diff --git a/core/includes/config.inc b/core/includes/config.inc
index 8d0eea1..d0b0a64 100644
--- a/core/includes/config.inc
+++ b/core/includes/config.inc
@@ -86,3 +86,26 @@ function config_get_storage_names_with_prefix($prefix = '') {
 function config($name, $class = 'Drupal\Core\Config\DrupalConfig') {
   return new $class(new DatabaseStorage($name));
 }
+
+/**
+ * Load and parse a config file directly from a module's config directory.
+ *
+ * This function should be used to parse config files during installation. It
+ * does not use config's active store.
+ *
+ * @param $name
+ *   The name of the configuration to retrieve. The name corresponds to a
+ *   configuration file. For book.admin, the array returned will contain the
+ *   contents of book.admin configuration file.
+ * @param $module
+ *   The name of a module that provides the configuration file.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   An array containing the configuration data.
+ */
+function config_install_load_from_module($config_name, $module) {
+  $file_storage = new FileStorage($config_name);
+  $module_config_dir = drupal_get_path('module', $module) . '/config';
+  $file_storage->setPath($module_config_dir);
+  return $file_storage->read();
+}
diff --git a/core/includes/install.core.inc b/core/includes/install.core.inc
index eb9dff9..afa7914 100644
--- a/core/includes/install.core.inc
+++ b/core/includes/install.core.inc
@@ -1357,10 +1357,9 @@ function install_select_language(&$install_state) {
  * Form API array definition for language selection.
  */
 function install_select_language_form($form, &$form_state, $files) {
-  include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/includes/standard.inc';
   include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/modules/language/language.negotiation.inc';
 
-  $standard_languages = standard_language_list();
+  $standard_languages = config_install_load_from_module('system.standard.languages', 'system');
   $select_options = array();
   $languages = array();
 
@@ -1514,8 +1513,7 @@ function install_import_translations(&$install_state) {
   include_once drupal_get_path('module', 'locale') . '/locale.bulk.inc';
   $langcode = $install_state['parameters']['langcode'];
 
-  include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/includes/standard.inc';
-  $standard_languages = standard_language_list();
+  $standard_languages = config_install_load_from_module('system.standard.languages', 'system');
   if (!isset($standard_languages[$langcode])) {
     // Drupal does not know about this language, so we prefill its values with
     // our best guess. The user will be able to edit afterwards.
diff --git a/core/includes/standard.inc b/core/includes/standard.inc
index 808073f..03d8949 100644
--- a/core/includes/standard.inc
+++ b/core/includes/standard.inc
@@ -278,125 +278,3 @@ function standard_country_list() {
 
   return $countries;
 }
-
-/**
- * Some common languages with their English and native names.
- *
- * Language codes are defined by the W3C language tags document for
- * interoperability. Language codes typically have a language and optionally,
- * a script or regional variant name. See
- * http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/ for more information.
- *
- * This list is based on languages available from localize.drupal.org. See
- * http://localize.drupal.org/issues for information on how to add languages
- * there.
- *
- * The "Left-to-right marker" comments and the enclosed UTF-8 markers are to
- * make otherwise strange looking PHP syntax natural (to not be displayed in
- * right to left). See http://drupal.org/node/128866#comment-528929.
- *
- * @return
- *   An array of language code to language name information.
- *   Language name information itself is an array of English and native names.
