Detect Language API
Development Tools · AI & ML
Detect Language API is a language identification service that analyzes text input and returns the language it is written in, along with a confidence score, from a library of over 164 supported languages. Unlike translation APIs that convert text between languages, language detection is the prerequisite step identifying what language the text is in before deciding what to do with it.
Detect Language API Highlights
Detect Language API is verified for developer integrations in Nigeria and across African markets, providing documented endpoints, sandbox testing, and developer support.
Nigeria
Ghana
Kenya
AWSDetect Language API is best for:
Nigerian developers who need to automatically detect the language of user-submitted text supporting Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Pidgin identification in multilingual Nigerian applications.
- Free:1,000 detections/day
- Basic $4.95/mo:100K/day
- Professional $14.95/mo:1M/day
- Enterprise custom
Detect Language API Core Features & Capabilities
Required Access Documents for Detect Language API
- API KeyRequiredRegister at detectlanguage.com to receive an API key. Pass in Authorization header or as query parameter.
Different Detect Language API use cases
- Nigerian Social Platform Language Routing:Nigerian social platforms where users post in multiple languages (English, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Pidgin) can use Detect Language API to automatically identify the language of each post enabling language-specific feed filtering, content moderation, and translation routing.
- Nigerian Customer Support Language Detection:Nigerian businesses and banks receiving customer support messages via multiple channels can automatically detect the language of incoming messages routing Yoruba messages to Yoruba-speaking agents, Hausa messages to Hausa agents, ensuring customers receive responses in their preferred language.
- Nigerian Content Moderation Pipeline Language Tagging:Nigerian media platforms and community forums that need to moderate user-generated content across multiple languages can use Detect Language API to tag each content item with its language enabling language-specific moderation queues and rule enforcement.