Intl.DisplayNames

The Intl.DisplayNames object enables the consistent translation of language, region and script display names.

Constructor

Intl.DisplayNames(): Creates a new Intl.DisplayNames object.

Static methods

Intl.DisplayNames.supportedLocalesOf(): Returns an array containing those of the provided locales that are supported without having to fall back to the runtime's default locale.

Instance methods

Intl.DisplayNames.prototype.of(): This method receives a code and returns a string based on the locale and options provided when instantiating Intl.DisplayNames.
Intl.DisplayNames.prototype.resolvedOptions(): Returns a new object with properties reflecting the locale and formatting options computed during initialization of the object.

Examples

Region Code Display Names

To create an Intl.DisplayNames for a locale and get the display name for a region code.

// Get display names of region in English
let regionNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['en'], {type: 'region'});
regionNames.of('419'); // "Latin America"
regionNames.of('BZ');  // "Belize"
regionNames.of('US');  // "United States"
regionNames.of('BA');  // "Bosnia & Herzegovina"
regionNames.of('MM');  // "Myanmar (Burma)"

// Get display names of region in Traditional Chinese
regionNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['zh-Hant'], {type: 'region'});
regionNames.of('419'; // "拉丁美洲"
regionNames.of('BZ'); // "貝里斯"
regionNames.of('US'); // "美國"
regionNames.of('BA'); // "波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納"
regionNames.of('MM'); // "緬甸"

Language Display Names

To create an Intl.DisplayNames for a locale and get the display name for a language-script-region sequence.

// Get display names of language in English
let languageNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['en'], {type: 'language'});
languageNames.of('fr');      // "French"
languageNames.of('de');      // "German"
languageNames.of('fr-CA');   // "Canadian French"
languageNames.of('zh-Hant'); // "Traditional Chinese"
languageNames.of('en-US');   // "American English"
languageNames.of('zh-TW');   // "Chinese (Taiwan)"]

// Get display names of language in Traditional Chinese
languageNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['zh-Hant'], {type: 'language'});
languageNames.of('fr'); // "法文"
languageNames.of('zh'); // "中文"
languageNames.of('de'); // "德文"

Script Code Display Names

To create an Intl.DisplayNames for a locale and get the display name for a script code.

// Get display names of script in English
let scriptNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['en'], {type: 'script'});
// Get script names
scriptNames.of('Latn'); // "Latin"
scriptNames.of('Arab'); // "Arabic"
scriptNames.of('Kana'); // "Katakana"

// Get display names of script in Traditional Chinese
scriptNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['zh-Hant'], {type: 'script'});
scriptNames.of('Latn'); // "拉丁文"
scriptNames.of('Arab'); // "阿拉伯文"
scriptNames.of('Kana'); // "片假名"

Currency Code Display Names

To create an Intl.DisplayNames for a locale and get the display name for currency code.

// Get display names of currency code in English
let currencyNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['en'], {type: 'currency'});
// Get currency names
currencyNames.of('USD'); // "US Dollar"
currencyNames.of('EUR'); // "Euro"
currencyNames.of('TWD'); // "New Taiwan Dollar"
currencyNames.of('CNY'); // "Chinese Yuan"

// Get display names of currency code in Traditional Chinese
currencyNames = new Intl.DisplayNames(['zh-Hant'], {type: 'currency'});
currencyNames.of('USD'); // "美元"
currencyNames.of('EUR'); // "歐元"
currencyNames.of('TWD'); // "新台幣"
currencyNames.of('CNY'); // "人民幣"

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Internationalization API Specification (ECMAScript Internationalization API) # intl-displaynames-objects

Browser compatibility

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`resolvedOptions`	81	81	86	No	68	14.1	81	81	86	58	14.5	13.0
`supportedLocalesOf`	81	81	86	No	68	14.1	81	81	86	58	14.5	13.0