The read-only VideoTrack property language returns a string identifying the language used in the video track. For tracks that include multiple languages (such as a movie in English in which a few lines are spoken in other languages), this should be the video's primary language.
Syntax
var videoTrackLanguage = VideoTrack.language;
Value
A DOMString specifying the BCP 47 (RFC 5646) format language tag of the primary language used in the video track, or an empty string ("") if the language is not specified or known, or if the track doesn't contain speech.
For example, if the primary language used in the track is United States English, this value would be "en-US". For Brazilian Portuguese, the value would be "pt-BR".
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of 'VideoTrack: language' in that specification. |
Living Standard |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
language | Chrome
Full support
37
| Edge
Full support
79
| Firefox
Full support
33
| IE Full support 10 | Opera
Full support
24
| Safari Full support 6.1 | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android
Full support
37
| Firefox Android
Full support
33
| Opera Android
Full support
24
| Safari iOS Full support 7 | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
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