---
title: "localizedString(forLanguageCode:)"
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "foundation/locale/localizedstring(forlanguagecode:)"
---

# localizedString(forLanguageCode:)

Returns a localized string for a specified language code.

## Declaration

```swift
func localizedString(forLanguageCode languageCode: String) -> String?
```

## Discussion

Discussion For example, in the “en” locale, the result for "es" is "Spanish".

## See Also

### Getting display information about a locale

- [localizedString(for:)](foundation/locale/localizedstring(for:).md)
- [localizedString(forCollationIdentifier:)](foundation/locale/localizedstring(forcollationidentifier:).md)
- [localizedString(forCollatorIdentifier:)](foundation/locale/localizedstring(forcollatoridentifier:).md)
- [localizedString(forCurrencyCode:)](foundation/locale/localizedstring(forcurrencycode:).md)
- [localizedString(forIdentifier:)](foundation/locale/localizedstring(foridentifier:).md)
- [localizedString(forRegionCode:)](foundation/locale/localizedstring(forregioncode:).md)
- [localizedString(forScriptCode:)](foundation/locale/localizedstring(forscriptcode:).md)
- [localizedString(forVariantCode:)](foundation/locale/localizedstring(forvariantcode:).md)