---
name: "mlanguage_text"
section: "3m17n"
platform: "linux"
package: "m17n-docs"
version: "1.8.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mlanguage_text"
---

# mlanguage\_text(3m17n)

## NAME

mlanguage\_text -

## SYNOPSIS

**MText**\* **mlanguage\_text** (MSymbol *language*)

## DESCRIPTION

Return the language name written in that language. The **mlanguage\_text()** function returns, in the form of M-text, the language name of **language** written in **language**. If the representative characters of the language are known, the characters of the returned M-text has a text property whose key is **Mtext** and whose value is an M-text that contains the representative characters.

## RETURN VALUE

If the information is available, this function returns an M-text that should not be modified nor freed. Otherwise, it returns `NULL`.

## SEE ALSO

**mlanguage\_code()**, **mlanguage\_name()**. \

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001 Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)\
 Copyright (C) 2001-2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)\
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License  \<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html\>.