Java Utility Library

Java Locale - getLanguage() Method



The java.util.Locale.getLanguage() method returns the language code of this Locale.

Syntax

public String getLanguage()

Parameters

No parameter is required.

Return Value

Returns the language code, or the empty string if none is defined.

Exception

NA

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.Locale.getLanguage() method is used to get the language code of the given Locale.

import java.util.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //creating a locale
    Locale loc = new Locale("EN", "UK");

    //printing the locale
    System.out.println("loc is: " + loc);

    //printing the language code
    System.out.println("Language Code is: " + loc.getLanguage());
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

loc is: en_UK
Language Code is: en

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