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tags: browser,intermediate
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tags: browser,intermediate
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Detects what the language of the current user is.
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Detects the preferred language of the current user.
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- Retrieve the current language by looking in several places of the navigator object.
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- Use `NavigationLanguage.language` or the first `NavigationLanguage.languages` if available, otherwise return `defaultLang`.
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- Omit the second argument, `defaultLang`, to use `'en-US'` as the default language code.
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```js
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```js
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const detectLanguage = () => {
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const detectLanguage = (defaultLang = 'en-US') =>
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if (navigator.languages && navigator.languages.length) {
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navigator.language ||
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return navigator.languages[0];
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(Array.isArray(navigator.languages) && navigator.languages[0] ) ||
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} else {
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defaultLang;
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return navigator.userLanguage || navigator.language || navigator.browserLanguage || 'en-US';
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}
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};
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```
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```
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```js
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```js
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detectLanguage(); // "nl-NL"
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detectLanguage(); // 'nl-NL'
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```
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```
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