# Detecting user language

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/detecting-user-language/40505
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 3, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detecting-user-language/40505 "2016-03-03T14:06:51Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detecting-user-language/40505/2 "2016-03-03T15:09:42Z")

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> [@Variable default interface language for new users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/variable-default-interface-language-for-new-users/33741):
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> Hey guys, New Discourse user here, but super impressed and excited about what a great product it is. I am developing a forum that will be multilingual (Arabic/English/German). Most users will be extremely limited in the other languages, basically I don’t want to expect a German/English speaker to be able to read Arabic script, and vice versa. I also don’t want to rely too much on their computer skills—want to make this as easy as possible. Is there a way that I can provide a separate URL that …

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