diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/README.md b/packages/aws-cdk/README.md
index dca329bdd..349a79e8d 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/README.md
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ $ # List the available template types & languages
 $ cdk init --list
 Available templates:
 * app: Template for a CDK Application
-   └─ cdk init app --language=[csharp|fsharp|java|javascript|python|typescript]
+   └─ cdk init app --language=[csharp|cs|fsharp|fs|java|javascript|js|python|py|typescript|ts]
 * lib: Template for a CDK Construct Library
    └─ cdk init lib --language=typescript
 * sample-app: Example CDK Application with some constructs
-   └─ cdk init sample-app --language=[csharp|fsharp|java|javascript|python|typescript]
+   └─ cdk init sample-app --language=[csharp|cs|fsharp|fs|java|javascript|js|python|py|typescript|ts]
 
 $ # Create a new library application in typescript
 $ cdk init lib --language=typescript
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli-config.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli-config.ts
index 873749f25..edfc827b8 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli-config.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli-config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { CliHelpers, type CliConfig } from '@aws-cdk/user-input-gen';
 import * as cdk_from_cfn from 'cdk-from-cfn';
 import { StackActivityProgress } from '../commands/deploy';
 import { availableInitLanguages } from '../commands/init';
+import { getLanguageAlias } from '../commands/language';
 
 export const YARGS_HELPERS = new CliHelpers('./util/yargs-helpers');
 
@@ -410,7 +411,13 @@ export async function makeConfig(): Promise<CliConfig> {
         description: 'Migrate existing AWS resources into a CDK app',
         options: {
           'stack-name': { type: 'string', alias: 'n', desc: 'The name assigned to the stack created in the new project. The name of the app will be based off this name as well.', requiresArg: true },
-          'language': { type: 'string', default: 'typescript', alias: 'l', desc: 'The language to be used for the new project', choices: cdk_from_cfn.supported_languages() },
+          'language': {
+            type: 'string',
+            default: 'typescript',
+            alias: 'l',
+            desc: 'The language to be used for the new project',
+            choices: [...new Set(cdk_from_cfn.supported_languages().flatMap((lang) => [lang, getLanguageAlias(lang)]))],
+          },
           'account': { type: 'string', desc: 'The account to retrieve the CloudFormation stack template from' },
           'region': { type: 'string', desc: 'The region to retrieve the CloudFormation stack template from' },
           'from-path': { type: 'string', desc: 'The path to the CloudFormation template to migrate. Use this for locally stored templates' },
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli-type-registry.json b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli-type-registry.json
index f78fd2fc3..533db4c54 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli-type-registry.json
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli-type-registry.json
@@ -845,12 +845,17 @@
           "desc": "The language to be used for the new project (default can be configured in ~/.cdk.json)",
           "choices": [
             "csharp",
+            "cs",
             "fsharp",
+            "fs",
             "go",
             "java",
             "javascript",
+            "js",
             "python",
-            "typescript"
+            "py",
+            "typescript",
+            "ts"
           ]
         },
         "list": {
@@ -901,10 +906,13 @@
           "desc": "The language to be used for the new project",
           "choices": [
             "typescript",
+            "ts",
             "go",
             "java",
             "python",
-            "csharp"
+            "py",
+            "csharp",
+            "cs"
           ]
         },
         "account": {
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli.ts
index e1ba9710a..566167f56 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/cli.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { ProxyAgentProvider } from './proxy-agent';
 import { cdkCliErrorName } from './telemetry/error';
 import type { ErrorDetails } from './telemetry/schema';
 import { isDeveloperBuildVersion, versionWithBuild, versionNumber } from './version';
+import { getLanguageFromAlias } from '../commands/language';
 
 if (!process.stdout.isTTY) {
   // Disable chalk color highlighting
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ if (!process.stdout.isTTY) {
 
 export async function exec(args: string[], synthesizer?: Synthesizer): Promise<number | void> {
   const argv = await parseCommandLineArguments(args);
+  argv.language = getLanguageFromAlias(argv.language) ?? argv.language;
+
   const cmd = argv._[0];
 
