GetLocale

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Added in 1.0.0 / 1.13.2

Returns the game client locale.

locale = GetLocale()

Returns

locale

string

Example

if GetLocale() == "frFR" then
	print("bonjour")
else
	print("hello")
end

Values

localeId	localeName	Description
1	enUS	English (United States) enGB clients return enUS
2	koKR	Korean (Korea)
3	frFR	French (France)
4	deDE	German (Germany)
5	zhCN	Chinese (Simplified, PRC)
6	esES	Spanish (Spain)
7	zhTW	Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
8	esMX	Spanish (Mexico)
9	ruRU	Russian (Russia)
10	ptBR	Portuguese (Brazil)
11	itIT	Italian (Italy)