Experimental
This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The NavigatorLanguage.languages read-only property
returns an array of DOMStrings representing the user's preferred
languages. The language is described using BCP 47 language tags. In the returned
array they are ordered by preference with the most preferred language first.
The value of navigator.language is the
first element of the returned array.
When its value changes, as the user's preferred languages are changed a
languagechange event is fired on the Window object.
The Accept-Language HTTP header in every HTTP request from the user's
browser uses the same value for the navigator.languages property except for
the extra qvalues (quality values) field (e.g. en-US;q=0.8).
Syntax
preferredLanguages = globalObj.navigator.languages
Examples
navigator.language //"en-US"
navigator.languages //["en-US", "zh-CN", "ja-JP"]
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of 'NavigatorLanguage: languages' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
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