diff --git a/src/XBase/Table.php b/src/XBase/Table.php
index c899db5..aebab9d 100755
--- a/src/XBase/Table.php
+++ b/src/XBase/Table.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use XBase\Column\ColumnFactory;
 use XBase\Column\ColumnInterface;
 use XBase\Column\DBase7Column;
+use XBase\Enum\Codepage;
 use XBase\Enum\TableType;
 use XBase\Exception\TableException;
 use XBase\Memo\MemoFactory;
@@ -54,9 +55,12 @@ class Table
     public $encrypted;
     /** @var string */
     public $mdxFlag;
+
     /**
      * @var string Language codepage.
      * @see https://blog.codetitans.pl/post/dbf-and-language-code-page/
+     *
+     * @deprecated in 1.2 and will be protected in 1.3. Use getLanguageCode() method.
      */
     public $languageCode;
 
@@ -411,6 +415,16 @@ public function getVersion()
         return $this->version;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @see Codepage
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getLanguageCode(): int
+    {
+        return ord($this->languageCode);
+    }
+
     public function getMemo(): ?MemoInterface
     {
         return $this->memo;
diff --git a/tests/DBaseTest.php b/tests/DBaseTest.php
index 301b32f..4d3094b 100644
--- a/tests/DBaseTest.php
+++ b/tests/DBaseTest.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public function testRead(): void
         self::assertSame(false, $table->inTransaction);
         self::assertSame(false, $table->encrypted);
         self::assertSame(TableFlag::NONE, ord($table->mdxFlag));
-        self::assertSame(0, ord($table->languageCode));
+        self::assertSame(0, $table->getLanguageCode());
 
         $columns = $table->getColumns();
         self::assertIsArray($columns);
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public function testDbase3(): void
         self::assertSame(false, $table->inTransaction);
         self::assertSame(false, $table->encrypted);
         self::assertSame(TableFlag::NONE, ord($table->mdxFlag));
-        self::assertSame(0x03, ord($table->languageCode));
+        self::assertSame(0x03, $table->getLanguageCode());
 
         $this->assertRecords($table);
         $this->assertMemoImg($table);
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public function testDbase4(): void
         self::assertSame(false, $table->inTransaction);
         self::assertSame(false, $table->encrypted);
         self::assertSame(TableFlag::NONE, ord($table->mdxFlag));
-        self::assertSame(0x03, ord($table->languageCode));
+        self::assertSame(0x03, $table->getLanguageCode());
 
         $this->assertRecords($table);
         $this->assertMemoImg($table);
diff --git a/tests/FoxproTest.php b/tests/FoxproTest.php
index 7152226..da123fb 100644
--- a/tests/FoxproTest.php
+++ b/tests/FoxproTest.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public function testRead(): void
         self::assertSame(false, $table->inTransaction);
         self::assertSame(false, $table->encrypted);
         self::assertSame(TableFlag::NONE, ord($table->mdxFlag));
-        self::assertSame(0x64, ord($table->languageCode));
+        self::assertSame(0x64, $table->getLanguageCode());
 
         self::assertSame(12, $table->getColumnCount());
 //        self::assertSame(10, $table->getRecordCount());
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public function testFoxpro2(): void
         self::assertSame(false, $table->inTransaction);
         self::assertSame(false, $table->encrypted);
         self::assertSame(TableFlag::NONE, ord($table->mdxFlag));
-        self::assertSame(0x03, ord($table->languageCode));
+        self::assertSame(0x03, $table->getLanguageCode());
 
         $this->assertRecords($table);
         $this->assertMemoImg($table);
diff --git a/tests/VisualFoxproTest.php b/tests/VisualFoxproTest.php
index beb2fa5..44e3a48 100644
--- a/tests/VisualFoxproTest.php
+++ b/tests/VisualFoxproTest.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public function testRead(): void
         self::assertSame(false, $table->inTransaction);
         self::assertSame(false, $table->encrypted);
         self::assertSame(TableFlag::CDX | TableFlag::MEMO, ord($table->mdxFlag));
-        self::assertSame(0x03, ord($table->languageCode));
+        self::assertSame(0x03, $table->getLanguageCode());
         self::assertSame(15, $table->getColumnCount());
         self::assertSame(0, $table->getRecordCount());
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public function testVfp(): void
         self::assertSame(false, $table->inTransaction);
         self::assertSame(false, $table->encrypted);
         self::assertSame(TableFlag::MEMO, ord($table->mdxFlag));
-        self::assertSame(0x03, ord($table->languageCode));
+        self::assertSame(0x03, $table->getLanguageCode());
 
         $columns = $table->getColumns();