diff --git a/src/Model/DetectedLanguage.cs b/src/Model/DetectedLanguage.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab26a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Model/DetectedLanguage.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace ModernMT.Model
+{
+    public class DetectedLanguage : Model
+    {
+        [JsonProperty("billedCharacters")]
+        public int BilledCharacters { get; set; }
+        
+        [JsonProperty("detectedLanguage")]
+        public string Language { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ModernMTService.cs b/src/ModernMTService.cs
index 22d395c..fe20a45 100644
--- a/src/ModernMTService.cs
+++ b/src/ModernMTService.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ public List<string> ListSupportedLanguages()
             return _client.Send<List<string>>("get", "/translate/languages");
         }
 
+        public DetectedLanguage DetectLanguage(string q, string format = null)
+        {
+            var data = new Dictionary<string, dynamic>
+            {
+                {"q", q},
+                {"format", format}
+            };
+                
+            return _client.Send<DetectedLanguage>("get", "/translate/detect", data);
+        }
+
         public Translation Translate(string source, string target, string q, long[] hints = null,
             string contextVector = null, TranslateOptions options = null)
         {