Language Code #

A Dart package for working with language codes and device locales.
Includes a complete set of ISO 639-1 (2-letter) and ISO 639-2 (3-letter) codes with English and native names.

Features #

• Detect the device’s current language and locale
• Convert between Locale and LanguageCodes
• Look up by code, English name, or native name
• Includes almost all ISO 639 codes with English + native names
• Test-friendly (override locale or code in tests)
• Auto-generated from Wikipedia’s ISO 639-2 list

Usage #

Get the current device language #

final languageCode = LanguageCode.code; // as LanguageCodes
final locale = LanguageCode.locale;     // as Locale

Get the raw device locale #

May not be supported by LanguageCodes:

final rawLocale = LanguageCode.rawLocale;

Get language details #

• [code]: language code.
• [englishName]: preferred English name.
• [nativeName]: preferred native name.
• [nativeLatinName]: preferred native latin name (if available).
• [nativeNonLatinName]: preferred native non-latin name (if available).

var language = LanguageCodes.en;
print(language.englishName); // 'English'
print(language.nativeName);  // 'English'

language = LanguageCodes.vi;
print(language.englishName); // 'Vietnamese'
print(language.nativeName);  // 'Tiếng Việt'

ar("ar", r"Arabic", r"العربية", r"al'Arabiyyeẗ", r"العربية")
language = LanguageCodes.ar;
print(language.code); // ar
print(language.englishName); // Arabic
print(language.nativeName); // العربية
print(language.nativeLatinName); // al'Arabiyyeẗ
print(language.nativeNonLatinName); // العربية

Convert values to LanguageCodes #

LanguageCodes.fromLocale(Locale('vi'));        // → LanguageCodes.vi
LanguageCodes.fromCode('vi');                  // → LanguageCodes.vi
LanguageCodes.fromEnglishName('Vietnamese');   // → Iterable<LanguageCodes>
LanguageCodes.fromNativeName('Tiếng Việt');    // → Iterable<LanguageCodes>

⚠️ If no matching element is found, the methods throw a StateError unless an orElse is provided.

Optional default fallback #

final code = LanguageCode.tryCode(defaultCode: LanguageCodes.en);

Fallback order:

1. Full rawLocale
2. rawLocale.languageCode
3. defaultCode (default: LanguageCodes.und)

Testing #

Override values in unit tests:

LanguageCode.setTestCode(LanguageCodes.vi);
// or
LanguageCode.setTestLocale(const Locale('fr'));

Reset with null to restore normal behavior.

⚠️ You can only use one override at a time.

Contributions #

Missing or incorrect language? Please open an issue or create a PR. The codes are auto-generated via a crawler, but feedback is always welcome.