diff --git a/C4/Languages.pm b/C4/Languages.pm
index 6ecd39b385..3a5ee2ad8b 100644
--- a/C4/Languages.pm
+++ b/C4/Languages.pm
@@ -178,19 +178,35 @@ Returns a reference to an array of hashes:
 =cut
 
 sub getAllLanguages {
+    my $lang = shift;
+# if no parameter is passed to the function, it returns english languages names
+# if a $lang parameter conforming to RFC4646 syntax is passed, the function returns languages names translated in $lang
+# if a language name is not translated in $lang in database, the function returns english language name
     my @languages_loop;
     my $dbh=C4::Context->dbh;
-    my $current_language = shift || 'en';
+    my $default_language = 'en';
+    my $current_language = $default_language;
+    if ($lang) {
+        $current_language = regex_lang_subtags($lang)->{'language'};
+    }
     my $sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT * FROM language_subtag_registry WHERE type=\'language\'');
     $sth->execute();
     while (my $language_subtag_registry = $sth->fetchrow_hashref) {
-
-        # pull out all the script descriptions for each language
+        my $desc;
+        # check if language name is stored in current language
+        my $sth4= $dbh->prepare("SELECT description FROM language_descriptions WHERE type='language' AND subtag =? AND lang = ?");
+        $sth4->execute($language_subtag_registry->{subtag},$current_language);
+        while (my $language_desc = $sth4->fetchrow_hashref) {
+             $desc=$language_desc->{description};
+        }
         my $sth2= $dbh->prepare("SELECT * FROM language_descriptions LEFT JOIN language_rfc4646_to_iso639 on language_rfc4646_to_iso639.rfc4646_subtag = language_descriptions.subtag WHERE type='language' AND subtag =? AND language_descriptions.lang = ?");
-        $sth2->execute($language_subtag_registry->{subtag},$current_language);
-
+        if ($desc) {
+            $sth2->execute($language_subtag_registry->{subtag},$current_language);
+        }
+        else {
+            $sth2->execute($language_subtag_registry->{subtag},$default_language);
+        }
         my $sth3 = $dbh->prepare("SELECT description FROM language_descriptions WHERE type='language' AND subtag=? AND lang=?");
-
         # add the correct description info
         while (my $language_descriptions = $sth2->fetchrow_hashref) {
             $sth3->execute($language_subtag_registry->{subtag},$language_subtag_registry->{subtag});
diff --git a/catalogue/search.pl b/catalogue/search.pl
index 8b1234b5b2..d1a3ca259b 100755
--- a/catalogue/search.pl
+++ b/catalogue/search.pl
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ use CGI qw('-no_undef_params');
 my $cgi = new CGI;
 
 my ($template,$borrowernumber,$cookie);
-
+my $lang = C4::Templates::getlanguage($cgi, 'intranet');
 # decide which template to use
 my $template_name;
 my $template_type;
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ if ( $template_type eq 'advsearch' ) {
                       search_boxes_loop => \@search_boxes_array);
 
     # load the language limits (for search)
-    my $languages_limit_loop = getAllLanguages();
+    my $languages_limit_loop = getAllLanguages($lang);
     $template->param(search_languages_loop => $languages_limit_loop,);
 
     # Expanded search options in advanced search:
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ my ( $error,$query,$simple_query,$query_cgi,$query_desc,$limit,$limit_cgi,$limit
 my @results;
 
 ## I. BUILD THE QUERY
-my $lang = C4::Templates::getlanguage($cgi, 'intranet');
 ( $error,$query,$simple_query,$query_cgi,$query_desc,$limit,$limit_cgi,$limit_desc,$stopwords_removed,$query_type) = buildQuery(\@operators,\@operands,\@indexes,\@limits,\@sort_by,$scan,$lang);
 
 ## parse the query_cgi string and put it into a form suitable for <input>s
diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index 7677d86878..73d2c5368e 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ BEGIN {
 }
 
 my ($template,$borrowernumber,$cookie);
-
+my $lang = C4::Templates::getlanguage($cgi, 'opac');
 # decide which template to use
 my $template_name;
 my $template_type = 'basic';
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ $template->param(
 );
 
 # load the language limits (for search)
-my $languages_limit_loop = getAllLanguages();
+my $languages_limit_loop = getAllLanguages($lang);
 $template->param(search_languages_loop => $languages_limit_loop,);
 
 # load the Type stuff
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ my ($error,$query,$simple_query,$query_cgi,$query_desc,$limit,$limit_cgi,$limit_
 my @results;
 
 ## I. BUILD THE QUERY
-my $lang = C4::Templates::getlanguage($cgi, 'opac');
 ( $error,$query,$simple_query,$query_cgi,$query_desc,$limit,$limit_cgi,$limit_desc,$stopwords_removed,$query_type) = buildQuery(\@operators,\@operands,\@indexes,\@limits,\@sort_by, 0, $lang);
 
 sub _input_cgi_parse {