# How to change mapbox language?

**URL:** https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-change-mapbox-language/42056
**Category:** 📊 Plotly Python
**Created:** [July 6, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-change-mapbox-language/42056 "2020-07-06T15:30:47Z")
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### Author: ![Michael1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/michael1/32/14077_2.png) [@Michael1](https://community.plotly.com/u/Michael1)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-change-mapbox-language/42056/1 "2020-07-06T15:30:47Z")

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The labels (e.g. country names) of a mapbox map are in English by default. How can they be changed to another language?

Possibly relevant: The [mapbox docs](https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/example/language-switch/) mention a JavaScript function setLayoutProperty(). How can I access this in python?

Besides that, all I could find is this [two year old thread](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-can-i-change-my-mapbox-s-label-language/5557) with broken links.

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### Author: ![Batalex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/batalex/32/12786_2.png) [@Batalex](https://community.plotly.com/u/Batalex)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-change-mapbox-language/42056/2 "2020-07-07T07:36:57Z")

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Hi,

You can fork the light/dark theme in Mapbox map editor to use the language of your choice. See [here](https://docs.mapbox.com/help/troubleshooting/change-language/#change-label-language-in-mapbox-studio).  
Good luck!