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HTML

<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/semantic-ui/0.10.0/javascript/semantic.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/semantic-ui/0.10.0/css/semantic.min.css">
<div class="ui selection dropdown select-language">
    <input name="language" type="hidden" value="fr-FR">
    <div class="text">French</div>
    <i class="dropdown icon"></i>
    <div class="menu ui transition hidden">
        <div class="item" data-value="en-US">English</div>
        <div class="item active" data-value="fr-FR">French</div>
    </div>
</div>

JavaScript

$(".select-language").dropdown({
    onChange: function (val) {
        alert(val);
    }
})