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GET
/
languages
/
{id}
Get a single language
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.openalex.org/languages/{id}?api_key='
{
  "id": "https://openalex.org/languages/en",
  "display_name": "<string>",
  "works_count": 123,
  "cited_by_count": 123,
  "works_api_url": "<string>",
  "created_date": "2023-12-25",
  "updated_date": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.openalex.org/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

Authorizations

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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

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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).