What Language Is This? Free Identifier
Paste any text to instantly identify the language. Detects 80+ languages including rare scripts.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What language is this text written in?
Simply paste your text into the box above and our tool will instantly identify the language. It analyses character patterns, common words, and script type to determine the language with high accuracy.
How do I identify an unknown language?
Copy and paste a sample of text (at least 20-50 characters) into our detector. The tool will analyse it and show you the detected language, confidence score, and script type. Works with 80+ languages.
What languages can this tool detect?
Our detector supports 80+ languages including: European (Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian), Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese), Middle Eastern (Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Urdu), and many African languages.
Can I detect multiple languages in the same text?
Yes. If your text contains multiple languages, our tool will identify all of them and show the percentage breakdown. This is useful for mixed-language documents or code-switching text.
How accurate is language detection?
With 50+ characters of text, accuracy is typically above 95%. Shorter samples may be less accurate, especially for languages with similar character sets. The tool shows a confidence score to indicate reliability.
Is my text stored or shared?
No. All processing happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. Your text is never sent to our servers, ensuring complete privacy. This makes it safe for confidential documents.
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