diff --git a/app/helpers/language_helper.rb b/app/helpers/language_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1628dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/language_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module LanguageHelper
+  def language
+    code = GetText.locale.to_s.downcase
+    if code == 'en_us'
+      'en'
+    else
+      code
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/language_helper_test.rb b/test/unit/language_helper_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b95198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/language_helper_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
+
+class LanguageHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+
+  include LanguageHelper
+
+  def test_english
+    locale = mock
+    locale.expects(:to_s).returns('en_us')
+    GetText.stubs(:locale).returns(locale)
+    
+    assert_equal 'en', self.language
+  end
+
+  def test_other_languages
+    locale = mock
+    locale.expects(:to_s).returns('pt_BR')
+    GetText.stubs(:locale).returns(locale)
+
+    assert_equal 'pt_br', self.language
+  end
+
+end
+
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