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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+// {{{ License
+// This file is part of GNU social - https://www.gnu.org/software/social
+//
+// GNU social is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// GNU social is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with GNU social.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+// }}}
+
+namespace Component\Language;
+
+use App\Core\DB\DB;
+use App\Core\Event;
+use App\Core\Modules\Component;
+use App\Entity\Actor;
+use App\Entity\Note;
+use Functional as F;
+
+class Language extends Component
+{
+    public function onFilterNoteList(Actor $actor, array &$notes)
+    {
+        $language        = $actor->getTopLanguage();
+        $locale          = explode('_', $language->getLocale())[0];
+        $language_family = F\reindex(
+            DB::dql('select l from language l where l.locale like :locale', ['locale' => $locale . '%']),
+            fn ($l) => $l->getId(),
+        );
+
+        $notes = F\select(
+            $notes,
+            fn (Note $n) => \array_key_exists($n->getLanguageId(), $language_family) && !str_contains($language_family[$n->getLanguageId()]->getLocale(), '_') ? \in_array($n->getLanguageId(), array_keys($language_family)) : $n->getLanguageId() === $language->getId(),
+        );
+
+        return Event::next;
+    }
+}