   // if one -v, log at a DEBUG level
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/parse-command-line-arguments.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/parse-command-line-arguments.ts
index 1b29c21ee..a61d882ab 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/parse-command-line-arguments.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/cli/parse-command-line-arguments.ts
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ export function parseCommandLineArguments(args: Array<string>): any {
           type: 'string',
           alias: 'l',
           desc: 'The language to be used for the new project (default can be configured in ~/.cdk.json)',
-          choices: ['csharp', 'fsharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'typescript'],
+          choices: ['csharp', 'cs', 'fsharp', 'fs', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'js', 'python', 'py', 'typescript', 'ts'],
         })
         .option('list', {
           default: undefined,
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ export function parseCommandLineArguments(args: Array<string>): any {
           type: 'string',
           alias: 'l',
           desc: 'The language to be used for the new project',
-          choices: ['typescript', 'go', 'java', 'python', 'csharp'],
+          choices: ['typescript', 'ts', 'go', 'java', 'python', 'py', 'csharp', 'cs'],
         })
         .option('account', {
           default: undefined,
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/commands/init/init.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/commands/init/init.ts
index 61666ddc0..4ceb6cb98 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/commands/init/init.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/commands/init/init.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { IoHelper } from '../../api-private';
 import { cliRootDir } from '../../cli/root-dir';
 import { versionNumber } from '../../cli/version';
 import { cdkHomeDir, formatErrorMessage, rangeFromSemver } from '../../util';
+import { getLanguageAlias } from '../language';
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */ // Packages don't have @types module
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
@@ -569,7 +570,9 @@ export async function availableInitLanguages(): Promise<string[]> {
   const result = new Set<string>();
   for (const template of templates) {
     for (const language of template.languages) {
+      const alias = getLanguageAlias(language);
       result.add(language);
+      alias && result.add(alias);
     }
   }
   return [...result];
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/commands/language.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/commands/language.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1833f7fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/commands/language.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+export const SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES: { name: string; alias: string }[] = [
+  { name: 'csharp', alias: 'cs' },
+  { name: 'fsharp', alias: 'fs' },
+  { name: 'go', alias: 'go' },
+  { name: 'java', alias: 'java' },
+  { name: 'javascript', alias: 'js' },
+  { name: 'python', alias: 'py' },
+  { name: 'typescript', alias: 'ts' },
+];
+
+/**
+ * get the language alias from the language name or alias
+ *
+ * @example
+ * getLanguageAlias('typescript') // returns 'ts'
+ * getLanguageAlias('python') // returns 'py'
+ */
+export function getLanguageAlias(language: string): string | undefined {
+  return SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.find((l) => l.name === language || l.alias === language)?.alias;
+}
+
+/**
+ * get the language name from the language alias or name
+ *
+ * @example
+ * getLanguageFromAlias('ts') // returns 'typescript'
+ * getLanguageFromAlias('py') // returns 'python'
+ */
+export function getLanguageFromAlias(alias: string): string | undefined {
+  return SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.find((l) => l.alias === alias || l.name === alias)?.name;
+}
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/test/cli/cli.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/test/cli/cli.test.ts
index 53073a947..77f9f87d4 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/test/cli/cli.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/test/cli/cli.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as cdkToolkitModule from '../../lib/cli/cdk-toolkit';
 import { exec } from '../../lib/cli/cli';
 import { CliIoHost } from '../../lib/cli/io-host';
 import { Configuration } from '../../lib/cli/user-configuration';
@@ -40,14 +41,26 @@ jest.mock('../../lib/api/notices', () => ({
 }));
 
 jest.mock('../../lib/cli/parse-command-line-arguments', () => ({
-  parseCommandLineArguments: jest.fn().mockImplementation((args) => Promise.resolve({
-    _: ['version'],
-    verbose: args.includes('-v') ? (
-      args.filter((arg: string) => arg === '-v').length
-    ) : args.includes('--verbose') ? (
-      parseInt(args[args.indexOf('--verbose') + 1]) || true
-    ) : undefined,
-  })),
+  parseCommandLineArguments: jest.fn().mockImplementation((args) => {
+    if (args.includes('version')) {
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        _: ['version'],
+        verbose: args.includes('-v')
+          ? args.filter((arg: string) => arg === '-v').length
+          : args.includes('--verbose')
+            ? parseInt(args[args.indexOf('--verbose') + 1]) || true
+            : undefined,
+      });
+    }
+    if (args.includes('migrate')) {
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        '_': ['migrate'],
+        'language': 'typescript',
+        'stack-name': 'sampleStack',
+      });
+    }
+    return Promise.resolve({ _: [] });
+  }),
 }));
 
 describe('exec verbose flag tests', () => {
@@ -97,3 +110,15 @@ describe('exec verbose flag tests', () => {
     expect(CliIoHost.instance().logLevel).toBe('trace');
   });
 });
+
+test('should convert language alias to full language name', async () => {
+  const migrateSpy = jest.spyOn(cdkToolkitModule.CdkToolkit.prototype, 'migrate').mockResolvedValue();
+
+  await exec(['migrate', '--language', 'ts', '--stack-name', 'sampleStack']);
+
+  expect(migrateSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    expect.objectContaining({
+      language: 'typescript',
+    }),
+  );
+});
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/test/cli/language.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/test/cli/language.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87e485db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/test/cli/language.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { getLanguageAlias, getLanguageFromAlias } from '../../lib/commands/language';
+
+describe('should get language alias from language name or alias', () => {
+  test.each([
+    ['csharp', 'cs'],
+    ['cs', 'cs'],
+    ['fsharp', 'fs'],
+    ['fs', 'fs'],
+    ['go', 'go'],
+    ['java', 'java'],
+    ['javascript', 'js'],
+    ['js', 'js'],
+    ['python', 'py'],
+    ['py', 'py'],
+    ['typescript', 'ts'],
+    ['ts', 'ts'],
+  ])('getLanguageAlias(%s) should return %s', (input, expected) => {
+    expect(getLanguageAlias(input)).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  test('when unsupported language is specified, return undefined', () => {
+    expect(getLanguageAlias('ruby')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('should get language name from language alias or name', () => {
+  test.each([
+    ['csharp', 'csharp'],
+    ['cs', 'csharp'],
+    ['fsharp', 'fsharp'],
+    ['fs', 'fsharp'],
+    ['go', 'go'],
+    ['java', 'java'],
+    ['javascript', 'javascript'],
+    ['js', 'javascript'],
+    ['python', 'python'],
+    ['py', 'python'],
+    ['typescript', 'typescript'],
+    ['ts', 'typescript'],
+  ])('getLanguageFromAlias(%s) should return %s', (input, expected) => {
+    expect(getLanguageFromAlias(input)).toBe(expected);
+  });
+
+  test('when unsupported language alias is specified, return undefined', () => {
+    expect(getLanguageFromAlias('ruby')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/test/commands/init.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/test/commands/init.test.ts
index 247cad552..1b321ba10 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/test/commands/init.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/test/commands/init.test.ts
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ test('check available init languages', async () => {
   const langs = await availableInitLanguages();
   expect(langs.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
   expect(langs).toContain('typescript');
+  expect(langs).toContain('ts');
 });
 
 test('exercise printing available templates', async () => {