# language

###### The customer's language

➡ Request Parameter

## `<language>`

May be identified by reading the browser locale. The element is used to control the language of the [&lt;customer-message>](/docs/developer/api_integration/payment_1.8/payment_api_documentation/api_explorer/head/processing/customer-message) and the correspondence to the customer. (see XSD files)

| Type | Condition | Example value |
|  --- | --- | --- |
| xs:string | Optional | de |


The first part of the browser locale is necessary. It can be parsed for example with the following JavaScript:


```javascript
navigator.language.split('-')[0]
```