diff --git a/metatag.module b/metatag.module
index c24e291..5ddefab 100644
--- a/metatag.module
+++ b/metatag.module
@@ -522,8 +522,7 @@ function metatag_entity_insert($entity, $entity_type) {
     list($id) = entity_extract_ids($entity_type, $entity);
 
     // Determine the language as per http://drupal.org/node/1626346.
-    $language = function_exists('entity_language') ?
-      entity_language($entity_type, $entity) : $entity->language;
+    $language = metatag_entity_get_language($entity_type, $entity);
 
     metatag_metatags_save($entity_type, $id, $entity->metatags, $language);
   }
@@ -536,10 +535,24 @@ function metatag_entity_update($entity, $entity_type) {
   list($id) = entity_extract_ids($entity_type, $entity);
 
   if (isset($entity->metatags)) {
-
     // Determine the language as per http://drupal.org/node/1626346.
-    $language = function_exists('entity_language') ?
-      entity_language($entity_type, $entity) : $entity->language;
+    $language = metatag_entity_get_language($entity_type, $entity);
+
+    // Identify the entity's old language value, delete the old record if that
+    // value has changed.
+    $metatags = metatag_metatags_load_multiple($entity_type, array($id));
+    if (!empty($metatags[$id])) {
+      $metatags = $metatags[$id];
+      $languages = array_keys($metatags);
+      $old_language = array_pop($languages);
+      if ($old_language != $language) {
+        db_delete('metatag')
+          ->condition('entity_type', $entity_type)
+          ->condition('entity_id', $id)
+          ->condition('language', $old_language)
+          ->execute();
+      }
+    }
 
     metatag_metatags_save($entity_type, $id, $entity->metatags, $language);
   }
@@ -624,9 +637,15 @@ function metatag_entity_view($entity, $entity_type, $view_mode, $langcode) {
         'view_mode' => $view_mode,
       );
 
+      // Identify the language to use with this entity.
+      $entity_language = metatag_entity_get_language($entity_type, $entity);
+
       // Ensure we actually pass a language object rather than language code.
       $languages = language_list();
-      if (isset($langcode) && isset($languages[$langcode])) {
+      if (isset($languages[$entity_language])) {
+        $options['language'] = $languages[$entity_language];
+      }
+      elseif (isset($languages[$langcode])) {
         $options['language'] = $languages[$langcode];
       }
 
@@ -672,24 +691,13 @@ function metatag_metatags_view($instance, array $metatags = array(), array $opti
 
   // If there are any tags, determine the translation to display.
   if (!empty($metatags)) {
-    // Get the display language.
-    if (isset($options['language']->language)) {
-      // Use the passed-in option.
-      $translation = $options['language']->language;
+    // Get the display language; default to the entity's language.
+    if (isset($options['language']) && isset($options['language']->language) && isset($metatags[$options['language']->language])) {
+      $metatags = $metatags[$options['language']->language];
     }
+    // We weren't given a language; use the global content one.
     elseif (isset($metatags[$GLOBALS['language_content']->language])) {
-      // We weren't given a language; use the global content one.
-      $translation = $GLOBALS['language_content']->language;
-    }
-    else {
-      // The language is not defined.
-      $translation = LANGUAGE_NONE;
-    }
-
-    // Choose the derived translation, fail over to the language-agnostic
-    // values if applicable.
-    if (!empty($metatags[$translation])) {
-      $metatags = $metatags[$translation];
+      $metatags = $metatags[$GLOBALS['language_content']->language];
     }
     elseif (!empty($metatags[LANGUAGE_NONE])) {
       $metatags = $metatags[LANGUAGE_NONE];
@@ -1147,20 +1155,12 @@ function metatag_field_attach_form($entity_type, $entity, &$form, &$form_state,
   $instance = "{$entity_type}:{$bundle}";
 
   // Grab the meta tags for display in the form if there are any.
-  if (isset($entity->metatags)) {
-
-    // Determine the entity language as per http://drupal.org/node/1626346.
-    $entity_language = function_exists('entity_language') ?
-      entity_language($entity_type, $entity) : $entity->language;
+  if (!empty($entity->metatags)) {
+    // Identify the language to use with this entity.
+    $entity_language = metatag_entity_get_language($entity_type, $entity);
 
     // Determine from where we should get the tags.
-    if (!(isset($entity->metatags[$langcode]) || isset($entity->metatags[$entity_language]))) {
-
-      // This is a preview so set the tags to the raw submission data.  No
-      // language has been set.
-      $metatags = $entity->metatags;
-    }
-    elseif (isset($entity->metatags[$langcode])) {
+    if (isset($entity->metatags[$langcode])) {
       // Set the tags to the translation set matching that of the form.
       $metatags = $entity->metatags[$langcode];
 
@@ -1178,9 +1178,14 @@ function metatag_field_attach_form($entity_type, $entity, &$form, &$form_state,
     // language. Instead, display tags in the language of the entity, the
     // source language of translations. The will provide translators with the
     // original text to translate.
-    else {
+    elseif (!empty($entity->metatags[$entity_language])) {
       $metatags = $entity->metatags[$entity_language];
     }
+    // This is a preview so set the tags to the raw submission data.  No
+    // language has been set.
+    else {
+      $metatags = $entity->metatags;
+    }
   }
   else {
     $metatags = array();
@@ -1505,6 +1510,36 @@ function metatag_config_access($op, $config = NULL) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Identify the language identifier to be used with an entity.
+ *
+ * @param $entity_type
+ *   An entity type's machine name.
+ * @param $entity
+ *   The entity to review;
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   A string indicating the language code to be used.
+ */
+function metatag_entity_get_language($entity_type, $entity) {
+  // Determine the entity language as per http://drupal.org/node/1626346.
+  if (function_exists('entity_language')) {
+    $entity_language = entity_language($entity_type, $entity);
+  }
+  // Failover to the older method of entity language definition.
+  if (empty($entity_language)) {
+    if (isset($entity->language)) {
+      $entity_language = $entity->language;
+    }
+    // Nothing available.
+    else {
+      $entity_language = LANGUAGE_NONE;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return $entity_language;
+}
+
+/**
  * Implements of hook_features_api().
  */
 function metatag_features_api() {