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diff --git a/src/electron/ipc-api/languageDetect.ts b/src/electron/ipc-api/languageDetect.ts
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+import { ipcMain } from 'electron';
+
+import LanguageDetect from 'languagedetect';
+
+const debug = require('../../preload-safe-debug')('Ferdium:ipcApi:languageDetect');
+
+export default async () => {
+  ipcMain.handle('detect-language', async (_event, { sample }) => {
+    if (!LanguageDetect) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const langDetector = new LanguageDetect();
+    langDetector.setLanguageType('iso2');
+    debug('Checking language for sample:', sample);
+    const result = langDetector.detect(sample, 1);
+    debug('Language detection result:', result);
+    return result[0][0];
+  });
+};