diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a9c27b..49f672c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     <jaxb-api.version>4.0.4</jaxb-api.version>
     <jaxb-core.version>4.0.6</jaxb-core.version>
     <jaxb-impl.version>4.0.6</jaxb-impl.version>
+    <lingua.version>1.2.2</lingua.version>
     <opennlp-tools.version>1.9.3</opennlp-tools.version>
     <pdfbox.version>3.0.6</pdfbox.version>
     <poi.version>5.5.0</poi.version>
@@ -385,6 +386,13 @@
       <version>${opennlp-tools.version}</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Language recognition -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.github.pemistahl</groupId>
+      <artifactId>lingua</artifactId>
+      <version>${lingua.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <profiles>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jadice/filetype/matchers/PDFMatcher.java b/src/main/java/org/jadice/filetype/matchers/PDFMatcher.java
index c1f3852..ff1473e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jadice/filetype/matchers/PDFMatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jadice/filetype/matchers/PDFMatcher.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 
+import com.github.pemistahl.lingua.api.LanguageDetector;
+import com.github.pemistahl.lingua.api.LanguageDetectorBuilder;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
@@ -77,6 +79,20 @@ public class PDFMatcher extends Matcher {
   public static final String TEXT_LENGTH_KEY = "text-length";
   public static final String TEXT_LENGTH_PER_PAGE_KEY = "text-length-per-page";
 
+  /**
+   * Most likely language of the text of the PDF, analyzed with <a href="https://github.com/pemistahl/lingua">lingua</a>
+   */
+  public static final String MOST_LIKELY_TEXT_LANGUAGE = "most-likely-text-language";
+  /**
+   * All possible languages of the PDF's text, sorted by their confidence value, analyzed with <a href="https://github.com/pemistahl/lingua">lingua</a>
+   */
+  public static final String TEXT_LANGUAGE_CONFIDENCE_VALUES = "text-language-confidence-values";
+
+
+  private static boolean checkLanguage() {
+    return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty(PDFMatcher.class.getName() + ".languageCheck", "false"));
+  }
+
   private static boolean lookForText() {
     return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty(PDFMatcher.class.getName() + ".lookForText", "false"));
   }
@@ -279,9 +295,33 @@ private static void addTextInfo(final Map<String, Object> pdfDetails, final PDDo
       final String pdfText = new PDFTextStripper().getText(doc);
       pdfDetails.put(TEXT_LENGTH_PER_PAGE_KEY, textLengthPerPages);
       pdfDetails.put(TEXT_LENGTH_KEY, pdfText.replaceAll("([\\r\\n])", "").length());
+      if (checkLanguage())
+        addLanguageInformation(pdfDetails, pdfText);
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Adds information about the given text to the given map.
+   * The most likely text language will be {@link com.github.pemistahl.lingua.api.Language#UNKNOWN} in case
+   * language detection is not reliably possible.
+   *
+   * @param pdfDetails map to which the results get added
+   * @param text text to analyze
+   */
+  public static void addLanguageInformation(final Map<String, Object> pdfDetails, final String text) {
+    LanguageDetectorBuilder languageDetectorBuilder =
+        LanguageDetectorBuilder
+            .fromAllLanguages()
+            .withMinimumRelativeDistance(0.1);
+    if (text.length() > 120)
+      languageDetectorBuilder.withLowAccuracyMode();
+    final LanguageDetector languageDetector = languageDetectorBuilder.build();
+    final long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    pdfDetails.put(TEXT_LANGUAGE_CONFIDENCE_VALUES, languageDetector.computeLanguageConfidenceValues(text));
+    pdfDetails.put(MOST_LIKELY_TEXT_LANGUAGE, languageDetector.detectLanguageOf(text).toString());
+    LOGGER.debug("Language recognition took {} ms.", System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Checks if the PDF is an electronic invoice.
    *
diff --git a/src/test/java/TestPDFMatcher.java b/src/test/java/TestPDFMatcher.java
index a077656..94a5363 100644
--- a/src/test/java/TestPDFMatcher.java
+++ b/src/test/java/TestPDFMatcher.java
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.hasItems;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasEntry;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasKey;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
@@ -19,8 +22,9 @@
 import org.jadice.filetype.database.MimeTypeAction;
 import org.jadice.filetype.matchers.PDFMatcher;
 import org.jadice.filetype.pdfutil.SignatureUtil;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInfo;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvFileSource;
 
