported languages in the table below.

Set a default language for all meetings

To apply one transcription language to all meetings:

  1. Go to your Fireflies dashboard

  2. Click Meeting language at the top

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  3. Select your preferred language from the dropdown

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All your future meetings will be transcribed in the selected preferred language

🔍 Want Fireflies to pick the right language automatically? Learn about Fireflies Auto Language Detection

Change language for one meeting

You can update the transcription language for specific meetings without changing your default:

  1. Go to Upcoming meetings on the dashboard

  2. Make sure the Fireflies toggle is turned ON

  3. Click the language icon next to the meeting

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  4. Choose your preferred language

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This only applies to meetings you own or are hosting

🚫 Having trouble switching languages? See Troubleshooting transcription language issues

Supported languages

Fireflies supports transcription in 100+ languages and dialects, including regional variants. You can use the table below to look up a specific language and its code.

List of supported languages 🗂

#Fireflies Supported Languages Code

1

Afrikaans

af

2

Albanian

sq

3

Amharic

am

4

Arabic

ar

5

Armenian

hy

6

Assamese

as

7

Auto Language Detection

auto

8

Azerbaijani

az

9

Bashkir

ba

10

Basque

eu

11

Belarusian

be

12

Bengali

bn

13

Bosnian

bs

14

Breton

br

15

Bulgarian

bg

16

Burmese

my

17

Catalan

ca

18

Chinese

zh

19

Chinese (China)

zh-CN

20

Chinese (Taiwan)

zh-TW

21

Croatian

hr

22

Czech

cs

23

Danish

da

24

Danish (Denmark)

da-DK

25

Dutch

nl

26

English (Australia)

en-AU

27

English (Global)

en

28

English (India)

en-IN

29

English (New Zealand)

en-NZ

30

English (UK)

en-GB

31

English (US)

en-US

32

Estonian

et

33

Faroese

fo

34

Finnish

fi

35

Flemish

nl-BE

36

French

fr

37

French (Canada)

fr-CA

38

Galician

gl

39

Georgian

ka

40

German

de

41

German (Switzerland)

de-CH

42

Greek

el

43

Gujarati

gu

44

Haitian

ht

45

Hausa

ha

46

Hawaiian

haw

47

Hebrew

he

48

Hindi

hi

49

Hindi (Latin)

hi-Latn

50

Hungarian

hu

51

Icelandic

is

52

Indonesian

id

53

Italian

it

54

Japanese

ja

55

Javanese

jw

56

Kannada

kn

57

Kazakh

kk

58

Khmer

km

59

Korean

ko

60

Korean (South Korea)

ko-KR

61

Lao

lo

62

Latin

la

63

Latvian

lv

64

Lingala

ln

65

Lithuanian

lt

66

Luxembourgish

lb

67

Macedonian

mk

68

Malagasy

mg

69

Malay

ms

70

Malayalam

ml

71

Maltese

mt

72

Maori

mi

73

Marathi

mr

74

Mongolian

mn

75

Nepali

ne

76

Norwegian

no

77

Nynorsk

nn

78

Occitan

oc

79

Pashto

ps

80

Persian

fa

81

Polish

pl

82

Portuguese

pt

83

Portuguese (Brazil)

pt-BR

84

Portuguese (Portugal)

pt-PT

85

Punjabi

pa

86

Romanian

ro

87

Russian

ru

88

Sanskrit

sa

89

Serbian

sr

90

Shona

sn

91

Sindhi

sd

92

Sinhala

si

93

Slovak

sk

94

Slovenian

sl

95

Somali

so

96

Spanish

es

97

Spanish (Latin American)

es-419

98

Sundanese

su

99

Swahili

sw

100

Swedish

sv

101

Tagalog

tl

102

Tajik

tg

103

Tamil

ta

104

Tatar

tt

105

Telugu

te

106

Thai

th

107

Tibetan

bo

108

Turkish

tr

109

Turkmen

tk

110

Ukrainian

uk

111

Urdu

ur

112

Uzbek

uz

113

Vietnamese

vi

114

Welsh

cy

115

Yiddish

yi

116

Yoruba

yo

FAQs

Can Fireflies detect multiple languages in one meeting?

No. Fireflies transcribes meetings in the single language you choose ahead of time.

Can I transcribe uploaded files in my preferred language?

Yes. Before uploading, just choose your preferred language. Fireflies will transcribe the audio using that language setting.

Curious about how uploads work? Learn about the Uploads feature in Fireflies

Can I download transcripts in other languages?

Yes. From the Meeting Notepad, click Download, then Download transcripts.

Need help with transcripts? See How to download meetings, transcripts and summaries