diff --git a/src/contracts/Repository/LanguageResolver.php b/src/contracts/Repository/LanguageResolver.php
index 4fc92bb298..302d8db0ed 100644
--- a/src/contracts/Repository/LanguageResolver.php
+++ b/src/contracts/Repository/LanguageResolver.php
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ public function setContextLanguage(?string $contextLanguage): void;
      */
     public function getPrioritizedLanguages(?array $forcedLanguages = null): array;
 
+    /**
+     * Get first prioritized language taking into account forced, context, and configured languages.
+     *
+     * @param array|null $forcedLanguages Optional, typically arguments provided to API, will be used first if set.
+     *
+     * @throws \Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Exceptions\OutOfBoundsException If no prioritized language is found.
+     */
+    public function getFirstPrioritizedLanguage(?array $forcedLanguages = null): string;
+
     /**
      * Get currently set UseAlwaysAvailable.
      *
diff --git a/src/lib/Repository/SiteAccessAware/Language/AbstractLanguageResolver.php b/src/lib/Repository/SiteAccessAware/Language/AbstractLanguageResolver.php
index 27ac737c61..04d3bad1fc 100644
--- a/src/lib/Repository/SiteAccessAware/Language/AbstractLanguageResolver.php
+++ b/src/lib/Repository/SiteAccessAware/Language/AbstractLanguageResolver.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace Ibexa\Core\Repository\SiteAccessAware\Language;
 
+use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Exceptions\OutOfBoundsException;
 use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\LanguageResolver as APILanguageResolver;
 use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Values\Content\Language;
 
@@ -108,6 +109,18 @@ final public function getPrioritizedLanguages(?array $forcedLanguages = null): a
         return array_values(array_unique(array_merge($languages, $this->getConfiguredLanguages())));
     }
 
+    public function getFirstPrioritizedLanguage(?array $forcedLanguages = null): string
+    {
+        $languages = $this->getPrioritizedLanguages();
+
+        $firstLanguage = reset($languages);
+        if ($firstLanguage === false) {
+            throw new OutOfBoundsException('No prioritized language found.');
+        }
+
+        return $firstLanguage;
+    }
+
     /**
      * For use by event listening to config resolver scope changes (or other event changing configured languages).
      *
diff --git a/tests/lib/Repository/SiteAccessAware/Language/LanguageResolverTest.php b/tests/lib/Repository/SiteAccessAware/Language/LanguageResolverTest.php
index 9832182548..27d3fa730c 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Repository/SiteAccessAware/Language/LanguageResolverTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Repository/SiteAccessAware/Language/LanguageResolverTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace Ibexa\Tests\Core\Repository\SiteAccessAware\Language;
 
+use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Exceptions\OutOfBoundsException;
 use Ibexa\Core\Repository\SiteAccessAware\Language\LanguageResolver;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
@@ -50,6 +51,29 @@ public function testGetPrioritizedLanguages(
         );
     }
 
+    public function testGetFirstPrioritizedLanguage(): void
+    {
+        $languageResolver = new LanguageResolver(
+            configLanguages: ['pol-PL', 'eng-GB'],
+            defaultUseAlwaysAvailable: true,
+            defaultShowAllTranslations: false
+        );
+
+        self::assertEquals('eng-GB', $languageResolver->getFirstPrioritizedLanguage());
+    }
+
+    public function testGetFirstPrioritizedLanguageThrowsExceptionWhenNoLanguageFound(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(OutOfBoundsException::class);
+
+        $languageResolver = new LanguageResolver(
+            configLanguages: [],
+            defaultUseAlwaysAvailable: true,
+            defaultShowAllTranslations: false
+        );
+        $languageResolver->getFirstPrioritizedLanguage();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Data provider for testGetPrioritizedLanguages.
      *