diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
index 1572129..a25b8d0 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
@@ -571,7 +571,13 @@ protected function setDefaultLangcode() {
     }
     if (empty($this->defaultLangcode)) {
       // Make sure we return a proper language object.
-      $this->defaultLangcode = Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED;
+      if (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('language')) {
+        $this->defaultLangcode = language_get_default_langcode($this->getEntityTypeId(), $this->bundle());
+      }
+      else {
+        // Make sure we return a proper language object.
+        $this->defaultLangcode = Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED;
+      }
     }
     // This needs to be initialized manually as it is skipped when instantiating
     // the language field object to avoid infinite recursion.
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/LanguageItem.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/LanguageItem.php
index 3bae65b..b539dcf 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/LanguageItem.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldType/LanguageItem.php
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ public function setValue($values, $notify = TRUE) {
    */
   public function applyDefaultValue($notify = TRUE) {
     // Default to LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED.
-    $this->setValue(array('value' => Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED), $notify);
+    $langcode = Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED;
+    if (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('language') && $entity = $this->getEntity()) {
+      $langcode = language_get_default_langcode($entity->getEntityTypeId(), $entity->bundle());
+    }
+    $this->setValue(array('value' => $langcode), $notify);
     return $this;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/content_translation/lib/Drupal/content_translation/Tests/Views/TranslationLinkTest.php b/core/modules/content_translation/lib/Drupal/content_translation/Tests/Views/TranslationLinkTest.php
index e1b939c..3297e28 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_translation/lib/Drupal/content_translation/Tests/Views/TranslationLinkTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_translation/lib/Drupal/content_translation/Tests/Views/TranslationLinkTest.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestBase;
 use Drupal\content_translation\Tests\ContentTranslationTestBase;
 use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestData;
+use Drupal\Core\Language\Language;
 
 /**
  * Tests the content translation overview link field handler.
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ function setUp() {
     $user->langcode = 'en';
     $user->save();
 
+    // Assign user 2 LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED code so entity can't be translated.
+    $user = user_load(2);
+    $user->langcode = Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED;
+    $user->save();
+
     ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('content_translation_test_views'));
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Entity/EntityTranslationTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Entity/EntityTranslationTest.php
index e819056..793366f 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Entity/EntityTranslationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Entity/EntityTranslationTest.php
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ protected function _testEntityLanguageMethods($entity_type) {
       'name' => 'test',
       'user_id' => $this->container->get('current_user')->id(),
     ));
+    $this->assertEqual($entity->language()->id, language_default()->id, format_string('%entity_type: Entity created with API has default language.', array('%entity_type' => $entity_type)));
+
+    $entity = entity_create($entity_type, array(
+      'name' => 'test',
+      'user_id' => $GLOBALS['user']->id(),
+      'langcode' => Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
+    ));
     $this->assertEqual($entity->language()->id, Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED, format_string('%entity_type: Entity language not specified.', array('%entity_type' => $entity_type)));
     $this->assertFalse($entity->getTranslationLanguages(FALSE), format_string('%entity_type: No translations are available', array('%entity_type' => $entity_type)));
 
@@ -150,7 +157,7 @@ protected function _testMultilingualProperties($entity_type) {
 
     // Create a language neutral entity and check that properties are stored
     // as language neutral.
-    $entity = entity_create($entity_type, array('name' => $name, 'user_id' => $uid));
+    $entity = entity_create($entity_type, array('name' => $name, 'user_id' => $uid, 'langcode' => Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED));
     $entity->save();
     $entity = entity_load($entity_type, $entity->id());
     $default_langcode = $entity->language()->id;
@@ -232,6 +239,7 @@ protected function _testMultilingualProperties($entity_type) {
     entity_create($entity_type, array(
       'user_id' => $properties[$langcode]['user_id'],
       'name' => 'some name',
+      'langcode' => Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
     ))->save();
 
     $entities = entity_load_multiple($entity_type);
@@ -294,7 +302,7 @@ function testEntityTranslationAPI() {
     $langcode = $this->langcodes[1];
     $entity = $this->entityManager
       ->getStorageController('entity_test_mul')
-      ->create(array('name' => $this->randomName()));
+      ->create(array('name' => $this->randomName(), 'langcode' => Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED));
 
     $entity->save();
     $hooks = $this->getHooksInfo();