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In XperienCentral, the default language is the language that is selected in the Language Widget each time you start a new XperienCentral session. All content items that you create in XperienCentral are created in the default language if you do not switch languages in the Language Widget. The default language in XperienCentral is also used when you create a developer creates content using the Java API if you do not explicitly specify a language in your codewithout explicitly specifying a language.
The default language can be seen at the top of the Language Labels panel in the list of supported languages. The current default language is assigned the number "1". For example:
In the example above, Dutch is assigned the number "1" in the list which means it's the default language.
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Modifying a Language Label
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