DefaultNaturalLanguage

DefaultNaturalLanguage

is an option for character selections that specifies the language used when checking the spelling of a word in a human natural language selection.

Details

  • Human natural language selections are those that have LanguageCategory->"NaturalLanguage".
  • With the default setting DefaultNaturalLanguage->"Language", the language is taken to be the current setting of the Language option.
  • The language can also be specified explicitly as a string, for example, by setting DefaultNaturalLanguage to "English", "French", or "German".
  • This option is typically set at the global level, but it can also be set at the level of an individual notebook, cell, or selection.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

A "NaturalLanguage" cell spellchecks in the system's default language:

Overriding the choice of language to use German changes the spelling dictionary used:

Wolfram Research (1999), DefaultNaturalLanguage, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNaturalLanguage.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1999), DefaultNaturalLanguage, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNaturalLanguage.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1999. "DefaultNaturalLanguage." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNaturalLanguage.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1999). DefaultNaturalLanguage. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNaturalLanguage.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_defaultnaturallanguage, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DefaultNaturalLanguage}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNaturalLanguage.html}", note=[Accessed: 31-May-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_defaultnaturallanguage, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DefaultNaturalLanguage}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DefaultNaturalLanguage.html}, note=[Accessed: 31-May-2025 ]}