@@ -37,8 +41,14 @@ class TestPDFMatcher {
 
   private static Analyzer ANALYZER;
 
-  @BeforeAll
-  public static void init() throws AnalyzerException {
+  @BeforeEach
+  public void init(TestInfo testInfo) throws AnalyzerException {
+    try {
+      if (testInfo.getTestMethod().get().getName().equals("testContainsText"))
+        System.setProperty(PDFMatcher.class.getName() + ".languageCheck", "true");
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
     ANALYZER = Analyzer.getInstance("/magic.xml");
   }
 
@@ -161,7 +171,8 @@ void testSignedPDFs(final String urlString, final int expectedSignatureCount, fi
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   @ParameterizedTest
   @CsvFileSource(resources = "/pdf/contains-text.csv", numLinesToSkip = 1)
-  void testContainsText(final String filePath, final boolean expected) throws IOException {
+  void testContainsText(final String filePath, final boolean expected, final String language) throws IOException {
+    System.setProperty(PDFMatcher.class.getName() + ".languageCheck", "true");
     System.setProperty(PDFMatcher.class.getName() + ".lookForText", "true");
     Map<String, Object> result = ANALYZER.analyze(new File(filePath));
     assertNotNull(result);
@@ -177,7 +188,12 @@ void testContainsText(final String filePath, final boolean expected) throws IOEx
       final List<Integer> textLengthPerPages = (List<Integer>) pdfDetails.get(PDFMatcher.TEXT_LENGTH_PER_PAGE_KEY);
       final int sum = textLengthPerPages.stream().mapToInt(Integer::intValue).sum();
       assertEquals(totalTextLength, sum);
+      if (!language.equals("null")) {
+        assertEquals(language, pdfDetails.get(PDFMatcher.MOST_LIKELY_TEXT_LANGUAGE));
+      }
+      assertTrue(pdfDetails.containsKey(PDFMatcher.TEXT_LANGUAGE_CONFIDENCE_VALUES));
     }
+    System.clearProperty(PDFMatcher.class.getName() + ".languageCheck");
     System.clearProperty(PDFMatcher.class.getName() + ".lookForText");
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/pdf/contains-text.csv b/src/test/resources/pdf/contains-text.csv
index ca8e201..91bed27 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/pdf/contains-text.csv
+++ b/src/test/resources/pdf/contains-text.csv
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-path,contains-text
-src/test/resources/pdf/normal/lorem-ipsum.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.3-Karte.pdf,false
-src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-hallo.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-hallo-annotation.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-hallo-complex.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-lines.pdf,false
-src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-MultiImage.pdf,false
-src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-RotatedImages.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-SingleImage.pdf,false
-src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-TextTest.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/02_enc40bit_no-pw.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/03_enc40bit_pw-owner.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/06_enc128bit_no-pw.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/07_enc128bit_pw-owner.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/10_enc128bit-aes_no-pw.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/11_enc128bit-aes_pw-owner.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/Contrapunctus I BWV 1080.pdf,true
-src/test/resources/pdf/portfolio/portable-collection-1.pdf,true
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+path,contains-text,language(ignored if null)
+src/test/resources/pdf/normal/lorem-ipsum.pdf,true,LATIN
+src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.3-Karte.pdf,false,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-hallo.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-hallo-annotation.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-hallo-complex.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-lines.pdf,false,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-MultiImage.pdf,false,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-RotatedImages.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-SingleImage.pdf,false,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/normal/PDF-testdoc-1.4-TextTest.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/02_enc40bit_no-pw.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/03_enc40bit_pw-owner.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/06_enc128bit_no-pw.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/07_enc128bit_pw-owner.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/10_enc128bit-aes_no-pw.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/11_enc128bit-aes_pw-owner.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/encrypted/Contrapunctus I BWV 1080.pdf,true,null
+src/test/resources/pdf/portfolio/portable-collection-1.pdf,true,GERMAN
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