---
title: "setLanguage(_:)"
framework: naturallanguage
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "naturallanguage/nltokenizer/setlanguage(_:)"
---

# setLanguage(_:)

Sets the language of the text to be tokenized.

## Declaration

```swift
func setLanguage(_ language: NLLanguage)
```

## See Also

### Configuring a tokenizer

- [string](naturallanguage/nltokenizer/string.md)
- [unit](naturallanguage/nltokenizer/unit.md)
- [NLTokenizer.Attributes](naturallanguage/nltokenizer/attributes.md)