Locale.ISO3Language Property

Definition

Returns a three-letter abbreviation of this locale's language.

public string ISO3Language { [Android.Runtime.Register("getISO3Language", "()Ljava/lang/String;", "")] get; }
[<get: Android.Runtime.Register("getISO3Language", "()Ljava/lang/String;", "")>]
member this.ISO3Language : string

Property Value

A three-letter abbreviation of this locale's language.

Attributes

Exceptions

if there's no 3-letter language code for this locale.

Remarks

Returns a three-letter abbreviation of this locale's language. If the language matches an ISO 639-1 two-letter code, the corresponding ISO 639-2/T three-letter lowercase code is returned. The ISO 639-2 language codes can be found on-line, see "Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages Part 2: Alpha-3 Code". If the locale specifies a three-letter language, the language is returned as is. If the locale does not specify a language the empty string is returned.

Java documentation for java.util.Locale.getISO3Language().

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Applies to