Pango.Language.get_preferred
Description: Reference for Pango.Language.get_preferred

### Function

# Pango Languageget_preferred

#### Declaration [src]

    PangoLanguage**
    pango_language_get_preferred (
      void
    )

#### Description [src]

Returns the list of languages that the user prefers.

The list is specified by the `PANGO_LANGUAGE` or `LANGUAGE` environment variables, in order of preference. Note that this list does not necessarily include the language returned by pango_language_get_default().

When choosing language-specific resources, such as the sample text returned by pango_language_get_sample_string(), you should first try the default language, followed by the languages returned by this function.

Available since: | 1.48

#### Return value

Returns: | `PangoLanguage`
| A `NULL`-terminated array of `PangoLanguage`*
| The data is owned by the called function.
| The return value can be `NULL`.