1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gettext.c b/gettext.c
index 8b2da4641f..7378ba287f 100644
--- a/gettext.c
+++ b/gettext.c
@@ -18,6 +18,31 @@
 #	endif
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Guess the user's preferred languages from the value in LANGUAGE environment
+ * variable and LC_MESSAGES locale category if NO_GETTEXT is not defined.
+ *
+ * The result can be a colon-separated list like "ko:ja:en".
+ */
+const char *get_preferred_languages(void)
+{
+	const char *retval;
+
+	retval = getenv("LANGUAGE");
+	if (retval && *retval)
+		return retval;
+
+#ifndef NO_GETTEXT
+	retval = setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, NULL);
+	if (retval && *retval &&
+		strcmp(retval, "C") &&
+		strcmp(retval, "POSIX"))
+		return retval;
+#endif
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 #ifdef GETTEXT_POISON
 int use_gettext_poison(void)
 {