WorkerNavigator: language property
The WorkerNavigator.language read-only property returns
a string representing the preferred language of the user, usually the language of the
browser UI.
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
BCD tables only load in the browser