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# CFLocaleLanguageDirection

These constants describe the text direction for a language. They are returned by the functions [`CFLocaleGetLanguageCharacterDirection(_:)`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFLocaleGetLanguageCharacterDirection(_:)) and [`CFLocaleGetLanguageLineDirection(_:)`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFLocaleGetLanguageLineDirection(_:)).

```
enum CFLocaleLanguageDirection
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`CFLocaleLanguageDirection.unknown`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFLocaleLanguageDirection/unknown)

[`CFLocaleLanguageDirection.leftToRight`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFLocaleLanguageDirection/leftToRight)

[`CFLocaleLanguageDirection.rightToLeft`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFLocaleLanguageDirection/rightToLeft)

[`CFLocaleLanguageDirection.topToBottom`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFLocaleLanguageDirection/topToBottom)

[`CFLocaleLanguageDirection.bottomToTop`](/documentation/CoreFoundation/CFLocaleLanguageDirection/bottomToTop)


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