diff --git a/packages/griffith/src/components/PlayerContainer/PlayerContainer.js b/packages/griffith/src/components/PlayerContainer/PlayerContainer.js
index 854b6eb7..f35e2fba 100644
--- a/packages/griffith/src/components/PlayerContainer/PlayerContainer.js
+++ b/packages/griffith/src/components/PlayerContainer/PlayerContainer.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 import {MessageProvider, InternalContext} from '../../contexts/Message'
 import {PositionProvider} from '../../contexts/Position'
 import {ObjectFitProvider, VALID_FIT} from '../../contexts/ObjectFit'
-import {LanguageContext} from '../../contexts/Language'
+import {LanguageProvider} from '../../contexts/Language'
 
 const PlayerContainer = ({
   standalone,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const PlayerContainer = ({
   children,
   initialObjectFit = 'contain',
   useMSE,
-  language = 'en',
+  language,
 }) => (
   <ObjectFitProvider initialObjectFit={initialObjectFit}>
     <PositionProvider shouldObserveResize={shouldObserveResize}>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const PlayerContainer = ({
         <InternalContext.Consumer>
           {({emitEvent, subscribeAction}) => (
             <VideoSourceProvider onEvent={emitEvent} sources={sources} id={id}>
-              <LanguageContext.Provider value={language}>
+              <LanguageProvider language={language}>
                 <VideoSourceContext.Consumer>
                   {({currentSrc}) => (
                     <Player
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const PlayerContainer = ({
                   )}
                 </VideoSourceContext.Consumer>
                 {children}
-              </LanguageContext.Provider>
+              </LanguageProvider>
             </VideoSourceProvider>
           )}
         </InternalContext.Consumer>
diff --git a/packages/griffith/src/components/TranslatedText/strings.js b/packages/griffith/src/components/TranslatedText/strings.js
index 716a5cf0..d4dea880 100644
--- a/packages/griffith/src/components/TranslatedText/strings.js
+++ b/packages/griffith/src/components/TranslatedText/strings.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES from '../../contexts/Language/supportedLanguages'
+
 export default {
-  en: {
+  [SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.EN]: {
     'quality-auto': 'Auto',
     'quality-ld': 'LD',
     'quality-sd': 'SD',
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ export default {
     'action-enter-fullscreen': 'Fullscreen',
     'action-exit-fullscreen': 'Exit Fullscreen',
   },
-  ja: {
+  [SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.JA]: {
     'quality-auto': '自動',
     'quality-ld': '低画質',
     'quality-sd': '標準画質',
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ export default {
     'action-exit-fullscreen': '全画面終了',
   },
   // covers zh-Hans-CN and zh-Hans-SG
-  'zh-Hans': {
+  [SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS]: {
     'quality-auto': '自动',
     'quality-ld': '低清',
     'quality-sd': '标清',
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ export default {
     'action-exit-fullscreen': '退出全屏',
   },
   // covers zh-Hant-HK and zh-Hant-TW
-  'zh-Hant': {
+  [SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANT]: {
     'quality-auto': '自動',
     'quality-ld': '低畫質',
     'quality-sd': '標準畫質',
diff --git a/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/LanguageProvider.js b/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/LanguageProvider.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e151eee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/LanguageProvider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+import LanguageContext from './LanguageContext'
+import guessLanguage from './guessLanguage'
+import SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES from './supportedLanguages'
+
+const VALID_LANGUAGES = Object.keys(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES)
+
+const isValid = language => VALID_LANGUAGES.includes(language)
+
+function getLanguage(props) {
+  const {language} = props
+  if (isValid(language)) {
+    return language
+  } else if (typeof document !== 'undefined') {
+    // detect language from html lang attributes and navigator.languages
+    const htmlLanguage = document.documentElement.getAttribute('lang')
+    const navigatorLanguages = navigator.languages || [navigator.language]
+    const languageList = [htmlLanguage, ...navigatorLanguages]
+    return guessLanguage(languageList)
+  }
+
+  return SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.EN
+}
+
+export default class LanguageProvider extends React.PureComponent {
+  static propTypes = {
+    language: PropTypes.oneOf(VALID_LANGUAGES),
+  }
+
+  state = {
+    language: SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.EN,
+  }
+
+  static getDerivedStateFromProps = (props, state) => {
+    const language = getLanguage(props)
+    return language === state.language ? null : {language}
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <LanguageContext.Provider value={this.state.language}>
+        {this.props.children}
+      </LanguageContext.Provider>
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/guessLanguage.js b/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/guessLanguage.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0dfe1231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/guessLanguage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES from './supportedLanguages'
+
+const KEY_WORDS = [
+  ['en', SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.EN],
+  ['ja', SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.JA],
+
+  ['hant', SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANT],
+  ['hans', SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS],
+
+  ['hk', SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANT],
+  ['tw', SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANT],
+
+  ['cn', SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS],
+  ['sg', SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS],
+
+  ['zh', SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS], // prefer Simplified Chinese to Traditional if not specified
+]
+
+function matchKeyword(langCode) {
+  const found = KEY_WORDS.find(([keyword]) => langCode.includes(keyword))
+  return found ? found[1] : null
+}
+
+function guessLanguage(languageList) {
+  const list = languageList.filter(Boolean).map(s => s.toLocaleLowerCase())
+  for (let i = 0; i < list.length; i = i + 1) {
+    const matchedSupportedLanguage = matchKeyword(list[i])
+    if (matchedSupportedLanguage) {
+      return matchedSupportedLanguage
+    }
+  }
+  return SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.EN
+}
+
+export default guessLanguage
diff --git a/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/guessLanguage.spec.js b/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/guessLanguage.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6fa367e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/guessLanguage.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import guessLanguage from './guessLanguage'
+import SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES from './supportedLanguages'
+
+describe('guessLanguage', () => {
+  it('should return first suppored language in the list', () => {
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh-tw', 'en'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANT)
+    expect(guessLanguage(['fr', 'en'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.EN)
+  })
+
+  it('should return default language if no match found', () => {
+    expect(guessLanguage(['es', 'de'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.EN)
+  })
+
+  it('should return default language if provided empty list', () => {
+    expect(guessLanguage([])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.EN)
+  })
+
+  it('handle various Chinese language codes', () => {
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh-CN'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS)
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh-SG'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS)
+
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh-TW'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANT)
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh-HK'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANT)
+
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh-cmn-Hans'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS)
+    expect(guessLanguage(['cmn-Hans-CN'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS)
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh-cmn-Hans-HK'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS)
+
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh-cmn-Hant'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANT)
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh-cmn-Hant'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANT)
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh-cmn-Hant-CN'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANT)
+  })
+
+  it('prefer Simplified Chinese to Traditional if not specified', () => {
+    expect(guessLanguage(['zh'])).toBe(SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES.ZH_HANS)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/index.js b/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/index.js
index abf20939..af7cc4df 100644
--- a/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/index.js
+++ b/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/index.js
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export {default as LanguageContext} from './LanguageContext'
+export {default as LanguageProvider} from './LanguageProvider'
diff --git a/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/supportedLanguages.js b/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/supportedLanguages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f151821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/griffith/src/contexts/Language/supportedLanguages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES = {
+  EN: 'en',
+  JA: 'hans',
+  ZH_HANS: 'zh-Hans',
+  ZH_HANT: 'zh-Hant',
+}
+
+export default SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES