diff --git a/include/book.h b/include/book.h
index e3cb750ad..dacab0776 100644
--- a/include/book.h
+++ b/include/book.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ class Book
   const std::string& getTitle() const { return m_title; }
   const std::string& getDescription() const { return m_description; }
   const std::string& getLanguage() const { return m_language; }
+  const std::vector<std::string> getLanguages() const;
   const std::string& getCreator() const { return m_creator; }
   const std::string& getPublisher() const { return m_publisher; }
   const std::string& getDate() const { return m_date; }
diff --git a/src/book.cpp b/src/book.cpp
index 56f96c738..316645ccf 100644
--- a/src/book.cpp
+++ b/src/book.cpp
@@ -286,4 +286,9 @@ std::string Book::getCategoryFromTags() const
   }
 }
 
+const std::vector<std::string> Book::getLanguages() const
+{
+  return kiwix::split(m_language, ",");
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/library.cpp b/src/library.cpp
index 632b86e3a..1ca875cfb 100644
--- a/src/library.cpp
+++ b/src/library.cpp
@@ -388,8 +388,7 @@ Library::AttributeCounts Library::getBooksLanguagesWithCounts() const
   for (const auto& pair: mp_impl->m_books) {
     const auto& book = pair.second;
     if (book.getOrigId().empty()) {
-      const std::string commaSeparatedLangList = book.getLanguage();
-      for ( const auto& lang : kiwix::split(commaSeparatedLangList, ",") ) {
+      for ( const auto& lang : book.getLanguages() ) {
         ++langsWithCounts[lang];
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/book.cpp b/test/book.cpp
index 8b1a29ee6..9b7200ae2 100644
--- a/test/book.cpp
+++ b/test/book.cpp
@@ -195,3 +195,22 @@ TEST(BookTest, getHumanReadableIdFromPath)
 #endif
   EXPECT_EQ("3plus2",  path2HumanReadableId("3+2.zim"));
 }
+
+TEST(BookTest, getLanguages)
+{
+  typedef std::vector<std::string> Langs;
+
+  {
+    const kiwix::Book book = makeBook(R"(id="abcd" language="fra")");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(book.getLanguage(), "fra");
+    EXPECT_EQ(book.getLanguages(), Langs{ "fra" });
+  }
+
+  {
+    const kiwix::Book book = makeBook(R"(id="abcd" language="eng,ong,ing")");
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(book.getLanguage(), "eng,ong,ing");
+    EXPECT_EQ(book.getLanguages(), Langs({ "eng", "ong", "ing" }));
+  }
+}