diff --git a/src/visitors/typescript/generates.ts b/src/visitors/typescript/generates.ts
index f258e3c9..76bbe5f2 100644
--- a/src/visitors/typescript/generates.ts
+++ b/src/visitors/typescript/generates.ts
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ export function generateTsType(valueExpr: any, toCreate?: boolean) {
     return toCreate ? 'Date | Literal' : 'Date';
   } else if (valueExpr?.datatype === ns.xsd('string')) {
     return toCreate ? 'string | Literal' : 'string';
+  } else if (valueExpr?.datatype === ns.xsd('language')) {
+    return toCreate ? 'string | Literal' : 'string';
   } else if (valueExpr?.datatype) {
     return valueExpr?.datatype;
   } else if (typeof valueExpr === 'string') {
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/generate.test.ts.snap b/test/__snapshots__/generate.test.ts.snap
index f23f4df0..e9045eb7 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/generate.test.ts.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/generate.test.ts.snap
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ export const cryptocurrency = new Shape<
 
 export type BasicContainerShape = {
   id: string; // the url of a node of this shape
+  description: string; // Gives a description for the resource
   contains?: ResourceShape | ResourceShape[]; // Contains these Resources
   size: number; // Size of Container
   mtime: number; // Time of Container creation created
@@ -714,6 +715,7 @@ export type BasicContainerShape = {
 
 export type BasicContainerShapeCreateArgs = {
   id?: string | NamedNode; // the url to match or create the node with e.g. 'https://example.com#this', 'https://example.com/profile/card#me'
+  description: string | Literal; // Gives a description for the resource
   contains?:
     | URL
     | NamedNode
@@ -762,6 +764,7 @@ export enum ResourceShapeType {
 
 export enum BasicContainerShapeContext {
   type = 'rdf:type',
+  description = 'terms:description',
   contains = 'ldp:contains',
   size = 'st:size',
   mtime = 'st:mtime',
@@ -788,6 +791,8 @@ ldp:BasicContainerShape EXTRA a {
     // rdfs:comment  \\"Defines the node as a Container\\" ;
   a [ ldp:Container ]
     // rdfs:comment  \\"Defines the node as a Container\\" ;
+  terms:description xsd:language
+    // rdfs:comment  \\"Gives a description for the resource\\" ;
   ldp:contains @ldp:ResourceShape *
     // rdfs:comment  \\"Contains these Resources\\" ;
   st:size xsd:integer
diff --git a/test/shapes/ldpShapes.shex b/test/shapes/ldpShapes.shex
index 4210a27b..3c20dae2 100644
--- a/test/shapes/ldpShapes.shex
+++ b/test/shapes/ldpShapes.shex
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ ldp:BasicContainerShape EXTRA a {
     // rdfs:comment  "Defines the node as a Container" ;
   a [ ldp:Container ]
     // rdfs:comment  "Defines the node as a Container" ;
+  terms:description xsd:language
+    // rdfs:comment  "Gives a description for the resource" ;
   ldp:contains @ldp:ResourceShape *
     // rdfs:comment  "Contains these Resources" ;
   st:size xsd:integer