diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ab72cce6..45444998e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # v1.6.0-beta.4
 ## mm/dd/2018
 
+1. [](#new)
+    * Added `Utils::arrayFlattenDotNotation()` and `Utils::arrayUnflattenDotNotation()` helper methods
 1. [](#improved)
     * Added apcu autoloader optimization
+    * Additional helper methods in `Language`, `Languages`, and `LanguageCodes` classes
 1. [](#bugfix)
     * Use login provider User avatar if set
     
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Config/Languages.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Config/Languages.php
index aa97cdbf7..56f67804b 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Config/Languages.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Config/Languages.php
@@ -52,4 +52,15 @@ class Languages extends Data
     {
         $this->items = Utils::arrayMergeRecursiveUnique($this->items, $data);
     }
+
+    public function flattenByLang($lang)
+    {
+        $language = $this->items[$lang];
+        return Utils::arrayFlattenDotNotation($language);
+    }
+
+    public function unflatten($array)
+    {
+        return Utils::arrayUnflattenDotNotation($array);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Language/Language.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Language/Language.php
index 076d1033d..c581ecf08 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Language/Language.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Language/Language.php
@@ -504,4 +504,16 @@ class Language
         return $this->http_accept_language;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Accessible wrapper to LanguageCodes
+     *
+     * @param $code
+     * @param string $type
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getLanguageCode($code, $type = 'name')
+    {
+        return LanguageCodes::get($code, $type);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Language/LanguageCodes.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Language/LanguageCodes.php
index 063d41d25..a411ae43d 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Language/LanguageCodes.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Language/LanguageCodes.php
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class LanguageCodes
         return $results;
     }
 
-    protected static function get($code, $type)
+    public static function get($code, $type)
     {
         if (isset(static::$codes[$code][$type])) {
             return static::$codes[$code][$type];
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
index ec6993be9..a85148804 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
@@ -708,6 +708,55 @@ abstract class Utils
         return $flatten;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Flatten a multi-dimensional associative array into dot notation
+     *
+     * @param  array   $array
+     * @param  string  $prepend
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function arrayFlattenDotNotation($array, $prepend = '')
+    {
+        $results = array();
+        foreach ($array as $key => $value)
+        {
+            if (is_array($value))
+            {
+                $results = array_merge($results, static::arrayFlattenDotNotation($value, $prepend.$key.'.'));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                $results[$prepend.$key] = $value;
+            }
+        }
+        return $results;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Opposite of flatten, convert flat dot notation array to multi dimensional array
+     *
+     * @param $array
+     * @param string $separator
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function arrayUnflattenDotNotation($array, $separator = '.') {
+        $newArray = array();
+        foreach($array as $key => $value) {
+            $dots = explode($separator, $key);
+            if(count($dots) > 1) {
+                $last = &$newArray[ $dots[0] ];
+                foreach($dots as $k => $dot) {
+                    if($k == 0) continue;
+                    $last = &$last[$dot];
+                }
+                $last = $value;
+            } else {
+                $newArray[$key] = $value;
+            }
+        }
+        return $newArray;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks if the passed path contains the language code prefix
      *