Get operating system language in C#

To get operating system language in C#, we can use CultureInfo.InstalledUICulture Property which represents the culture installed with the operating system. CultureInfo hase many built in properties like: Name, DisplayName, TwoLetterISOLanguageName, ThreeLetterISOLanguageName, ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName ...

Example

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
	
    public static void Main()
    {
	    CultureInfo ci = CultureInfo.InstalledUICulture ;

	    Console.WriteLine("Default Language Info:" ) ;
	    Console.WriteLine("* Name: {0}"                    , ci.Name ) ;
	    Console.WriteLine("* Display Name: {0}"            , ci.DisplayName ) ;
	    Console.WriteLine("* English Name: {0}"            , ci.EnglishName ) ;
	    Console.WriteLine("* 2-letter ISO Name: {0}"       , ci.TwoLetterISOLanguageName ) ;
	    Console.WriteLine("* 3-letter ISO Name: {0}"       , ci.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName ) ;
	    Console.WriteLine("* 3-letter Win32 API Name: {0}" , ci.ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName ) ;
    }
}

Output

Default Language Info:
* Name: en-US
* Display Name: English (United States)
* English Name: English (United States)
* 2-letter ISO Name: en
* 3-letter ISO Name: eng
* 3-letter Win32 API Name: ENU

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