Map language
Description
By default the Google map sets the language based on the browser's preferred language. You can override this setting by specifying a 2 character language code, for example "ja" for Japanese.
Set to <default> to use the browser's preferred language.
Setting the Map language to be Japanese
Map in Japanese
Language codes
Here are some more language codes. For a full list visit Google Maps API site.
- Japanese
ja
- French
fr
- German
de
- Arabic
ar
- Russian
ru
- Chinese (Simplified)
zh-CN
- Hebrew
iw
- Korean
ko
- Hindi
hi
- Italian
it
In Russian