language-transact-sql.md

title	@@LANGUAGE (Transact-SQL)
description	@@LANGUAGE (Transact-SQL)
author	markingmyname
ms.author	maghan
ms.date	09/18/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
ms.custom	ignite-2025
f1_keywords	@@LANGUAGE_TSQL @@LANGUAGE
helpviewer_keywords	languages [SQL Server], current in use @@LANGUAGE function current language in use names [SQL Server], language in use
dev_langs	TSQL
monikerRange	>=aps-pdw-2016 || =azuresqldb-current || =azure-sqldw-latest || >=sql-server-2016 || >=sql-server-linux-2017 || =azuresqldb-mi-current || =fabric-sqldb

@@LANGUAGE (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE sql-asdb-asdbmi-asa-pdw-fabricsqldb]

Returns the name of the language currently being used.

:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

@@LANGUAGE  

Return Types

nvarchar

Remarks

To view information about language settings, including valid official language names, run sp_helplanguage without a parameter specified.

Examples

The following example returns the language for the current session.

SELECT @@LANGUAGE AS 'Language Name';  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Language Name                   
------------------------------  
us_english                      

See Also

SET LANGUAGE (Transact-SQL)
sp_helplanguage (Transact-SQL)