diff --git a/dist/lang.js b/dist/lang.js
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+++ b/dist/lang.js
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+"use strict";
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+exports.Lang = void 0;
+const LANG = {
+    en: {
+        discord: {
+            error: {
+                noActiveQueue: 'There is not an active queue in this channel, type `/open` to create one'
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
+var Lang;
+(function (Lang) {
+    var LANGID = 'en';
+    if (!(LANGID in LANG))
+        throw 'language id does not exist';
+    function setLang(langid) {
+        if (langid in LANG)
+            LANGID = langid;
+        else
+            throw 'language id does not exist';
+    }
+    Lang.setLang = setLang;
+    /**
+     * reads language json
+     * @param id ex: discord.error.noActiveQueue
+     * @returns language value, defaults to `id` parameter
+     */
+    function get(id) {
+        let keySpl = id.split('.').map(k => k.trim()).filter(k => k);
+        let finding = LANG[LANGID];
+        for (let key of keySpl) {
+            if (key in finding) {
+                let found = finding[key];
+                if (typeof found === 'string')
+                    return found;
+                finding = found;
+            }
+            else
+                break;
+        }
+        return id;
+    }
+    Lang.get = get;
+})(Lang = exports.Lang || (exports.Lang = {}));
+debugger;
diff --git a/src/lang.ts b/src/lang.ts
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+type LangObj = { [keys:string]: LangObj | string }
+type LangObjWhold = { [langid:string]: LangObj }
+
+const LANG: LangObjWhold = {
+    en: {
+        discord: {
+            error: {
+                noActiveQueue: 'There is not an active queue in this channel, type `/open` to create one'
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export namespace Lang {
+
+    var LANGID = 'en';
+    if (!(LANGID in LANG))
+        throw 'language id does not exist';
+
+    export function setLang(langid: string) {
+        if (langid in LANG)
+            LANGID = langid;
+        else
+            throw 'language id does not exist';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * reads language json
+     * @param id ex: discord.error.noActiveQueue
+     * @returns language value, defaults to `id` parameter
+     */
+    export function get(id: string): string {//discord.error.noActiveQueue
+        
+        let keySpl = id.split('.').map(k => k.trim()).filter(k => k);
+
+        let finding = LANG[LANGID];
+
+        for (let key of keySpl) {
+
+            if (key in finding) {
+
+                let found = finding[key];
+
+                if (typeof found === 'string')
+                    return found;
+
+                finding = found;
+
+            } else
+                break;
+            
+        }
+
+        return id;
+    }
+        
+}