---
title: '|language_name_local'
description: gives a language's name in its own language.
date: '2026-08-21'
categories:
  - Filter
  - String
canonical: https://djangotemplatetagsandfilters.com/filters/language_name_local/
doc_link: >-
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.1/topics/i18n/translation/#std-templatefilter-language_name_local
---

# |language_name_local

gives a language's name in its own language.

## Documentation

The name of the language as its own speakers write it — which is what belongs in a language switcher, since a reader who cannot read the current language cannot read “French” either.

### Template

```django
{% load i18n %}
{{ "fr"|language_name_local }}
```

### Result

```django
français
```