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1. Add Ukrainian language

   Ukraine has a ~40M population, of which, according to the last census, 67,5% consider Ukrainian their mother tongue.

   Ukraine has a vibrant gaming community. Ukrainian eSports teams (go NaVi!) are some of the most successful and competitive in the world.

   Valve added Ukrainian language option to Steam in 2013 and since then the number of Ukrainian Steam players (and Steam games that have a Ukrainian localization) has been steadily increasing. According to SteamSpy, as of June 2016 there were 3.7M Ukrainian players in Steam. (source: http://steamspy.com/country/UA )

   Given the above mentioned arguments, we, the Ukrainian gaming community, ask of you Twitch & Amazon to add Ukrainian as one of the official languages in Twitch and allow Ukrainian language to be an official broadcasting language. We are ready to even translate everything ourselves (via Crowdin or other similar system) provided you give us such an option.

   With kind regards,
   Ukrainian gaming community

   Ukraine has a ~40M population, of which, according to the last census, 67,5% consider Ukrainian their mother tongue.

   Ukraine has a vibrant gaming community. Ukrainian eSports teams (go NaVi!) are some of the most successful and competitive in the world.

   Valve added Ukrainian language option to Steam in 2013 and since then the number of Ukrainian Steam players (and Steam games that have a Ukrainian localization) has been steadily increasing. According to SteamSpy, as of June 2016 there were 3.7M Ukrainian players in Steam. (source: http://steamspy.com/country/UA )

   Given the above mentioned arguments, we, the Ukrainian gaming community, ask of you… more

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   Thank you for raising this issue and sharing your feedback. We are in the process of rolling out a Beta version of Ukrainian localization across Twitch. Users who have their mobile devices set to Ukrainian should automatically see Twitch in Ukrainian once our roll out is 100% complete, and web users with their system language set to Ukrainian will also be able to experience our Beta version. We want to make the Twitch service accessible to as many people as possible, and localization is a part of that.

   Once the rollout is finished, we will mark this issue as "Completed." Thank you.

2. Add Farsi/Persian as a language option.

   Around 110 million people speak Farsi worldwide and in Iran alone, there are more than 28 million gamers according to a national survey.

   There are many Farsi speaking streamers on the site and I'm sure Twitch knows about the number of people using the website within Iran (even though many use VPNs almost all the time to be able to access many websites next to watching twitch). As many have said before, not having the option for the language of the stream is hurtful for all the viewers of the website. No one uses the "Other" language option to find streams, and the most likely choice is to use English since it's the language they are more likely to understand. This forces streamers to choose the "English" tag in their streams and put "Farsi" in the title so there is a chance for people who speak the language to find the stream. And this is annoying for people who are actually looking for English streams. Everyone loses in this reality.

   And that's why we're asking for "Farsi" to be added to the options. Having the website in Farsi is not necessary (although the foundation is already there since Arabic and other right-to-left languages exist on the website), but please do consider adding Farsi. Twitch is a website created for ALL gamers, no matter their nationality, race, ***, gender, orientation or beliefs, and we Farsi speakers would like to be included as well! :D

   Around 110 million people speak Farsi worldwide and in Iran alone, there are more than 28 million gamers according to a national survey.

   There are many Farsi speaking streamers on the site and I'm sure Twitch knows about the number of people using the website within Iran (even though many use VPNs almost all the time to be able to access many websites next to watching twitch). As many have said before, not having the option for the language of the stream is hurtful for all the viewers of the website. No one uses the "Other" language option to find… more

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3. Catalan Translation

   It's been a while since Twitch has become a mass service used here in Catalonia. For years, different users have asked if it would be possible to have the Twitch app available in Catalan, our language.

   It's not hard to have the desktop apps (Win, Mac, Linux, Web) and the mobile apps (Android, iOS, Windows Phone...) translated into Catalan. A lot of other services and apps have included Catalan years ago (services and products from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla... already include it).

   We understand that Twitch has enough resources to translate their apps and services to Catalan. Why Belgians, Canadians and Swiss can have the apps in two different languages and in Spain there is only one option? Why people in Andorra don't have the option to choose their official language, Catalan?

   It's been a while since Twitch has become a mass service used here in Catalonia. For years, different users have asked if it would be possible to have the Twitch app available in Catalan, our language.

   It's not hard to have the desktop apps (Win, Mac, Linux, Web) and the mobile apps (Android, iOS, Windows Phone...) translated into Catalan. A lot of other services and apps have included Catalan years ago (services and products from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla... already include it).

   We understand that Twitch has enough resources to translate their apps and services to Catalan. Why Belgians, Canadians… more

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4. Add Ukrainian localization

   I believe that the decision to add Ukrainian localisation would be more than right, as Ukrainian is the eighth most widely spoken language in Europe, and this summer the popular Ukrainian streamer Leb1ga reached a record 34878 views, which is a definite sign of the relevance and usefulness of adding Ukrainian localisation to Twitch. May the Ukrainian Twitch community flourish!

