diff --git a/src/main/web/api/services/template/functions/LanguageFunctions.ts b/src/main/web/api/services/template/functions/LanguageFunctions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76c3e10b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/web/api/services/template/functions/LanguageFunctions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * ResearchSpace
+ * Copyright (C) 2020, © Trustees of the British Museum
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2019, metaphacts GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import { getPreferredUserLanguage } from 'platform/api/services/language';
+
+export const LanguageFunctions = {
+  userPreferredLanguage: function() {
+    return getPreferredUserLanguage();
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/main/web/api/services/template/functions/index.ts b/src/main/web/api/services/template/functions/index.ts
index 5f389065d..1cfdc83ff 100644
--- a/src/main/web/api/services/template/functions/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/web/api/services/template/functions/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { RdfFunctions } from './RdfFunctions';
 import { UriComponentFunctions } from './UriComponentFunctions';
 import { NumbersFunctions } from './NumbersFunctions';
 import { StringsFunctions } from './StringsFunctions';
+import { LanguageFunctions } from './LanguageFunctions';
 
 export const DefaultHelpers = {
   ...DataContextFunctions,
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ export const DefaultHelpers = {
   ...RdfFunctions,
   ...UriComponentFunctions,
   ...NumbersFunctions,
-  ...StringsFunctions
+  ...StringsFunctions,
+  ...LanguageFunctions
 };
 
 export { ContextCapturer, CapturedContext } from './DataContextFunctions';