primary language

A primary language identifier indicates the written/spoken language that is used by the system. However, to identify the language that is used in a country or region you must combine the primary language with a sub-language identifier to form language identifiers.

Version Platforms
8.0.584.0 AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat, SUSE, Solaris, Windows
8.1.535.0 Debian, Ubuntu
9.5.13.130 Raspbian

Creation

primary language of <language> : primary language

Casts

<primary language> as string : string