diff --git a/includes/dashboard.php b/includes/dashboard.php
index 9a11e5eb5..5533ef449 100644
--- a/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@ function action_admin_menu() {
  * @return string          The updated language.
  */
 function use_language_in_setting( $language = 'english', $context = '' ) {
+	global $locale, $wp_local_package;
+
 	// Get the currently set language.
 	$ep_language = Utils\get_language();
 
@@ -730,6 +732,17 @@ function use_language_in_setting( $language = 'english', $context = '' ) {
 		return $language;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * WordPress does not reset the language when switch_blog() is called.
+	 *
+	 * @see https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49263
+	 */
+	if ( 'ep_site_default' === $ep_language ) {
+		$locale           = null;
+		$wp_local_package = null;
+		$ep_language      = get_locale();
+	}
+
 	require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/translation-install.php';
 	$translations = wp_get_available_translations();
 
@@ -815,6 +828,10 @@ function use_language_in_setting( $language = 'english', $context = '' ) {
 		'Turkish',
 	];
 
+	$es_snowball_similar = [
+		'Brazilian' => 'Portuguese',
+	];
+
 	foreach ( $es_languages as $analyzer_name => $analyzer_language_codes ) {
 		if ( in_array( $wp_language, $analyzer_language_codes, true ) ) {
 			$language = $analyzer_name;
@@ -823,11 +840,12 @@ function use_language_in_setting( $language = 'english', $context = '' ) {
 	}
 
 	if ( 'filter_ewp_snowball' === $context ) {
-		if ( in_array( ucfirst( $language ), $es_snowball_languages, true ) ) {
-			return ucfirst( $language );
+		$uc_first_language = ucfirst( $language );
+		if ( in_array( $uc_first_language, $es_snowball_languages, true ) ) {
+			return $uc_first_language;
 		}
 
-		return 'English';
+		return $es_snowball_similar[ $uc_first_language ] ?? 'English';
 	}
 
 	if ( 'filter_ep_stop' === $context ) {
diff --git a/includes/partials/settings-page.php b/includes/partials/settings-page.php
index f59e708a9..26c537812 100644
--- a/includes/partials/settings-page.php
+++ b/includes/partials/settings-page.php
@@ -165,13 +165,21 @@
 						<?php
 						$ep_language = Utils\get_language();
 
-						wp_dropdown_languages(
+						$dropdown = wp_dropdown_languages(
 							[
 								'id'       => 'ep_language',
 								'name'     => 'ep_language',
 								'selected' => $ep_language,
+								'echo'     => false,
 							]
 						);
+
+						$default_site_option = sprintf(
+							"<option value='ep_site_default'>%s</option>",
+							__( 'Default to Site Language', 'elasticpress' )
+						);
+
+						echo preg_replace( '/<select(.*?)>/', "<select$1>{$default_site_option}", $dropdown ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped
 						?>
 						<p class="description"><?php esc_html_e( 'Default language for your Elasticsearch mapping.', 'elasticpress' ); ?></p>
 					</td>
diff --git a/includes/utils.php b/includes/utils.php
index 420811769..f56b70d70 100644
--- a/includes/utils.php
+++ b/includes/utils.php
@@ -495,13 +495,8 @@ function get_term_tree( $all_terms, $orderby = 'count', $order = 'desc', $flat =
  * @return string Default EP language.
  */
 function get_language() {
-	if ( defined( 'EP_IS_NETWORK' ) && EP_IS_NETWORK ) {
-		$ep_language = get_site_option( 'ep_language' );
-	} else {
-		$ep_language = get_option( 'ep_language' );
-	}
-
-	$ep_language = ! empty( $ep_language ) ? $ep_language : get_locale();
+	$ep_language = get_option( 'ep_language' );
+	$ep_language = ! empty( $ep_language ) ? $ep_language : 'ep_site_default';
 
