diff --git a/tinymce/widgets.py b/tinymce/widgets.py
index 6a980cd2..964c9ae4 100644
--- a/tinymce/widgets.py
+++ b/tinymce/widgets.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class AdminTinyMCE(admin_widgets.AdminTextareaWidget, TinyMCE):
 
 
 def get_language_config(content_language=None):
-    language = get_language()[:2]
+    language = get_language()
     if content_language:
         content_language = content_language[:2]
     else: