APIs/Language

Language API

GET /language/{code}

Pass en, ja, or gsw and get back the language name, its own name for itself, the script it writes in, and whether it reads left-to-right or right-to-left. Both code lengths work: /language/en and /language/eng return the same thing.

/country/{code} already returns languages as these codes. Come here for the full record, native name and direction included.

225
languages: 159
with a native name: 15
right-to-left: 100%
ISO 639 codes

Try it

$ curl "https://api.parseapi.com/language/en" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

// 200 · ~16ms · USA
{
  "language": "en",
  "iso3": "eng",
  "name": "English",
  "local_name": "English",
  "script": "Latn",
  "direction": "ltr",
  "countries": [
    "AG",
    "AI",
    "AS",
    "AU",
    "BB",
    // ... 86 more
  ]
}

Response fields

language: BCP 47 shortest code. ISO 639-1 when it exists (en), ISO 639-3 otherwise (gsw)
iso3: ISO 639-3 code
name: English name
local_name: The language's own name for itself (日本語 for ja), null when unknown
script: ISO 15924 script code (Latn, Jpan, Arab)
direction: ltr or rtl
countries: ISO2 countries listing this language

SPEED

Fast from everywhere.

Median time for a core lookup to reach a real city, first byte back, measured live from 16 cities.

16ms

19ms

APAC

45ms

LatAm

20ms

127ms

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