 	/**
 	 * Filter the default language to use at index time
diff --git a/tests/php/TestDashboard.php b/tests/php/TestDashboard.php
index b9b697e76..f8253c139 100644
--- a/tests/php/TestDashboard.php
+++ b/tests/php/TestDashboard.php
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ class TestDashboard extends BaseTestCase {
 	 */
 	public function set_up() {
 		remove_filter( 'translations_api', __NAMESPACE__ . '\skip_translations_api' );
+
+		parent::set_up();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ public function set_up() {
 	 */
 	public function tear_down() {
 		tests_add_filter( 'translations_api', __NAMESPACE__ . '\skip_translations_api' );
+
+		parent::tear_down();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -68,6 +72,15 @@ public function test_use_language_in_setting_for_snowball() {
 		};
 		add_filter( 'ep_default_language', $existing_lang );
 		$this->assertSame( 'English', Dashboard\use_language_in_setting( '', 'filter_ewp_snowball' ) );
+
+		/**
+		 * Test similar languages
+		 */
+		$existing_lang = function () {
+			return 'pt_BR';
+		};
+		add_filter( 'ep_default_language', $existing_lang );
+		$this->assertSame( 'Portuguese', Dashboard\use_language_in_setting( '', 'filter_ewp_snowball' ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -90,4 +103,40 @@ public function test_use_language_in_setting_for_stop() {
 		add_filter( 'ep_default_language', $existing_lang );
 		$this->assertSame( '_english_', Dashboard\use_language_in_setting( '', 'filter_ep_stop' ) );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test the `use_language_in_setting` function when on multisite using `ep_site_default`
+	 *
+	 * @group skip-on-single-site
+	 * @group dashboard
+	 */
+	public function test_use_language_in_setting_for_multisite() {
+		$site_pt_br = wp_insert_site(
+			[
+				'domain'  => 'example.org',
+				'path'    => '/pt_BR',
+				'options' => [
+					'WPLANG' => 'pt_BR',
+				],
+			]
+		);
+		$site_he_il = wp_insert_site(
+			[
+				'domain'  => 'example.org',
+				'path'    => '/he_IL',
+				'options' => [
+					'WPLANG' => 'he_IL',
+				],
+			]
+		);
+
+		switch_to_blog( $site_pt_br );
+		$this->assertSame( 'brazilian', Dashboard\use_language_in_setting() );
+
+		/*
+		 * Hebrew is not a language supported by Elasticsearch out-of-the-box, so it should fallback to English.
+		 */
+		switch_to_blog( $site_he_il );
+		$this->assertSame( 'english', Dashboard\use_language_in_setting() );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/php/TestUtils.php b/tests/php/TestUtils.php
index ed356b6ba..5fc54f1f9 100644
--- a/tests/php/TestUtils.php
+++ b/tests/php/TestUtils.php
@@ -443,4 +443,36 @@ public function test_delete_transient() {
 
 		$this->assertSame( 1, did_action( $filter_name ) );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test the `get_language()` method
+	 *
+	 * @since 4.7.0
+	 * @group utils
+	 */
+	public function test_get_language() {
+		$this->assertSame( 'ep_site_default', Utils\get_language() );
+
+		$set_lang_via_option = function() {
+			return 'custom_via_option';
+		};
+		if ( is_multisite() ) {
+			add_filter( 'pre_site_option_ep_language', $set_lang_via_option );
+		} else {
+			add_filter( 'pre_option_ep_language', $set_lang_via_option );
+		}
+
+		$this->assertSame( 'custom_via_option', Utils\get_language() );
+
+		/**
+		 * Test the `ep_default_language` filter
+		 */
+		$set_lang_via_filter = function( $ep_language ) {
+			$this->assertSame( 'custom_via_option', $ep_language );
+			return 'custom_via_filter';
+		};
+		add_filter( 'ep_default_language', $set_lang_via_filter );
+
+		$this->assertSame( 'custom_via_filter', Utils\get_language() );
+	}
 }