How to detect user's language

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I'm going to detect user's keyboard language by javascript. I got a input (type of text) which should be filled with Persian characters. So, I need to alarm users change their keyboard language if their language is not Persian.

What I have found is this:

window.navigator.language;

which detects browser's language which is always En-us.

How could I solve that?

score 23 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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You can try like this:-

var language = window.navigator.userLanguage || window.navigator.language;
alert(language);

navigator.userLanguage works for IE

window.navigator.language works for firefox/opera/safari

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Sep 01 '13 at 10:31

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It doesn't return keyboard language. It shows browser's language which is always `en-US` – Super Hornet Sep 01 '13 at 10:35
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@Super Hornet,Indeed. – Ford Guo Jul 12 '14 at 03:18
Why is this answer accepted? – Majid Fouladpour Jan 05 '17 at 13:26

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