# Language analyzer **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 16, 2012, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/language-analyzer/8127 "2012-06-16T08:37:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Serikozz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Serikozz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Serikozz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/language-analyzer/8127/1 "2012-06-16T08:37:09Z")
I am newbie to Elasticsearch and I have found out that its have **language analyzer** but I cant find how can I use it. Can I use it to retrieve only English language text docs? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/language-analyzer/8127/2 "2012-06-16T09:09:58Z")
No. This is not a feature that the language analyzer gives. An analyzer is used to ignore some common words, like and, or, then, can, ... I don't know how you can autodetect language. David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr Le 16 juin 2012 à 10:37, Serikozz [serikozz@mail.ru](mailto:serikozz@mail.ru) a écrit : > I am newbie to Elasticsearch and I have found out that its have _language > analyzer_ but I cant find how can I use it. Can I use it to retrieve only > English language text docs? > > -- > View this message in context: [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Language-analyzer-tp4019408.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Language-analyzer-tp4019408.html) > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/language-analyzer/8127/3 "2017-07-06T03:23:45Z")