Navigator language Property

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# Navigator language Property

Navigator Object

## Example

Return the language of your browser:

var x = "Language of the browser: " + navigator.language;

The result of x will be:

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## Definition and Usage

The language property returns the language version of the browser.

## Browser Support

The language property is supported in all major browsers, except Internet Explorer. Closest available property for IE, is browserLanguage (see "More Examples").

## Syntax

navigator.language

## Return Value

Type | Description
--- | ---
String | The language version of the browser. Examples of valid language codes are: "en", "en-US", "de", "fr", etc.

## More Examples

## Example

A demonstration of all navigator properties in one example:

txt = "<p>Browser CodeName: " + navigator.appCodeName + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>Browser Name: " + navigator.appName + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>Browser Version: " + navigator.appVersion + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>Cookies Enabled: " + navigator.cookieEnabled + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>Browser Language: " + navigator.language + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>Browser Online: " + navigator.onLine + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>Platform: " + navigator.platform + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>User-agent header: " + navigator.userAgent + "</p>";
txt+= "<p>User-agent language: " + navigator.systemLanguage + "</p>";
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## Example

A demonstration of browserLanguage for IE:

var x = "Language of the browser: " + navigator.browserLanguage;
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Navigator Object

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