Java.util.Locale.getLanguage() Method

Description

The java.util.Locale.getLanguage() method returns the language code for this locale, which will either be the empty string or a lowercase ISO 639 code.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Locale.getLanguage() method

public String getLanguage()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method does not return a value.

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.util.Locale.getLanguage() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.*;

public class LocaleDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a new locale
      Locale locale = new Locale("en", "US", "WIN");

      // print locale
      System.out.println("Locale:" + locale);

      // get language and print it
      System.out.println("Language:" + locale.getLanguage());
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

Locale:en_US_WIN
Language:en