Intl.Locale.prototype.minimize()
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2020.
The minimize() method of Intl.Locale instances attempts to
remove information about this locale that would be added by calling
maximize().
Try it
const english = new Intl.Locale("en-Latn-US");
const korean = new Intl.Locale("ko-Kore-KR");
const arabic = new Intl.Locale("ar-Arab-EG");
console.log(english.minimize().baseName);
// Expected output: "en"
console.log(korean.minimize().baseName);
// Expected output: "ko"
console.log(arabic.minimize().baseName);
// Expected output: "ar"
Syntax
minimize()
Parameters
None.
Return value
An Intl.Locale instance whose baseName property returns
the result of the Remove Likely Subtags algorithm
executed against locale.baseName.
Description
This method carries out the reverse of maximize(),
removing any language, script, or region subtags from the locale language identifier
(essentially the contents of baseName). This is useful when there are
superfluous subtags in the language identifier; for instance, "en-Latn" can be
simplified to "en", since "Latn" is the only script used to write English.
minimize() only affects the main subtags that comprise
the language identifier:
language, script, and region subtags. Other subtags after the "-u"
in the locale identifier are called extension subtags and are not affected by the
minimize() method. Examples of these subtags include
hourCycle, calendar, and numeric.
Examples
Using minimize
const myLocale = new Intl.Locale("fr-Latn-FR", {
hourCycle: "h12",
calendar: "gregory",
});
console.log(myLocale.baseName); // Prints "fr-Latn-FR"
console.log(myLocale.toString()); // Prints "fr-Latn-FR-u-ca-gregory-hc-h12"
const myLocMinimized = myLocale.minimize();
// Prints "fr", since French is only written in the Latin script
// and is most likely to be spoken in France.
console.log(myLocMinimized.baseName);
// Prints "fr-u-ca-gregory-hc-h12".
// Note that the extension tags (after "-u") remain unchanged.
console.log(myLocMinimized.toString());
Specifications
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| ECMAScript® 2027 Internationalization API Specification # sec-Intl.Locale.prototype.minimize |
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