guessLanguage.js

Try it out

Usage

You can clone this repo as follows:

git clone git@github.com:richtr/guessLanguage.js.git

You can use this library in a web page by including the following files:

<script src="lib/_languageData.js"></script>
<script src="lib/guessLanguage.js"></script>

You can also use this library in a Node.js project. This library can be installed via npm as follows:

sudo npm install -g guesslanguage

Including this library for use in a Node.js project can then be done as follows:

var guessLanguage = require('./lib/guessLanguage');
// See the API section for usage

API

You can use guessLanguage.js in any of the following ways:

guessLanguage.detect('...input text here...', function(language) {
  console.log('Detected language code of provided text is [' + language + ']');
});

guessLanguage.name('...input text here...', function(languageName) {
  console.log('Detected language name of provided text is [' + languageName + ']');
});

guessLanguage.code('...input text here...', function(languageIANA) {
  console.log('Detected language IANA number of provided text is [' + languageIANA + ']');
});

guessLanguage.info('...input text here...', function(languageInfo) {
  console.log('Detected language code of provided text is [' + languageInfo[0] + ']');
  console.log('Detected language IANA number of provided text is [' + languageInfo[1] + ']');
  console.log('Detected language name of provided text is [' + languageInfo[2] + ']');
});

Feedback

Please note this library is in the early stages of development. If you find any bugs or issues please file them on this project and I'll take a look.

Please also feel free to catch me on Twitter @richtibbett.