Web/API/NavigatorLanguage

NavigatorLanguage contains methods and properties related to the language of the navigator.

There is no object of type NavigatorLanguage, but other interfaces, like Navigator or WorkerNavigator, implement it.

Properties

The NavigatorLanguage interface doesn't inherit any property.

NavigatorLanguage.language Read only

Returns a DOMString representing the preferred language of the user, usually the language of the browser UI. The null value is returned when this is unknown.

NavigatorLanguage.languages Read only

Returns an array of DOMString representing the languages known to the user, by order of preference.

Methods

The NavigatorLanguage interface neither implements, nor inherit any method.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'NavigatorLanguage' in that specification.	Living Standard	Since the HTML5 snapshot, the languages property has been added.
HTML5The definition of 'NavigatorLanguage' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial specification; snapshot of an early version HTML Living Standard.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
NavigatorLanguage	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support 11	Opera Full support 4	Safari Full support 1	WebView Android Full support 1	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 10.1	Safari iOS Full support 1	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
language	Chrome Full support 1 Notes' Full support 1 Notes' Notes' Returns the browser UI language, not the value of the Accept-Language HTTP header.	Edge Full support 12 Notes' Full support 12 Notes' Notes' In Chromium versions of Edge, this returns the browser UI language, not the value of the Accept-Language HTTP header.	Firefox Full support 1 Notes' Full support 1 Notes' Notes' Prior to Firefox 4, this property's value was also part of the user agent string, as reported by navigator.userAgent. Starting in Firefox 5, this property's value is based on the value of the Accept-Language HTTP header.	IE Full support 11 Notes' Full support 11 Notes' Notes' Closest available (non-standard) properties are userLanguage and browserLanguage.	Opera Full support 4	Safari Full support 1	WebView Android Full support 1 Notes' Full support 1 Notes' Notes' Returns the browser UI language, not the value of the Accept-Language HTTP header.	Chrome Android Full support 18 Notes' Full support 18 Notes' Notes' Returns the browser UI language, not the value of the Accept-Language HTTP header.	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 10.1	Safari iOS Full support 1	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 Notes' Full support 1.0 Notes' Notes' Returns the browser UI language, not the value of the Accept-Language HTTP header.
languages Experimental'	Chrome Full support 32 Notes' Full support 32 Notes' Notes' In Chrome, navigator.language is the language of the browser UI, and is not guaranteed to be equal to navigator.languages[0].	Edge Full support 12 Notes' Full support 12 Notes' Notes' In Chromium versions of Edge, this returns the browser UI language, not the value of the Accept-Language HTTP header.	Firefox Full support 32 Notes' Full support 32 Notes' Notes' In Firefox, the navigator.languages property's value is taken from the intl.accept_languages preference.	IE Full support 11 Notes' Full support 11 Notes' Notes' Closest available (non-standard) properties are userLanguage and browserLanguage.	Opera Full support 24	Safari Full support 11	WebView Android Full support 4.4.3 Notes' Full support 4.4.3 Notes' Notes' In Chrome, navigator.language is the language of the browser UI, and is not guaranteed to be equal to navigator.languages[0].	Chrome Android Full support 32 Notes' Full support 32 Notes' Notes' In Chrome, navigator.language is the language of the browser UI, and is not guaranteed to be equal to navigator.languages[0].	Firefox Android Full support 4 Notes' Full support 4 Notes' Notes' In Firefox, the navigator.languages property's value is taken from the intl.accept_languages preference.	Opera Android Full support 24	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 2.0 Notes' Full support 2.0 Notes' Notes' In Samsung Internet, navigator.language is the language of the browser UI, and is not guaranteed to be equal to navigator.languages[0].
Available in workers	Chrome ?	Edge ?	Firefox Full support 35	IE No support No	Opera ?	Safari No support No	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android Full support 35	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android ?

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Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

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See implementation notes.

See also

• The Navigator interface that implements it.

NavigatorLanguage by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.