diff --git a/types/rtl-detect/index.d.ts b/types/rtl-detect/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for rtl-detect 1.0
+// Project: https://github.com/shadiabuhilal/rtl-detect
+// Definitions by: imprevo <https://github.com/imprevo>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+export function getLangDir(strLocale: string): 'ltr' | 'rtl';
+export function isRtlLang(strLocale: string): boolean | undefined;
diff --git a/types/rtl-detect/rtl-detect-tests.ts b/types/rtl-detect/rtl-detect-tests.ts
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+++ b/types/rtl-detect/rtl-detect-tests.ts
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+import * as rtlDetect from 'rtl-detect';
+
+rtlDetect.getLangDir('');
+rtlDetect.isRtlLang('');
diff --git a/types/rtl-detect/tsconfig.json b/types/rtl-detect/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "rtl-detect-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/rtl-detect/tslint.json b/types/rtl-detect/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }