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WorkerNavigator: languages property

The WorkerNavigator.languages read-only property returns an array of strings representing the user's preferred languages. The language is described using language tags according to RFC 5646: Tags for Identifying Languages (also known as BCP 47). 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 WorkerGlobalScope 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).

Value

An array or strings.

Examples

You can run this insert a web worker:

js

navigator.language; //"en-US"
navigator.languages; //["en-US", "zh-CN", "ja-JP"]

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
languages
37Before Chrome 65, navigator.languages[0] is not guaranteed to equal navigator.language.
16
32In Firefox, the navigator.languages property's value is taken from the intl.accept_languages preference.
NoClosest available (non-standard) properties are userLanguage and browserLanguage.
24 10.1
37Before version 65, navigator.languages[0] is not guaranteed to equal navigator.language.
37Before Chrome 65, navigator.languages[0] is not guaranteed to equal navigator.language.
32In Firefox, the navigator.languages property's value is taken from the intl.accept_languages preference.
24 10.3 3.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WorkerNavigator/languages