diff --git a/main/manager_channels.c b/main/manager_channels.c
index d431af24c13bc599c492f8d6523b5d5f7d67e7e3..c12d94ee9cbe9b1ccc9df501d80e41f22518787c 100644
--- a/main/manager_channels.c
+++ b/main/manager_channels.c
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ struct ast_str *ast_manager_build_channel_state_string_prefix(
 		"%sCallerIDName: %s\r\n"
 		"%sConnectedLineNum: %s\r\n"
 		"%sConnectedLineName: %s\r\n"
+		"%sLanguage: %s\r\n"
 		"%sAccountCode: %s\r\n"
 		"%sContext: %s\r\n"
 		"%sExten: %s\r\n"
@@ -438,6 +439,7 @@ struct ast_str *ast_manager_build_channel_state_string_prefix(
 		prefix, S_OR(snapshot->caller_name, "<unknown>"),
 		prefix, S_OR(snapshot->connected_number, "<unknown>"),
 		prefix, S_OR(snapshot->connected_name, "<unknown>"),
+		prefix, snapshot->language,
 		prefix, snapshot->accountcode,
 		prefix, snapshot->context,
 		prefix, snapshot->exten,
diff --git a/main/stasis_channels.c b/main/stasis_channels.c
index 816efdb45bf69232fb2befd327d2af604390096b..11a2941fa6eacd5fd8d95e41274c051ddd6234d1 100644
--- a/main/stasis_channels.c
+++ b/main/stasis_channels.c
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ struct ast_json *ast_channel_snapshot_to_json(
 		/* Broken up into groups of three for readability */
 		"{ s: s, s: s, s: s,"
 		"  s: o, s: o, s: s,"
-		"  s: o, s: o }",
+		"  s: o, s: o, s: s }",
 		/* First line */
 		"id", snapshot->uniqueid,
 		"name", snapshot->name,
@@ -902,7 +902,8 @@ struct ast_json *ast_channel_snapshot_to_json(
 		/* Third line */
 		"dialplan", ast_json_dialplan_cep(
 			snapshot->context, snapshot->exten, snapshot->priority),
-		"creationtime", ast_json_timeval(snapshot->creationtime, NULL));
+		"creationtime", ast_json_timeval(snapshot->creationtime, NULL),
+		"language", snapshot->language);
 
 	return ast_json_ref(json_chan);
 }
diff --git a/res/ari/ari_model_validators.c b/res/ari/ari_model_validators.c
index 9b5671a76f68a6bd49eafb764606253bdb6f2848..491a4cca197c203bc1651a3c2dfedf62095209d3 100644
--- a/res/ari/ari_model_validators.c
+++ b/res/ari/ari_model_validators.c
@@ -786,6 +786,7 @@ int ast_ari_validate_channel(struct ast_json *json)
 	int has_creationtime = 0;
 	int has_dialplan = 0;
 	int has_id = 0;
+	int has_language = 0;
 	int has_name = 0;
 	int has_state = 0;
 
@@ -850,6 +851,16 @@ int ast_ari_validate_channel(struct ast_json *json)
 				res = 0;
 			}
 		} else
+		if (strcmp("language", ast_json_object_iter_key(iter)) == 0) {
+			int prop_is_valid;
+			has_language = 1;
+			prop_is_valid = ast_ari_validate_string(
+				ast_json_object_iter_value(iter));
+			if (!prop_is_valid) {
+				ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "ARI Channel field language failed validation\n");
+				res = 0;
+			}
+		} else
 		if (strcmp("name", ast_json_object_iter_key(iter)) == 0) {
 			int prop_is_valid;
 			has_name = 1;
@@ -908,6 +919,11 @@ int ast_ari_validate_channel(struct ast_json *json)
 		res = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!has_language) {
+		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "ARI Channel missing required field language\n");
+		res = 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!has_name) {
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "ARI Channel missing required field name\n");
 		res = 0;
diff --git a/res/ari/ari_model_validators.h b/res/ari/ari_model_validators.h
index de8547cb138c72e7bb87caedf902bbb56409d408..947e28852db3f5715513893ee96db52286d3c03e 100644
--- a/res/ari/ari_model_validators.h
+++ b/res/ari/ari_model_validators.h
@@ -1242,6 +1242,7 @@ ari_validator ast_ari_validate_application_fn(void);
  * - creationtime: Date (required)
  * - dialplan: DialplanCEP (required)
  * - id: string (required)
+ * - language: string (required)
  * - name: string (required)
  * - state: string (required)
  * Dialed
diff --git a/rest-api/api-docs/channels.json b/rest-api/api-docs/channels.json
index f9c8d8647a114e9ab14fdc12a25c4b4cc1b4f15c..cd309db1098f778b710b2b2f533fa078b462b736 100644
--- a/rest-api/api-docs/channels.json
+++ b/rest-api/api-docs/channels.json
@@ -1465,6 +1465,11 @@
 					"required": true,
 					"type": "Date",
 					"description": "Timestamp when channel was created"
+				},
+				"language": {
+					"required": true,
+					"type": "string",
+					"description": "The default spoken language"
 				}
 			}
 		}