The NavigatorLanguage.language
read-only property returns a string representing the preferred language of the user, usually the language of the browser UI.
Syntax
const lang = navigator.language
Value
A DOMString
. lang
stores a string representing the language version as defined in BCP 47. Examples of valid language codes include "en", "en-US", "fr", "fr-FR", "es-ES", etc.
Note that in Safari on iOS prior to 10.2, the country code returned is lowercase: "en-us", "fr-fr" etc.
Example
if (/^en\b/.test(navigator.language)) {
doLangSelect(window.navigator.language);
}
Specifications
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile |
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | Android webview | Chrome for Android | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | Safari on iOS | Samsung Internet |
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language | Chrome
Full support
1-
Full support
1
- Notes Returns the browser UI language, not the value of the
Accept-Language HTTP header.
| Edge
Full support
12-
Full support
12
- Notes In Chromium versions of Edge, this returns the browser UI language, not the value of the
Accept-Language HTTP header.
| Firefox
Full support
1-
Full support
1
- Notes Prior to Firefox 4, this property's value was also part of the user agent string, as reported by
navigator.userAgent . Starting in Firefox 5, this property's value is based on the value of the Accept-Language HTTP header.
| IE
Full support
11-
Full support
11
- Notes Closest available (non-standard) properties are
userLanguage and browserLanguage .
| Opera
Full support
4 | Safari
Full support
1 | WebView Android
Full support
1-
Full support
1
- Notes Returns the browser UI language, not the value of the
Accept-Language HTTP header.
| Chrome Android
Full support
18-
Full support
18
- Notes Returns the browser UI language, not the value of the
Accept-Language HTTP header.
| Firefox Android
Full support
4 | Opera Android
Full support
10.1 | Safari iOS
Full support
1 | Samsung Internet Android
Full support
1.0-
Full support
1.0
- Notes Returns the browser UI language, not the value of the
Accept-Language HTTP header.
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Legend
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Full support
- Full support
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
See also