How would I get the current language?

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Hi,
How do I go about getting the current language? No just the country code ‘en’, ‘de’ but the actual name for example ‘English’ or ‘Deutsch’.

I am using langswitcher, but can seem to find anything that can help. I have tried to use
’{{ grav.language.getLanguage }}’ but this only shows the country code

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Currently that is not available in Twig directly. That lookup is in the class LanguageCodes.php, but it currently can only be used by PHP, ie in a plugin or something. You could do this easily enough in your theme or plugin class:

I’m using Antimatter theme here for example:

<?php
namespace Grav\Theme;

use Grav\Common\Language\LanguageCodes;
use Grav\Common\Theme;

class Antimatter extends Theme
{
    public static function getSubscribedEvents()
    {
        return [
            'onTwigPageVariables' => ['onTwigVariables', 0],
            'onTwigSiteVariables' => ['onTwigVariables', 0]
        ];
    } 

    public function onTwigVariables()
    {
        $this->grav['twig']->twig_vars['language_codes'] = new LanguageCodes;
    }

}

Then in your page content (with Twig processing enabled) or Twig template you can use it like this:

{{ language_codes.getName('pt') }}
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FYI i’ve added this to base set of Twig variables so it will be available without any extra custom work for Grav 1.2.0 release : https://github.com/getgrav/grav/commit/330a90b0ab810f1ed3ca4f89f2e13cd4bc5b8087

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@rhukster, thats handy to know, thanks very much :smiley: i will take a look at the exisiting solution. How long until Grav 1.2 is released roughly?

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@rhukster and how would i get the natvie name?

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Its ok i worked it out :smiley: - {{ language_codes.getnativeName(grav.language.getActive) }}

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Yup, and Grav 1.2.0 should be release this week.