can be used by user agents to indicate the set of natural languages that are preferred in the response.
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can be used by user agents to indicate the set of natural languages that are preferred in the response.
Syntax
Accept-Language: zh-CN,zh;q=0.9,en;q=0.8
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can be used by user agents to indicate the set of natural languages that are preferred in the response.
It is classified as a request header and can appear in requests or responses depending on context.
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Updated 2026-09-13
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