How to Use DETECTLANGUAGE in Google Sheets in 2020?

DETECTLANGUAGEIdentifies the language used in text within the specified range.

Sample Usage

DETECTLANGUAGE(A2:A7)

DETECTLANGUAGE(“Bonjour”)

DETECTLANGUAGE(A2)

Syntax

DETECTLANGUAGE(text_or_range)

text_or_range – The text or reference to cells containing text to evaluate.

If text_or_range is specified as a range, it must be a one-dimensional column range.

Notes

If the range specified contains multiple languages, the first text found will be evaluated.

See Also

GOOGLETRANSLATE: Translates text from one language into another.

Examples

Accepts both in-cell string and cell reference as the parameters and returns the language code.

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