---
title: "Detect language"
slug: "ai-naver-papagolanguagedetection-dect"
tags: ["Papago Translation"]
updated: 2026-09-17T09:35:51Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:35:51Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/ai-naver-papagolanguagedetection-dect"
---

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# Detect language

Available in Classic and VPC

Automatically detect the language of the entered text. It recognizes a total of 15 languages.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /dect |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Papago Translation APIs, see [Papago Translation request headers](/docs/en/ai-naver-papagonmt#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | String | Required | Text to detect language for |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://papago.apigw.ntruss.com/langs/v1/dect' \
--header 'X-NCP-APIGW-API-KEY-ID: {Client ID issued when registering the app}' \
--header 'X-NCP-APIGW-API-KEY: {Client secret issued when registering the app}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'query=Yo como manzana todos mananas.'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `langCode` | String | - | Language code - `ko (Korean)` \| `en (English)` \| `ja (Japanese)` \| `zh-CN` (Chinese (Simplified)) \| `zh-TW` (Chinese (Traditional)) \| `vi` (Vietnamese) \| `th` (Thai) \| `id` (Indonesian) \| `fr` (French) \| `es` (Spanish) \| `ru` (Russian) \| `de` (German) \| `it` (Italian) \| `pt` (Portuguese) \| `hi` (Hindi) |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Papago Translation APIs, see [Papago Translation response status codes](/docs/en/ai-naver-papagonmt#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "langCode": "es"
}
```