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GET
Get a single language

Authorizations

api_key
string
query
required

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

Path Parameters

id
string
required

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

Query Parameters

select
string

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

api_key
string
required

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

Response

Successful response

Language of scholarly works

id
string

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

Example:

"https://openalex.org/languages/en"

display_name
string

The name of the language.

works_count
integer

The number of works written in this language.

cited_by_count
integer

Total citations to works in this language.

works_api_url
string

A URL that returns all works in this language.

created_date
string<date>

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

updated_date
string<date-time>

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