Langdetect

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langdetect is an AI Agents & Automation tool that ports Google's language-detection library to Python. It allows developers to detect the language of a given text with support for 55 languages.

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Open Source

Free tier

Yes

API

Yes

Skill level

Technical

About

What is langdetect?

langdetect is a Python library that serves as a direct port of Google's language-detection library, enabling developers to easily identify the language of text. It supports a wide array of 55 languages, including common ones like English, Spanish, French, and German, as well as many others. The library is compatible with Python versions 2.7 and 3.4+. While the language detection algorithm is non-deterministic for short or ambiguous texts, consistent results can be enforced by seeding the DetectorFactory. Users can also add new language profiles by generating them from Wikipedia abstract database files or plain text using a provided Java tool.

Best used for

Ideal for developers and data scientists who need to programmatically detect the language of text, identify language probabilities, and integrate language detection into their applications. Especially valuable for building multilingual systems or pre-processing text data based on its language.

Common actions

detect language

identify language

analyze text language

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Capabilities

Key features

Detect text language
Identify language probabilities
Supports 55 languages
Generate new language profiles

Target Audience

developerdata scientist

Integrations

Not yet documented

Pricing & Plans

Open Source

Free

FAQs

What Python versions does langdetect support?

The langdetect library supports Python versions 2.7 and 3.4+. This ensures compatibility with a range of Python environments, allowing developers to integrate language detection capabilities into both older and newer projects.

How many languages can langdetect detect?

langdetect supports the detection of 55 languages out of the box, identified by their ISO 639-1 codes. This broad coverage includes a variety of global languages, making it suitable for diverse linguistic analysis tasks.

Is the language detection always consistent?

The language detection algorithm can be non-deterministic for very short or ambiguous texts, potentially yielding different results on repeated runs. To ensure consistent results, users can set a seed for the DetectorFactory before performing any language detection.

Can I add support for new languages to langdetect?

Yes, you can add new language support by creating new language profiles. This can be done using the provided langdetect.jar tool, which generates profiles from Wikipedia abstract database files or plain text files, allowing for customization and expansion.

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