diff --git a/tests/test_language.py b/tests/test_language.py
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+++ b/tests/test_language.py
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+from pathlib import Path
+
+from tika import language
+
+
+TEST_FILE_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / "files" / "rwservlet.pdf"
+
+
+def test_local_binary():
+    with open(TEST_FILE_PATH, "rb") as file_obj:
+        assert language.from_file(file_obj) == "en"
+
+
+def test_local_path():
+    assert language.from_file(str(TEST_FILE_PATH)) == "en"
+
+
+def test_local_buffer():
+    assert language.from_buffer("Good evening, David. How are you?") == "en"