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# Method name: language(language: string)

# Method package: wixSearch

# Method menu location: wixSearch --> WixSearchBuilder --> language

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-search/wix-search-builder/language.md

# Method Description:

Refines a search builder to search in the specified language.

The value of the search language must be a two-letter language code string of [ISO 639-1 format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes).

Defaults for `language`:

 + If your site is multilingual, default is the [current language](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-window-frontend/multilingual/current-language.md).
 + If your site is not multilingual, default is the [site language](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/api-reference/wix-window-frontend/multilingual/site-languages.md).



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

## Add a language filter to a search

```javascript
let newSearch = search.language("fr"); // French
```

## Create a search, add a language filter, and run it

```javascript
import wixSearch from 'wix-search';

// ...

$w("#searchInput").onKeyPress((keyPress) => {
  if (keyPress.key === "Enter") {
    const phrase = $w("#searchInput").value;
    wixSearch.search(phrase)
      .language("pt") // Portuguese
      .find()
      .then((results) => {
        if (results.documents.length > 0) {
          let documents = results.documents;
        } else {
          console.log("No matching results");
        }
      })
      .catch((error) => {
        console.log(error);
      });
  }
});
```

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