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Languages

Get a single language

Retrieve a single language by its ISO 639-1 code.

get/languages/{id}

Path parameters

idstring required

ISO 639-1 language code (e.g., en, zh, es)

Query parameters

selectstring

Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: select=id,display_name,cited_by_count

api_keystring required

Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Response

Successful response

idstring

The OpenAlex ID for this language (uses ISO 639-1 codes).

display_namestring

The name of the language.

works_countinteger

The number of works written in this language.

cited_by_countinteger

Total citations to works in this language.

works_api_urlstring

A URL that returns all works in this language.

created_datestring date

When this language was added to OpenAlex (ISO 8601 date).

updated_datestring date-time

When this language was last updated (ISO 8601 datetime).

Example response

{
  "id": "https://openalex.org/languages/en"
}