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   Add Georgian Language on Twitch. I know there's only around 100,000 Users on Twitch from Georgia but it would be so cool if Twitch will have Georgian language on the platform.

   If there's no one that can help to do this, Hit me up ;)
   I can translate Twitch to Georgian Language.

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6. Arabic

   We want to add the Arabic language to the site

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7. Language

   I would like to see more supported languages for Twitch display page especially from Eastern Europe languages like Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian,etc.

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8. Add Afrikaans as a language on Twitch

   Add Afrikaans as a language on twitch

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9. Add "ä", "ö", "ü" so Youtubers can keep their name when they want to join twitch

   There are some YouTubers which would prefer twitch as a streaming platform but fear that their community will not find them when they have to switch their names. Since twitch doesn't allow "ä", "ö" and "ü" in their creator names those with these letters in their names get discriminated.

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10. German non-Gender

    Please add a German language option which does not use Gender language (you can leave current German option as default).

    Or use the generic masculinum and add (m/w/d) at the end.

    Gender language disrupts reading flow and is not including everyone, e.g.

    Kolleg*innen

    This does not include males since the word Kolleg does not exist in that context.

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11. Add Bahasa Language (Indonesian)

    Most of Indonesians are cant speak / read English very well. To solve this problem, I want you to add Bahasa. That would help our community to grow up. Thank you.

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12. An accessibility issue lacked: Customizing time/clock and date formats (time stamps, schedules) independent of chosen language

    Customized date & time formatting proposal
    My idea is to allow us to customize which clock/time formats and date formats we have displayed when logged into our accounts, and have this be separate from our chosen language or even chosen sub-language. Say an American person or American streamer is dating another streamer from a different country, for instance a an American streamer living in the US is dating an Australian streamer living in Australia. They sometimes collaborate, not always in person but sometimes from afar, and it could get confusing when they need to plan and check their schedules on the site, because the Australian might be more accustomed to D/M/YYYY than M/D/YYYY, since that is standard in AU, while American use M/D/YYYY.

    That is just ONE example of where this would be super useful and convenient.

    Also, the ability to display month days instead, for instance on schedule, for people who are not good with numbers for whatever reason that might be. That would be not so much a localization issue but instead accessibility, but I know many people with some form of mild to severe dyscalculia or dyslexica, where it would help them a lot if it instead could say January 1, Jan 1, 1 January, 1 Jan or some other way. Discerning and processing numerical date formats,[1][2][3][4] like 12/4/2026, is one of the most common real-world challenges for someone with dyscalculia.[1] And it can be tough, even impossible, for people without this condition too, because unless one of the two numbers exceeds the number 12, it could be a myriad of days or months. Take 4/2/2026 as an example. Is this 4th of February 2026 (DD/MM), or is it 2nd of April 2026? (MM/DD).

    We CAN run into the issue of having so many different ways to customize stuff that it might confuse more than help. For that reason, perhaps this should be togglable as an Advanced Date/Time/Localization customization mode.

    I admit I also have a slight bit an annoyance at the fact that I can't be using English US but also Danish 24-hour clock and Danish date format. Why US English, though, and not English UK which already at least have the same format that many Danes use, with the order D(D)/M(M)/YYYY (though, to be precise, Danish format often tends to instead be D(D)-M(M)-'YYYY, but I digress!) and a 24-hour clock, however pretty all guides online for Twitch, including the official ones, use US English spelling rather than UK/AU/CA English, and if someone used AI, too, to figure out how to do something, it might also use US English spelling, and I tend to use CTRL+F to search for words or phrases on pages a lot of the time, so being able to simply copy paste the US English words and phrases and find them on the page is a must for me. Plus I like to use services in their original "languages" if possible.

    That is all. I hope that this is not too much to ask, and I hope it is useful for improving the site!