- */
-function standard_language_list() {
-  return array(
-    'af' => array('Afrikaans', 'Afrikaans'),
-    'am' => array('Amharic', 'አማርኛ'),
-    'ar' => array('Arabic', /* Left-to-right marker "‭" */ 'العربية', LANGUAGE_RTL),
-    'ast' => array('Asturian', 'Asturianu'),
-    'az' => array('Azerbaijani', 'Azərbaycanca'),
-    'be' => array('Belarusian', 'Беларуская'),
-    'bg' => array('Bulgarian', 'Български'),
-    'bn' => array('Bengali', 'বাংলা'),
-    'bo' => array('Tibetan', 'བོད་སྐད་'),
-    'bs' => array('Bosnian', 'Bosanski'),
-    'ca' => array('Catalan', 'Català'),
-    'cs' => array('Czech', 'Čeština'),
-    'cy' => array('Welsh', 'Cymraeg'),
-    'da' => array('Danish', 'Dansk'),
-    'de' => array('German', 'Deutsch'),
-    'dz' => array('Dzongkha', 'རྫོང་ཁ'),
-    'el' => array('Greek', 'Ελληνικά'),
-    'en' => array('English', 'English'),
-    'en-gb' => array('English, British', 'English, British'),
-    'eo' => array('Esperanto', 'Esperanto'),
-    'es' => array('Spanish', 'Español'),
-    'et' => array('Estonian', 'Eesti'),
-    'eu' => array('Basque', 'Euskera'),
-    'fa' => array('Persian, Farsi', /* Left-to-right marker "‭" */ 'فارسی', LANGUAGE_RTL),
-    'fi' => array('Finnish', 'Suomi'),
-    'fil' => array('Filipino', 'Filipino'),
-    'fo' => array('Faeroese', 'Føroyskt'),
-    'fr' => array('French', 'Français'),
-    'ga' => array('Irish', 'Gaeilge'),
-    'gd' => array('Scots Gaelic', 'Gàidhlig'),
-    'gl' => array('Galician', 'Galego'),
-    'gsw-berne' => array('Swiss German', 'Schwyzerdütsch'),
-    'gu' => array('Gujarati', 'ગુજરાતી'),
-    'he' => array('Hebrew', /* Left-to-right marker "‭" */ 'עברית', LANGUAGE_RTL),
-    'hi' => array('Hindi', 'हिन्दी'),
-    'hr' => array('Croatian', 'Hrvatski'),
-    'ht' => array('Haitian Creole', 'Kreyòl ayisyen'),
-    'hu' => array('Hungarian', 'Magyar'),
-    'hy' => array('Armenian', 'Հայերեն'),
-    'id' => array('Indonesian', 'Bahasa Indonesia'),
-    'is' => array('Icelandic', 'Íslenska'),
-    'it' => array('Italian', 'Italiano'),
-    'ja' => array('Japanese', '日本語'),
-    'jv' => array('Javanese', 'Basa Java'),
-    'ka' => array('Georgian', 'ქართული ენა'),
-    'kk' => array('Kazakh', 'Қазақ'),
-    'kn' => array('Kannada', 'ಕನ್ನಡ'),
-    'ko' => array('Korean', '한국어'),
-    'ku' => array('Kurdish', 'Kurdî'),
-    'ky' => array('Kyrgyz', 'Кыргызча'),
-    'lo' => array('Lao', 'ພາສາລາວ'),
-    'lt' => array('Lithuanian', 'Lietuvių'),
-    'lv' => array('Latvian', 'Latviešu'),
-    'mfe' => array('Mauritian Creole', 'Kreol Morisyen'),
-    'mg' => array('Malagasy', 'Malagasy'),
-    'mi' => array('Maori', 'Māori'),
-    'mk' => array('Macedonian', 'Македонски'),
-    'ml' => array('Malayalam', 'മലയാളം'),
-    'mn' => array('Mongolian', 'монгол'),
-    'mr' => array('Marathi', 'मराठी'),
-    'mt' => array('Maltese', 'Malti'),
-    'my' => array('Burmese', 'ဗမာစကား'),
-    'ne' => array('Nepali', 'नेपाली'),
-    'nl' => array('Dutch', 'Nederlands'),
-    'nb' => array('Norwegian Bokmål', 'Bokmål'),
-    'nn' => array('Norwegian Nynorsk', 'Nynorsk'),
-    'oc' => array('Occitan', 'Occitan'),
-    'or' => array('Oriya', 'ଓଡ଼ିଆ'),
-    'pa' => array('Punjabi', 'ਪੰਜਾਬੀ'),
-    'pl' => array('Polish', 'Polski'),
-    'pt' => array('Portuguese, International', 'Português, Internacional'),
-    'pt-pt' => array('Portuguese, Portugal', 'Português, Portugal'),
-    'pt-br' => array('Portuguese, Brazil', 'Português, Brasil'),
-    'ro' => array('Romanian', 'Română'),
-    'ru' => array('Russian', 'Русский'),
-    'sco' => array('Scots', 'Scots'),
-    'se' => array('Northern Sami', 'Sámi'),
-    'si' => array('Sinhala', 'සිංහල'),
-    'sk' => array('Slovak', 'Slovenčina'),
-    'sl' => array('Slovenian', 'Slovenščina'),
-    'sq' => array('Albanian', 'Shqip'),
-    'sr' => array('Serbian', 'Српски'),
-    'sv' => array('Swedish', 'Svenska'),
-    'sw' => array('Swahili', 'Kiswahili'),
-    'ta' => array('Tamil', 'தமிழ்'),
-    'ta-lk' => array('Tamil, Sri Lanka', 'தமிழ், இலங்கை'),
-    'te' => array('Telugu', 'తెలుగు'),
