The WorkerNavigator.language read-only property returns a string representing the preferred language of the user, usually the language of the browser UI.
WorkerNavigator: language property
Value
A string representing the language version as defined in RFC 5646: Tags for Identifying Languages (also known as 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.
Examples
You can run this insert a web worker:
js
if (/^en\b/.test(navigator.language)) {
doLangSelect(window.navigator.language);
}
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-navigator-language-dev |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
language |
4 | 12 |
3.5Before Firefox 4, this property's value was also part of the user agent string, as reported bynavigator.userAgent. Starting in Firefox 5, this property's value is based on the value of the Accept-Language HTTP header.
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11Closest available (non-standard) properties areuserLanguage and browserLanguage.
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4 | 10 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 10 | 1.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WorkerNavigator/language