    Scientific literature
    * 1. Vigna G, Ghidoni E, Burgio F, Danesin L, Angelini D, Benavides-Varela S, Semenza C. Dyscalculia in Early Adulthood: Implications for Numerical Activities of Daily Living. Brain Sci. 2022 Mar 11;12(3):373. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12030373. PMID: 35326329; PMCID: PMC8946289. LINK: https://nih.gov
    ** DESCRIPTION: This study utilized the Numerical Activities of Daily Living (NADL) battery to evaluate adults with developmental dyscalculia (DD). It explicitly proved that adults with DD have pronounced, statistically significant difficulties with time estimation and real-world numerical tracking compared to control groups. It confirms that everyday tasks involving schedules, calendars, and numeric time markers are significantly compromised in dyscalculia.
    * 2. Handelsman N, Dotan D. Reading numbers is hard, and the difficulty is a syntactic one: a descriptive analysis of number-reading patterns in readers with and without dysnumeria. Cogn Res Princ Implic. 2025 Dec 9;10(1):84. doi: 10.1186/s41235-025-00694-7. PMID: 41366123; PMCID: PMC12690019. LINK: https://nih.gov
    ** DESCRIPTION: This paper explores transcoding deficits and dysnumeria. It highlights that the primary source of difficulty when people misread numerical formats is processing the syntax of the numbers. When a person looks at a date format like 10/11 or 11/10, their brain has to process the numerical syntax and spatial order. For a dyscalculic individual, this lack of automatic symbolic processing leads to immediate inversion errors and directional confusion.
    * 3. Cappelletti M, Freeman ED, Cipolotti L. Time Processing in Dyscalculia. Front Psychol. 2011 Dec 20;2:364. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00364. PMID: 22194731; PMCID: PMC3243078. LINK: https://nih.gov
    ** DESCRIPTION: This research establishes that developmental dyscalculia impacts cognitive domains outside basic calculations, specifically highlighting that individuals frequently self-report profound real-world difficulties with time management and scheduling. It underscores the critical breakdown that occurs when numerical symbols are used interchangeably to map chronological time, validating user anxiety around abstract timeline planning.
    * 4. Anobile G, Cicchini GM, Gasperini F, Guerrieri M, Burr DC. Auditory time perception impairment in children with developmental dyscalculia. Res Dev Disabil. 2024 May;148:104659. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104659. Epub 2024 Feb 24. PMID: 38402220; PMCID: PMC11155440. LINK: https://nih.gov
    ** DESCRIPTION: This study expands the understanding of dyscalculia as a multi-componential magnitude disorder. It proves that cognitive barriers extend heavily into temporal domains, meaning that processing non-spatial magnitudes like time scales, planning sequential calendars, and managing numerical date frameworks are significantly compromised compared to neurotypical peers.

    Customized date & time formatting proposal
    My idea is to allow us to customize which clock/time formats and date formats we have displayed when logged into our accounts, and have this be separate from our chosen language or even chosen sub-language. Say an American person or American streamer is dating another streamer from a different country, for instance a an American streamer living in the US is dating an Australian streamer living in Australia. They sometimes collaborate, not always in person but sometimes from afar, and it could get confusing when they need to plan and check their schedules on… more

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13. I would like to be able to set language settings in settings not as a cookie

    The language keeps resetting, even though I set it to English it changes back. Since I can't set my account to a language it changes ever so often. I expect my setting to be honored.

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14. views by location

    Hello, If I am a streamer that living in country that country language I am not streaming, so there have to be a server that I can connect to likely leave all that non language people off my stream, and stream for that people that I want. likely adds on facebook maybe?

    kind regards

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15. Arabic

    Users who rely on right-to-left scripts face serious limitations when trying to present their identity naturally on Twitch. I’d like to propose a few important improvements to support those users more effectively:

    Allow Tatweel (ـ) in Display Names
    
    This character is part of the writing system used to visually stretch words for style or identity. It’s commonly used in names like "ريـوف" or "زيـاد". This should not be rejected as it’s not abuse or decoration — it’s part of natural word formatting.

    Support vowel markers (Tashkeel) in Display Names
    
    Some names include vowel signs (like َ ِ ُ ّ ) for pronunciation clarity or stylistic accuracy, such as "رِيناد" with a kasra under the first letter. These are integral to the writing system and should not be blocked.

    Allow dashes and spaces in Display Names
    
    Names like “زياد-علي” or “أبو فهد” are readable and natural, but currently restricted. These formatting options are harmless and important for identity expression.

    Enable proper Right-to-Left (RTL) alignment in Chat
    
    Messages written in RTL scripts appear broken, with usernames aligned left and text flowing right. This mismatch disrupts reading experience. Full RTL support would resolve this.

    Let users choose either Username or Display Name in chat
    
    Currently both are shown together, which causes clutter — especially when mixing different scripts. A toggle to show only one would improve clarity and consistency.

    Reduce or remove the 60-day cooldown for Display Name changes
    
    Display Names are used for personal styling and identity. A long restriction limits users from correcting formatting or making small adjustments. A shorter cooldown (like 7 days) would be more fair.

    Thank you!

    Users who rely on right-to-left scripts face serious limitations when trying to present their identity naturally on Twitch. I’d like to propose a few important improvements to support those users more effectively:

    Allow Tatweel (ـ) in Display Names
    
    This character is part of the writing system used to visually stretch words for style or identity. It’s commonly used in names like "ريـوف" or "زيـاد". This should not be rejected as it’s not abuse or decoration — it’s part of natural word formatting.

    Support vowel markers (Tashkeel) in Display Names
    
    Some names include vowel signs (like َ ِ ُ ّ )… more

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16. persian

    Why has Twitch Dev Removed "Persian" or "Farsi" from the language choices. How can we have that back? Feels slightly discriminatory.

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