diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/wikimedia.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/wikimedia.py
index 2f2b49d0..39cc4c90 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/wikimedia.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/wikimedia.py
@@ -25,12 +25,17 @@ class WikimediaExtractor(BaseExtractor):
         self._init_category(match)
 
         if self.category == "wikimedia":
-            self.category = self.root.split(".")[-2]
+            labels = self.root.split(".")
+            self.lang = labels[-3][-2:]
+            self.category = labels[-2]
         elif self.category in ("fandom", "wikigg"):
+            self.lang = "en"
             self.basesubcategory = self.category
             self.category = (
                 f"{self.category}-"
                 f"{self.root.partition('.')[0].rpartition('/')[2]}")
+        else:
+            self.lang = ""
 
         if useragent := self.config_instance("useragent"):
             self.useragent = useragent
@@ -237,7 +242,8 @@ class WikimediaArticleExtractor(WikimediaExtractor):
 
         path = self.groups[-1]
         if path[2] == "/":
-            self.root = f"{self.root}/{path[:2]}"
+            self.lang = lang = path[:2]
+            self.root = f"{self.root}/{lang}"
             path = path[3:]
         if path.startswith("wiki/"):
             path = path[5:]
@@ -272,6 +278,7 @@ class WikimediaArticleExtractor(WikimediaExtractor):
 
     def prepare_info(self, info):
         info["page"] = self.path
+        info["lang"] = self.lang
 
 
 class WikimediaWikiExtractor(WikimediaExtractor):
diff --git a/test/results/fandom.py b/test/results/fandom.py
index fc9370a0..d8408af6 100644
--- a/test/results/fandom.py
+++ b/test/results/fandom.py
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ __tests__ = (
     "#category": ("wikimedia", "fandom-discogs", "file"),
     "#class"   : wikimedia.WikimediaArticleExtractor,
     "#results" : "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/discogs/images/a/ab/CH-0430D2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20241007150151&path-prefix=zh&format=original",
+
+    "lang": "zh",
 },
 
 {
diff --git a/test/results/wikipedia.py b/test/results/wikipedia.py
index 903f10ab..857679e8 100644
--- a/test/results/wikipedia.py
+++ b/test/results/wikipedia.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ __tests__ = (
     "extmetadata"   : dict,
     "filename"      : str,
     "height"        : int,
+    "lang"          : "en",
     "metadata"      : dict,
     "mime"          : r"re:image/\w+",
     "page"          : "Athena",