-    'th' => array('Thai', 'ภาษาไทย'),
-    'ti' => array('Tigrinya', 'ትግርኛ'),
-    'tr' => array('Turkish', 'Türkçe'),
-    'ug' => array('Uighur', 'Уйғур'),
-    'uk' => array('Ukrainian', 'Українська'),
-    'ur' => array('Urdu', /* Left-to-right marker "‭" */ 'اردو', LANGUAGE_RTL),
-    'vi' => array('Vietnamese', 'Tiếng Việt'),
-    'xx-lolspeak' => array('Lolspeak', 'Lolspeak'),
-    'zh-hans' => array('Chinese, Simplified', '简体中文'),
-    'zh-hant' => array('Chinese, Traditional', '繁體中文'),
-  );
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigFileContentTest.php b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigFileContentTest.php
index bfd27ac..54669a8 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigFileContentTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/lib/Drupal/config/Tests/ConfigFileContentTest.php
@@ -246,4 +246,20 @@ class ConfigFileContentTest extends WebTestBase {
     $key = 'invalid xml';
     $this->assertIdentical($config_data[$key], $config_parsed[$key]);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Test loading and parsing a config file from a module's config directory.
+   */
+  function testLoadAndParseModuleConfig() {
+    $expected = array(
+      'parent' =>
+        array(
+          'bar' => 'Bar',
+          'baz' => 'Baz',
+        ),
+      'foo' => 'Foo',
+    );
+    $module_config = config_install_load_from_module('config_upgrade.test', 'config_upgrade');
+    $this->assertIdentical($module_config, $expected);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/language/language.admin.inc b/core/modules/language/language.admin.inc
index 8fe85be..5005302 100644
--- a/core/modules/language/language.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/language/language.admin.inc
@@ -325,8 +325,7 @@ function language_admin_add_custom_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 function language_admin_add_predefined_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   // Predefined language selection.
   $langcode = $form_state['values']['predefined_langcode'];
-  include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/includes/standard.inc';
-  $predefined = standard_language_list();
+  $predefined = config('system.standard.languages')->get();
   $language = (object) array(
     'langcode' => $langcode,
   );
@@ -407,9 +406,8 @@ function language_admin_delete_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  * Prepare a language code list for unused predefined languages.
  */
 function language_admin_predefined_list() {
-  include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/includes/standard.inc';
   $languages = language_list();
-  $predefined = standard_language_list();
+  $predefined = config('system.standard.languages')->get();
   foreach ($predefined as $key => $value) {
     if (isset($languages[$key])) {
       unset($predefined[$key]);
diff --git a/core/modules/language/language.module b/core/modules/language/language.module
index 7acc783..92fa457 100644
--- a/core/modules/language/language.module
+++ b/core/modules/language/language.module
@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ function language_save($language) {
 
   // If name was not set, we add a predefined language.
   if (!isset($language->name)) {
-    include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/includes/standard.inc';
-    $predefined = standard_language_list();
+    $predefined = config('system.standard.languages')->get();
     $language->name = $predefined[$language->langcode][0];
     $language->direction = isset($predefined[$language->langcode][2]) ? $predefined[$language->langcode][2] : LANGUAGE_LTR;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc b/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc
index 7a8a977..577ba1e 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc
+++ b/core/modules/locale/locale.bulk.inc
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ function locale_translate_import_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
     // Add language, if not yet supported.
