diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6fc2b3765e2fc8d45b6232fae407b2648ad86ed7..3c6748d98c6a09ce9b5e188d584dc3b00a36db35 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ ConfBridge
    when the recording is stopped and then re-started, the existing recording
    will be used and appended to.
 
+ * ConfBridge now has the ability to set the language of announcements to the
+   conference.  The language can be set on a bridge profile in confbridge.conf
+   or by the dialplan function CONFBRIDGE(bridge,language)=en.
+
 ControlPlayback
 ------------------
  * The channel variable CPLAYBACKSTATUS may now return the value
diff --git a/apps/app_confbridge.c b/apps/app_confbridge.c
index 47cfa0b8bab0a35510bf4fae8ed42ee5caf2e0bb..6f1420fcd21be332d3283e9f2d7b2e78eb2e5e3a 100644
--- a/apps/app_confbridge.c
+++ b/apps/app_confbridge.c
@@ -1339,6 +1339,9 @@ static int alloc_playback_chan(struct confbridge_conference *conference)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	/* To make sure playback_chan has the same language of that profile */
+	ast_channel_language_set(conference->playback_chan, conference->b_profile.language);
+
 	ast_debug(1, "Created announcer channel '%s' to conference bridge '%s'\n",
 		ast_channel_name(conference->playback_chan), conference->name);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/apps/confbridge/conf_config_parser.c b/apps/confbridge/conf_config_parser.c
index 6c57f1614fd179af735035be49f6c86b3338cced..97c0696a7da1c855eb9fe7416eaff3eb379823b8 100644
--- a/apps/confbridge/conf_config_parser.c
+++ b/apps/confbridge/conf_config_parser.c
@@ -257,6 +257,15 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 						will be used.
 					</para></description>
 				</configOption>
+				<configOption name="language" default="en">
+					<synopsis>The language used for announcements to the conference.</synopsis>
+					<description><para>
+						By default, announcements to a conference use English.  Which means
+						the prompts played to all users within the conference will be
+						English.  By changing the language of a bridge, this will change
+						the language of the prompts played to all users.
+					</para></description>
+				</configOption>
 				<configOption name="mixing_interval">
 					<synopsis>Sets the internal mixing interval in milliseconds for the bridge</synopsis>
 					<description><para>
@@ -1417,6 +1426,7 @@ static char *handle_cli_confbridge_show_bridge_profile(struct ast_cli_entry *e,
 
 	ast_cli(a->fd,"--------------------------------------------\n");
 	ast_cli(a->fd,"Name:                 %s\n", b_profile.name);
+	ast_cli(a->fd,"Language:             %s\n", b_profile.language);
 
 	if (b_profile.internal_sample_rate) {
 		snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%d", b_profile.internal_sample_rate);
@@ -1934,6 +1944,7 @@ int conf_load_config(void)
 	aco_option_register(&cfg_info, "record_file_append", ACO_EXACT, bridge_types, "yes", OPT_BOOLFLAG_T, 1, FLDSET(struct bridge_profile, flags), BRIDGE_OPT_RECORD_FILE_APPEND);
 	aco_option_register(&cfg_info, "max_members", ACO_EXACT, bridge_types, "0", OPT_UINT_T, 0, FLDSET(struct bridge_profile, max_members));
 	aco_option_register(&cfg_info, "record_file", ACO_EXACT, bridge_types, NULL, OPT_CHAR_ARRAY_T, 0, CHARFLDSET(struct bridge_profile, rec_file));
+	aco_option_register(&cfg_info, "language", ACO_EXACT, bridge_types, "en", OPT_CHAR_ARRAY_T, 0, CHARFLDSET(struct bridge_profile, language));
 	aco_option_register_custom(&cfg_info, "^sound_", ACO_REGEX, bridge_types, NULL, sound_option_handler, 0);
 	/* This option should only be used with the CONFBRIDGE dialplan function */
 	aco_option_register_custom(&cfg_info, "template", ACO_EXACT, bridge_types, NULL, bridge_template_handler, 0);
diff --git a/apps/confbridge/include/confbridge.h b/apps/confbridge/include/confbridge.h
index 7c2abda6c484a5efb2a25aaf0f9c73cd7f2a6c8a..71ae5f7de37e5d8394013e9230b33f9a976359ab 100644
--- a/apps/confbridge/include/confbridge.h
+++ b/apps/confbridge/include/confbridge.h
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ struct bridge_profile_sounds {
 
 struct bridge_profile {
 	char name[64];
+	char language[MAX_LANGUAGE];		  /*!< Language used for playback_chan */
 	char rec_file[PATH_MAX];
 	unsigned int flags;
 	unsigned int max_members;          /*!< The maximum number of participants allowed in the conference */
diff --git a/configs/confbridge.conf.sample b/configs/confbridge.conf.sample
index 08a2dd30575efd6c6da38933372ec4c9bffe46da..a4f829aa2cc93d2edbc0863aac1040b0e37ccfa5 100644
--- a/configs/confbridge.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/confbridge.conf.sample
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ type=bridge
                            ;               is the single source of video distribution among all participants. If
                            ;               that user leaves, the marked user to join after them becomes the source.
 
+;language=en               ; Set the language used for announcements to the conference.
+                           ; Default is en (English).
+
 ; All sounds in the conference are customizable using the bridge profile options below.
 ; Simply state the option followed by the filename or full path of the filename after
 ; the option.  Example: sound_had_joined=conf-hasjoin  This will play the conf-hasjoin