What does `hl` stand for?

google-api abbreviation
Nam G VU picture Nam G VU · Jan 11, 2013 · Viewed 14k times · Source

Various Google API endpoints and webpages use a hl=<language code> parameter in the query string to set the language. Example

hl=en

or

hl=no

What does hl stand for?

Answer

Barmar picture Barmar · Jan 11, 2013

It stands for "host language", according to this page

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