diff --git a/kiwix.c b/kiwix.c
index b84adc039..999d21e78 100644
--- a/kiwix.c
+++ b/kiwix.c
@@ -99,6 +99,23 @@ JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_org_kiwix_kiwixmobile_JNIKiwix_getId(JNIEnv *env,
   return id;
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_org_kiwix_kiwixmobile_JNIKiwix_getLanguage(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj) {
+  jstring language;
+  
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&readerLock);
+  if (reader != NULL) {
+    try {
+      std::string cLanguage = reader->getLanguage();
+      language = c2jni(cLanguage, env);
+    } catch (exception &e) {
+      std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
+    }
+  }
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&readerLock);
+  
+  return language;
+}
+
 JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_org_kiwix_kiwixmobile_JNIKiwix_getMimeType(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jstring url) {
   jstring mimeType;
   
diff --git a/libs/armeabi/libkiwix.so b/libs/armeabi/libkiwix.so
index 13d24d99f..7391b8f7d 100755
Binary files a/libs/armeabi/libkiwix.so and b/libs/armeabi/libkiwix.so differ
diff --git a/libs/mips/libkiwix.so b/libs/mips/libkiwix.so
index 9fcaa0f05..3f646963d 100755
Binary files a/libs/mips/libkiwix.so and b/libs/mips/libkiwix.so differ
diff --git a/libs/x86/libkiwix.so b/libs/x86/libkiwix.so
index 2f2d4f183..9d4e95925 100755
Binary files a/libs/x86/libkiwix.so and b/libs/x86/libkiwix.so differ
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/JNIKiwix.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/JNIKiwix.java
index 4bc45edd1..f3a4aa9d1 100644
--- a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/JNIKiwix.java
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/JNIKiwix.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile;
 public class JNIKiwix {
     public native String getMainPage();
     public native String getId();
+    public native String getLanguage();
     public native String getMimeType(String url);
     public native boolean loadZIM(String path);
     public native byte[] getContent(String url, JNIKiwixString mimeType, JNIKiwixInt size);
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ public class JNIKiwix {
     public native boolean getPageUrlFromTitle(String title, JNIKiwixString url);
     public native boolean getTitle(JNIKiwixString title);
     public native boolean getDescription(JNIKiwixString title);
-    public native boolean getLanguage(JNIKiwixString language);
     public native boolean getDate(JNIKiwixString language);
     public native boolean getFavicon(JNIKiwixString content, JNIKiwixString mimeType);
     public native boolean getCreator(JNIKiwixString creator);
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/ZimContentProvider.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/ZimContentProvider.java
index cf587337a..eb27acf85 100644
--- a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/ZimContentProvider.java
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/ZimContentProvider.java
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ public class ZimContentProvider extends ContentProvider {
         }
     }
 
+    public static String getLanguage() {
+        if (jniKiwix == null || zimFileName == null) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            return jniKiwix.getLanguage();
+        }
+    }
+
     public static boolean searchSuggestions(String prefix, int count) {
         if (jniKiwix == null || zimFileName == null) {
             return false;