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Last active March 11, 2024 02:10 — forked from anonymous/detectBrowserLanguage.js
Detect browser language in javascript (utilizing lodash)
// These window.navigator contain language information
// 1. languages -> Array of preferred languages (eg ["en-US", "zh-CN", "ja-JP"]) Firefox^32, Chrome^32
// 2. language -> Preferred language as String (eg "en-US") Firefox^5, IE^11, Safari,
// Chrome sends Browser UI language
// 3. browserLanguage -> UI Language of IE
// 4. userLanguage -> Language of Windows Regional Options
// 5. systemLanguage -> UI Language of Windows
var browserLanguagePropertyKeys = ['languages', 'language', 'browserLanguage', 'userLanguage', 'systemLanguage'];