Language Identification

Identifies the language (e.g., en-IN, hi-IN) and script (e.g., Latin, Devanagari) of the input text, supporting multiple languages.

POST /text-lid

Language Identification

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.sarvam.ai/text-lid \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "input": "<string>"
}
'

200

{
  "request_id": "<string>",
  "language_code": "<string>",
  "script_code": "<string>"
}

Headers

api-subscription-key · string · default: ""

Your unique subscription key for authenticating requests to the Sarvam AI APIs. Here are the steps to get your api key

Body

application/json

input · string · required

The text input for language and script identification.

Response

200

application/json

Successful Response

request_id · string | null · required

language_code · string | null

The detected language code of the input text.

Available languages:

• en-IN: English
• hi-IN: Hindi
• bn-IN: Bengali
• gu-IN: Gujarati
• kn-IN: Kannada
• ml-IN: Malayalam
• mr-IN: Marathi
• od-IN: Odia
• pa-IN: Punjabi
• ta-IN: Tamil
• te-IN: Telugu

script_code · string | null

The detected script code of the input text.

Available scripts:

• Latn: Latin (Romanized script)
• Deva: Devanagari (Hindi, Marathi)
• Beng: Bengali
• Gujr: Gujarati
• Knda: Kannada
• Mlym: Malayalam
• Orya: Odia
• Guru: Gurmukhi
• Taml: Tamil
• Telu: Telugu