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title @@LANGUAGE (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date 09/18/2017
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ms.prod_service database-engine, sql-database, sql-data-warehouse, pdw
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@@LANGUAGE function
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@@LANGUAGE (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDEtsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md]

Returns the name of the language currently being used.

Topic link icon Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

@@LANGUAGE

Return Types

nvarchar

Remarks

To view information about language settings, including valid official language names, run sp_helplanguage without a parameter specified.

Examples

The following example returns the language for the current session.

SELECT @@LANGUAGE AS 'Language Name';

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Language Name                   
------------------------------  
us_english

See Also

Configuration Functions (Transact-SQL)
SET LANGUAGE (Transact-SQL)
sp_helplanguage (Transact-SQL)