diff --git a/lib/rdf2marc/rdf2model/mappers/control_fields.rb b/lib/rdf2marc/rdf2model/mappers/control_fields.rb
index 0280bc6..b723dae 100644
--- a/lib/rdf2marc/rdf2model/mappers/control_fields.rb
+++ b/lib/rdf2marc/rdf2model/mappers/control_fields.rb
@@ -45,8 +45,22 @@ def parse_date(date_literal)
           raise BadRequestError, "#{date_literal} is an invalid date."
         end
 
+        LANGUAGE_PARTS = ['text', 'sung or spoken text'].freeze
+
         def language
-          language_uri = item.work.query.path_first_uri([BF.language])
+          language_nodes = item.work.query.path_all([BF.language])
+          preferred_nodes = language_nodes.select do |node|
+            LANGUAGE_PARTS.include?(item.work.query.path_first_literal([BF.part], subject_term: node)&.downcase)
+          end
+
+          language_blank_node = preferred_nodes.first || language_nodes.first
+          return nil if language_blank_node.nil?
+
+          language_node = item.work.query.path_first([RDF::RDFS.label], subject_term: language_blank_node)
+          return nil unless language_node.is_a?(RDF::URI)
+
+          language_uri = language_node.value
+
           return nil if language_uri.nil? || !language_uri.start_with?(%r{https?://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/})
 
           language_uri.sub(%r{^https?://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/}, '')
diff --git a/spec/rdf2marc/rdf2model/mappers/control_fields_spec.rb b/spec/rdf2marc/rdf2model/mappers/control_fields_spec.rb
index 80f0457..457871b 100644
--- a/spec/rdf2marc/rdf2model/mappers/control_fields_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rdf2marc/rdf2model/mappers/control_fields_spec.rb
@@ -98,25 +98,58 @@
   end
 
   describe 'general info language' do
-    let(:ttl) do
-      <<~TTL
-        <#{work_term}> <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/language> <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/ace>.
-        <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/ace> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> "Achinese".
-        <> <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/language> <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/bug>.
-        <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/bug> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> "Bugis".
-      TTL
+    context 'when language part is text' do
+      let(:ttl) do
+        <<~TTL
+          <#{work_term}> <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/language> _:b29, _:b30.
+          _:b29 a <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Language>;
+            <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/eng>;
+            <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/part> "Original"@en.
+          <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/eng> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> "English".
+          _:b30 a <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Language>;
+            <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/ukr>;
+            <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/part> "Text"@en.
+          <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/ukr> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> "Ukrainian".
+        TTL
+      end
+
+      let(:model) do
+        {
+          general_info: {
+            language: 'ukr',
+            place: 'xx'
+          }
+        }
+      end
+
+      include_examples 'mapper', described_class
     end
 
-    let(:model) do
-      {
-        general_info: {
-          language: 'ace',
-          place: 'xx'
+    context 'when no language part' do
+      let(:ttl) do
+        <<~TTL
+          <#{work_term}> <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/language> _:b29, _:b30.
+          _:b29 a <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Language>;
+            <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/eng>;
+            <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/part> "Original"@en.
+          <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/eng> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> "English".
+          _:b30 a <http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Language>;
+            <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/ukr>.
+          <http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/ukr> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> "Ukrainian".
+        TTL
+      end
+
+      let(:model) do
+        {
+          general_info: {
+            language: 'eng',
+            place: 'xx'
+          }
         }
-      }
-    end
+      end
 
-    include_examples 'mapper', described_class
+      include_examples 'mapper', described_class
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'general info book illustrative content' do