diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 8cdac67e..efe782c7 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ Each of the generator properties (like `name`, `address`, and `lorem`) are calle
     md5                     // 'de99a620c50f2990e87144735cd357e7'  
     sha1                    // 'f08e7f04ca1a413807ebc47551a40a20a0b4de5c'  
     sha256                  // '0061e4c60dac5c1d82db0135a42e00c89ae3a333e7c26485321f24348c7e98a5'  
+    locale                  // en_UK
+    countryCode             // UK
+    languageCode            // en
 
 ### `Faker\Provider\Base`
 
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/Miscellaneous.php b/src/Faker/Provider/Miscellaneous.php
index 802af007..d892167d 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/Miscellaneous.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/Miscellaneous.php
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ namespace Faker\Provider;
 
 class Miscellaneous extends \Faker\Provider\Base
 {
+	protected static $languageCode = array('cn', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'ru');
 
+	protected static $countryCode = array('CA', 'CN', 'DE', 'ES', 'FR', 'IE', 'IN', 'IT', 'MX', 'PT', 'RU', 'UK', 'US');
 	/**
 	 * Return a boolean, true or false
 	 *
@@ -39,5 +41,28 @@ class Miscellaneous extends \Faker\Provider\Base
 	{
 		return hash('sha256', mt_rand());
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @example 'fr_FR'
+	 */
+	public function locale()
+	{
+		return $this->languageCode() . '_' . $this->countryCode();
+	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @example 'FR'
+	 */
+	public static function countryCode()
+	{
+		return static::randomElement(static::$countryCode);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @example 'fr'
+	 */
+	public static function languageCode()
+	{
+		return static::randomElement(static::$languageCode);
+	}
 }
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