# Locale-sensitive text segmentation in JavaScript with Intl.Segmenter

DevFeed: [Locale-sensitive text segmentation in JavaScript with Intl.Segmenter](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/locale-sensitive-text-segmentation-in-javascript-with-intl-segmenter-4078.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/javascript-intl-segmenter-i18n/>)

Author: brian-smith

Published: 2024-09-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [MDN Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mdn-blog.md>)

Topics: [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Localization (l10n)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/localization.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>)

Tags: [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browsers.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>), [locale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/locale.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use JavaScript's Intl.Segmenter to perform locale-sensitive text segmentation. It demonstrates structured, locale-aware word segmentation for Japanese text and shows how the results can support reliable word counts and other localization-aware application features.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to use Intl.Segmenter for locale-sensitive text segmentation in JavaScript to simplify localization, count words or sentences in different languages, and more.