Get-Win User Language List

Module:
international
Gets the language list for the current user account.

Syntax 

Get-WinUserLanguageList []

Description

The Get-WinUserLanguageList cmdlet returns the current user language settings. These settings include input method, spelling setting, text prediction setting, and handwriting input mode. For more information, see CultureInfo Class and Configurable Language and Cultural Settings .

Examples

Example 1: Get language list for the current account 

PS C:\> Get-WinUserLanguageList
LanguageTag     : en-US
Autonym         : English (United States) 
EnglishName     : English (United States) 
LocalizedName   : English (United States) 
ScriptName      : Latin
InputMethodTip  : {0409:00000409}
Handwriting     : False 
LanguageTag     : fr-FR
Autonym         : français (France) 
EnglishName     : French (France) 
LocalizedName   : French (France) 
ScriptName      : Latin
InputMethodTip  : {040c:0000040c}
Handwriting     : False

This command returns the language list for the current user account, BCP-47 tags, and the corresponding display name.

Example 2: Display input methods 

PS C:\> (Get-WinUserLanguageList)[0].InputMethodTip
0409:00000409
0409:00010409

This command returns the list of currently enabled input methods as a TIP string.

Example 3: Display an autonym property 

PS C:\> (Get-WinUserLanguageList)[0].autonym
English (United States)

This command returns the autonym property of the first item in the user language list.

Outputs

List<WinUserLanguage>

This cmdlet returns a list of WinUserLanguage objects that contain one or more languages and associated properties from the current user account's language list. For information about the Generic.List object, see List(Of T) Class .

The generic list object supports the following methods:

  • Add("BCP-47")
  • Insert(index, "BCP-47")
  • Remove(Index)

The output language object contains the following properties:

  • BCP-47 (READ). A standard language tag that is used to identify languages. For more information, see the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) BCP 47 RFC .
  • Autonym (LP database) (READ). The name of the language in the language itself.
  • English name (LP database) (READ). The name of the language in English.
  • Localized name (LP database) (READ). The name of the language in the current Windows display language.
  • Script (LP database) (READ). The writing system of the language.
  • Input methods (READ/WRITE). A list of input method Tablet Input Panel (TIP) strings that are enabled for this language. The enabled Input methods are listed in the format Language ID: Keyboard layout ID .
  • Handwriting recognition input mode (READ/WRITE). This value is either 0 (freehand) or 1 (write each character separately).