This guide explains how to configure the primary and additional languages for your AI Employee. By setting these language fields, you control which language your agent uses to greet and respond to customers.
Set the primary language
In the Portal, go to Settings > Agent tab.
In the
project_business_language_primaryattribute, select the main language your customers use to communicate with your business.Click Save & Publish All Changes.
🗒️ NOTE
If customers communicate in multiple languages when speaking to the AI Employee, specify them in the project_business_language_additional attribute. For example, if the primary language is English, but the business also serves Spanish and French-speaking customers, enter Spanish and French.
Change the language of greeting phrases
In the Portal, go to Settings > Agent tabs.
In the
project_representative_agent_voice_greeting_phraseandproject_representative_agent_chat_greeting_phraseattributes, change the greeting phrase texts to the primary language you set inproject_business_language_primary. For example, if you set the primary language to German, change your greeting phrase text to German.Click Save & Publish All Changes.
Supported languages
Language | BCP-47 code |
Arabic (Generic) | ar-XA |
Bengali (India) | bn-IN |
Danish (Denmark) | da-DK |
Dutch (Belgium) | nl-BE |
Dutch (Netherlands) | nl-NL |
English (Australia) | en-AU |
English (India) | en-IN |
English (United Kingdom) | en-GB |
English (United States) | en-US |
Finnish (Finland) | fi-FI |
French (Canada) | fr-CA |
French (France) | fr-FR |
German (Germany) | de-DE |
Gujarati (India) | gu-IN |
Hindi (India) | hi-IN |
Indonesian (Indonesia) | id-ID |
Italian (Italy) | it-IT |
Japanese (Japan) | ja-JP |
Kannada (India) | kn-IN |
Korean (South Korea) | ko-KR |
Malayalam (India) | ml-IN |
Mandarin Chinese (China) | cmn-CN |
Marathi (India) | mr-IN |
Norwegian Bokmål (Norway) | nb-NO |
Polish (Poland) | pl-PL |
Portuguese (Brazil) | pt-BR |
Russian (Russia) | ru-RU |
Spanish (Spain) | es-ES |
Spanish (United States) | es-US |
Swahili (Kenya) | sw-KE |
Swedish (Sweden) | sv-SE |
Tamil (India) | ta-IN |
Telugu (India) | te-IN |
Thai (Thailand) | th-TH |
Turkish (Turkey) | tr-TR |
Ukrainian (Ukraine) | uk-UA |
Urdu (India) | ur-IN |
Vietnamese (Vietnam) | vi-VN |
Test the change
Start a test call with the AI Employee and confirm the responses are in your chosen language. Ask “Can you switch to English?” (or another language) to verify the on-request language switch behavior.
