# GetSystemCulture()

> Returns the culture used to detect the startup locale.

## Definition

* **Type:** Method
* **Namespace:** [Unity.Localization](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unity/localization.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEngine.LocalizationRuntimeModule

```csharp
protected virtual CultureInfo GetSystemCulture()
```

### Returns

| Type                                                                                   | Description                                                                          |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [CultureInfo](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.globalization.cultureinfo) | The culture used to detect the locale; by default the language the device is set to. |

### Remarks

By default this returns the language the user asked the operating system for, which Apple platforms, Android and WebGL report as a language tag carrying the region and the script. On platforms that cannot report one it returns CurrentUICulture instead. Override it in a derived selector to supply a fixed culture, which replaces both and is useful for testing locale detection without changing the device settings.

Overrides the detected culture to always report German.

### Examples

```csharp
using System.Globalization;
using Unity.Localization;

namespace Unity.Localization.Samples
{
    public class SystemCultureOverrideExample : SystemLocaleSelector
    {
        protected override CultureInfo GetSystemCulture() => new CultureInfo("de");
    }
}
```