CultureInfo.NativeName Property

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Gets the culture's native name, which consists of the language, the country/region, and the optional script, that the culture is set to display.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property NativeName As String
public virtual string NativeName { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The culture's native name. which consists of the full name of the language, the full name of the country/region, and the optional script. The format is discussed in the description of the CultureInfo class.

Remarks

The value of this property is the same, regardless of the language version of the .NET Framework. For example, the value of the NativeName property is "Portueguês (Brazil)" for the pt-BR culture and "portueguês (Portugal)" for the pt-PT culture.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.