Python - can I detect unicode string language code?

Question

I\'m faced with a situation where I\'m reading a string of text and I need to detect the language code (en, de, fr, es, etc).

Is there a simple way to do this in py

Answer 1

In my case I only need to determine two languages so I just check the first character:

import unicodedata

def is_greek(term):
    return 'GREEK' in unicodedata.name(term.strip()[0])


def is_hebrew(term):
    return 'HEBREW' in unicodedata.name(term.strip()[0])