From 29e8edcb7035dba1030f39ac127babeb0671b8a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wendelin <w@pe8.at>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 16:23:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Language picker add search fallback to en

---
 src/components/ha-language-picker.ts | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/ha-language-picker.ts b/src/components/ha-language-picker.ts
index 40fb2a039c..6995f2b375 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-language-picker.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-language-picker.ts
@@ -40,14 +40,22 @@ export const getLanguageOptions = (
       return {
         id: lang,
         primary,
-        search_labels: [primary],
+        search_labels: [
+          primary,
+          formatLanguageCode(lang, { language: "en" } as FrontendLocaleData),
+        ],
       };
     });
   } else if (locale) {
     options = languages.map((lang) => ({
       id: lang,
       primary: formatLanguageCode(lang, locale),
-      search_labels: [formatLanguageCode(lang, locale)],
+      search_labels: [
+        formatLanguageCode(lang, locale),
+        ...(locale.language !== "en"
+          ? [formatLanguageCode(lang, { language: "en" } as FrontendLocaleData)]
+          : []),
+      ],
     }));
   }