Country Languages

Overview

Pass a two-letter ISO country code such as ZW or FR in the query string. The endpoint looks up the country record and responds with its common name, formal official name, an array of official and commonly spoken languages, and the total language count. Invalid or unrecognized country codes return an error.

Live Test Country Languages API →

Endpoint

One host, one path per API. The block below shows this call in four languages; every one of them is the same HTTP request. Making requests covers the timeouts, retries and parameter rules that apply to all of them. The SDKs wrap the same call in a typed client.

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/countrylanguages?country=ZW" \
  -H "x-api-key: your_api_key_here"

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const res = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/countrylanguages?country=ZW', {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'your_api_key_here' },
});

if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);

const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

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import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/countrylanguages?country=ZW",
    headers={"x-api-key": "your_api_key_here"},
    timeout=15,
)
res.raise_for_status()

print(res.json()["data"])

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/countrylanguages?country=ZW", nil)
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "your_api_key_here")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(out))
}

Replace your_api_key_here with the key from your dashboard. When the inputs arrive as a list rather than one at a time, batch requests run up to 200 of them through this same API in a single call.

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — there is no token exchange and no per-endpoint scope to configure. Authentication covers creating, rotating and revoking keys.

Parameters

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

Response

Every API returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape. Response format covers the envelope, the other output formats and how premium fields are withheld.

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "country": "ZW",
    "name": "Zimbabwe",
    "officialName": "Republic of Zimbabwe",
    "officialLanguages": [
      "Chibarwe",
      "English",
      "Kalanga",
      "Khoisan",
      "Ndau",
      "Northern Ndebele",
      "Chewa",
      "Shona",
      "Sotho",
      "Tonga",
      "Tswana",
      "Tsonga",
      "Venda",
      "Xhosa",
      "Zimbabwean Sign Language"
    ],
    "officialLanguageCount": 15
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change. Error handling covers the full status list and which of them are worth retrying.

Use cases

Multilingual Customer Onboarding

When an international user selects their home country during registration, prefill preferred locale choices using the returned official languages.

Storefront Locale Selection

Digital storefronts inspect the visitor country code to offer language switcher options based on that country's commonly spoken languages.

Help Desk Agent Matching

Route incoming support callers from specific sovereign states to phone representatives fluent in that nation's recognized languages.

Regional Document Translation

Before distributing corporate compliance agreements abroad, legal teams verify which languages require certified translations for each jurisdiction.

Other ways to use Country Languages

Set up Country Languages on APIVerve, or reach the same source a different way. Your APIVerve account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

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