Language class

A class that provides information related to BCP-47 language tags such as the language name and the script.

Syntax

var language = new Windows.Globalization.Language(string);

Attributes

ActivatableAttribute(Windows.Globalization.ILanguageFactory, NTDDI_WIN8)

DualApiPartitionAttribute()

MarshalingBehaviorAttribute(Agile)

StaticAttribute(Windows.Globalization.ILanguageStatics, NTDDI_WIN8)

ThreadingAttribute(Both)

VersionAttribute(NTDDI_WIN8)

Members

The Language class has these types of members:

• Constructors
• Methods
• Properties

Constructors

The Language class has these constructors.

Methods

The Language class has these methods. With C#, Visual Basic, and C++, it also inherits methods from the Object class.

Properties

The Language class has these properties.

Remarks

Note  If your app passes language tags from this class to any National Language Support functions, it must first convert the tags by calling ResolveLocaleName.

Initialize this class with a BCP-47 language tag. For example, to work with the best current user-preferred language, pass in the top value from Windows.System.UserProfile.GlobalizationPreferences:

Examples

// Get the top user-preferred language and its display name.
var topUserLanguage = Windows.System.UserProfile.GlobalizationPreferences.languages[0];
var language = new Windows.Globalization.Language(topUserLanguage);
var displayName = language.displayName;

Requirements

Build date: 12/4/2012