Intl.DisplayNames

The Intl.DisplayNames object is a constructor for objects that enables the consistent translation of language, region and script display names.

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Constructor

Intl.DisplayNames()

Creates a new Intl.DisplayNames object.

Static methods

Intl.DisplayNames.supportedLocalesOf()

Returns an array containing those of the provided locales that are supported without having to fall back to the runtime's default locale.

Instance methods

Intl.DisplayNames.prototype.of()

This method receives a code and returns a string based on the locale and options provided when instantiating Intl.DisplayNames.

Intl.DisplayNames.prototype.resolvedOptions()

Returns a new object with properties reflecting the locale and formatting options computed during initialization of the object.

Examples

Region Code Display Names

To create an Intl.DisplayNames for a locale and get the display name for a region code.

// Get display names of region in English
let regionNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['en'], {type: 'region'});
regionNames.of('419'); // "Latin America"
regionNames.of('BZ');  // "Belize"
regionNames.of('US');  // "United States"
regionNames.of('BA');  // "Bosnia & Herzegovina"
regionNames.of('MM');  // "Myanmar (Burma)"

// Get display names of region in Traditional Chinese
regionNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['zh-Hant'], {type: 'region'});
regionNames.of('419'; // "拉丁美洲"
regionNames.of('BZ'); // "貝里斯"
regionNames.of('US'); // "美國"
regionNames.of('BA'); // "波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納"
regionNames.of('MM'); // "緬甸"

Language Display Names

To create an Intl.DisplayNames for a locale and get the display name for a language-script-region sequence.

// Get display names of language in English
let languageNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['en'], {type: 'language'});
languageNames.of('fr');      // "French"
languageNames.of('de');      // "German"
languageNames.of('fr-CA');   // "Canadian French"
languageNames.of('zh-Hant'); // "Traditional Chinese"
languageNames.of('en-US');   // "American English"
languageNames.of('zh-TW');   // "Chinese (Taiwan)"]

// Get display names of language in Traditional Chinese
languageNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['zh-Hant'], {type: 'language'});
languageNames.of('fr'); // "法文"
languageNames.of('zh'); // "中文"
languageNames.of('de'); // "德文"

Script Code Display Names

To create an Intl.DisplayNames for a locale and get the display name for a script code.

// Get display names of script in English
let scriptNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['en'], {type: 'script'});
// Get script names
scriptNames.of('Latn'); // "Latin"
scriptNames.of('Arab'); // "Arabic"
scriptNames.of('Kana'); // "Katakana"

// Get display names of script in Traditional Chinese
scriptNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['zh-Hant'], {type: 'script'});
scriptNames.of('Latn'); // "拉丁文"
scriptNames.of('Arab'); // "阿拉伯文"
scriptNames.of('Kana'); // "片假名"

Currency Code Display Names

To create an Intl.DisplayNames for a locale and get the display name for currency code.

// Get display names of currency code in English
let currencyNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['en'], {type: 'currency'});
// Get currency names
currencyNames.of('USD'); // "US Dollar"
currencyNames.of('EUR'); // "Euro"
currencyNames.of('TWD'); // "New Taiwan Dollar"
currencyNames.of('CNY'); // "Chinese Yuan"

// Get display names of currency code in Traditional Chinese
currencyNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['zh-Hant'], {type: 'currency'});
currencyNames.of('USD'); // "美元"
currencyNames.of('EUR'); // "歐元"
currencyNames.of('TWD'); // "新台幣"
currencyNames.of('CNY'); // "人民幣"

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Implementation Progress

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See also

• Intl