# Detecting user language

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/detecting-user-language/40505>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [3 במרץ,‏ 2016,‏ 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detecting-user-language/40505 "2016-03-03T14:06:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Post date:** [3 במרץ,‏ 2016,‏ 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detecting-user-language/40505/7 "2016-03-03T16:54:59Z")

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The chosen locale is always available on the client as `I18n.locale`. Maybe you can find it that way in your code.

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