# Set the widget language

## Supported languages

The cookie widget currently supports these languages, in the given jurisdictions:

| Language              | Supported in jurisdiction | Option value     |
| --------------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------- |
| English (EN)          | All jurisdictions         | None, or `en-us` |
| Danish (DA)           | Denmark (DK)              | `da-dk`          |
| Dutch (NL)            | Netherlands (NL)\*        | `nl-nl`          |
| German (DE)           | Germany (DE)\*            | `de-de`          |
| Norwegian (NO)        | Norway (NO)\*             | `no-no`          |
| Norwegian Bokmål (NB) | Norway (NO)\*             | `nb-no`          |
| Swedish (SV)          | Sweden (SE)\*             | `sv-se`          |
| Spanish (ES)          | Spain (ES)\*              | `es-es`          |
| French (FR)           | France (FR)\*             | `fr-fr`          |
| Finnish (FI)          | Finland (FI)\*            | `fi-fi`          |
| Lithuanian (LT)       | Lithuania (LT)\*          | `lt-lt`          |
| Polish (PL)           | Poland (PL)\*             | `pl-pl`          |

\**Our widget currently uses the rules from Denmark (DK) for this jurisdiction, with specific support for local rules planned for a future version.*

Additional jurisdictions and languages will be added over time.

{% hint style="info" %}
If you do not specify a language, or if the language you set is not supported by us **in the visitor's jurisdiction**, English will be used. The table above lists the supported combinations.
{% endhint %}

## Setting the display language

To set the display language, initialize your widget with the `locale` option set to the value for the language you desire. For example, to use Danish when the jurisdiction is Denmark, your widget's initialization would look similar to this:

```javascript
legal.widget({
    type: "cookie",
    widgetPublicKey: "...",
    locale: "da-dk",
});
```

## Handling multiple languages:

If you need to handle multiple languages, please visit this guide in our documentation:

{% content-ref url="../../general-openli-guides/using-projects-to-handle-multiple-languages" %}
[using-projects-to-handle-multiple-languages](https://docs.openli.com/docs/general-openli-guides/using-projects-to-handle-multiple-languages)
{% endcontent-ref %}