diff --git a/crates/edit/src/bin/edit/localization.rs b/crates/edit/src/bin/edit/localization.rs
index fa22dc89c45..e1aaad25781 100644
--- a/crates/edit/src/bin/edit/localization.rs
+++ b/crates/edit/src/bin/edit/localization.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ static mut S_LANG: LangId = LangId::en;
 pub fn init() {
     let scratch = scratch_arena(None);
     let langs = sys::preferred_languages(&scratch);
+    let lang = select_language(langs);
+
+    unsafe {
+        S_LANG = lang;
+    }
+}
+
+fn select_language<'a>(langs: impl IntoIterator<Item = &'a str>) -> LangId {
     let mut lang = LangId::en;
 
     'outer: for l in langs {
@@ -23,11 +31,34 @@ pub fn init() {
         }
     }
 
-    unsafe {
-        S_LANG = lang;
-    }
+    lang
 }
 
 pub fn loc(id: LocId) -> &'static str {
     TRANSLATIONS[unsafe { S_LANG as usize }][id as usize]
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/microsoft/edit/issues/832.
+    #[test]
+    fn chinese_region_aliases_select_expected_script() {
+        for (actual, expected) in [
+            ("zh-CN.UTF-8", "zh-hans"),
+            ("zh-SG.UTF-8", "zh-hans"),
+            ("zh-TW.UTF-8", "zh-hant"),
+            ("zh-HK.UTF-8", "zh-hant"),
+            ("zh-MO.UTF-8", "zh-hant"),
+            ("zh-Hant.UTF-8", "zh-hant"),
+            ("zh", "zh-hans"),
+        ] {
+            let Some(&(_, expected)) = LANGUAGES.iter().find(|(l, _)| expected == *l) else {
+                continue; // Disabled by EDIT_CFG_LANGUAGES
+            };
+
+            assert!(select_language(std::iter::once(actual)) == expected);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/i18n/edit.toml b/i18n/edit.toml
index 79693eb7d67..afafb3dd703 100644
--- a/i18n/edit.toml
+++ b/i18n/edit.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ __default__ = [
 
 [__alias__]
 sr = "sr-cyrl"
+zh-cn = "zh-hans"
+zh-hk = "zh-hant"
+zh-mo = "zh-hant"
+zh-sg = "zh-hans"
+zh-tw = "zh-hant"
 zh = "zh-hans"
 
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