     $language = language_load($form_state['values']['langcode']);
     if (empty($language)) {
-      include_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/core/includes/standard.inc';
-      $predefined = standard_language_list();
+      $predefined = config('system.standard.languages')->get();
       $language = (object) array(
         'langcode' => $form_state['values']['langcode'],
       );
diff --git a/core/modules/system/config/system.standard.languages.yml b/core/modules/system/config/system.standard.languages.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c92adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/config/system.standard.languages.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+# Some common languages with their English and native names.
+#
+# Language codes are defined by the W3C language tags document for
+# interoperability. Language codes typically have a language and optionally,
+# a script or regional variant name. See
+# http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/ for more information.
+#
+# This list is based on languages available from localize.drupal.org. See
+# http://localize.drupal.org/issues for information on how to add languages
+# there.
+#
+# The "Left-to-right marker" comments and the enclosed UTF-8 markers are to
+# make otherwise strange looking syntax natural (to not be displayed in
+# right to left). See http://drupal.org/node/128866#comment-528929.
+af:
+    - Afrikaans
+    - Afrikaans
+am:
+    - Amharic
+    - አማርኛ
+ar:
+    - Arabic
+    - العربية
+    - 1
+ast:
+    - Asturian
+    - Asturianu
+az:
+    - Azerbaijani
+    - Azərbaycanca
+be:
+    - Belarusian
+    - Беларуская
+bg:
+    - Bulgarian
+    - Български
+bn:
+    - Bengali
+    - বাংলা
+bo:
+    - Tibetan
+    - བོད་སྐད་
+bs:
+    - Bosnian
+    - Bosanski
+ca:
+    - Catalan
+    - Català
+cs:
+    - Czech
+    - Čeština
+cy:
+    - Welsh
+    - Cymraeg
+da:
+    - Danish
+    - Dansk
+de:
+    - German
+    - Deutsch
+dz:
+    - Dzongkha
+    - རྫོང་ཁ
+el:
+    - Greek
+    - Ελληνικά
+en:
+    - English
+    - English
+en-gb:
+    - 'English, British'
+    - 'English, British'
+eo:
+    - Esperanto
+    - Esperanto
+es:
+    - Spanish
+    - Español
+et:
+    - Estonian
+    - Eesti
+eu:
+    - Basque
+    - Euskera
+fa:
+    - 'Persian, Farsi'
+    - فارسی
+    - 1
+fi:
+    - Finnish
+    - Suomi
+fil:
+    - Filipino
+    - Filipino
+fo:
+    - Faeroese
+    - Føroyskt
+fr:
+    - French
+    - Français
+ga:
+    - Irish
+    - Gaeilge
+gd:
+    - 'Scots Gaelic'
+    - Gàidhlig
+gl:
+    - Galician
+    - Galego
+gsw-berne:
+    - 'Swiss German'
+    - Schwyzerdütsch
+gu:
+    - Gujarati
+    - ગુજરાતી
+he:
+    - Hebrew
+    - עברית
+    - 1
+hi:
+    - Hindi
+    - हिन्दी
+hr:
+    - Croatian
+    - Hrvatski
+ht:
+    - 'Haitian Creole'
+    - 'Kreyòl ayisyen'
+hu:
+    - Hungarian
+    - Magyar
+hy:
+    - Armenian
+    - Հայերեն
+id:
+    - Indonesian
+    - 'Bahasa Indonesia'
+is:
+    - Icelandic
+    - Íslenska
+it:
+    - Italian
+    - Italiano
+ja:
+    - Japanese
+    - 日本語
+jv:
+    - Javanese
+    - 'Basa Java'
+ka:
+    - Georgian
+    - 'ქართული ენა'
+kk:
+    - Kazakh
+    - Қазақ
+kn:
+    - Kannada
+    - ಕನ್ನಡ
+ko:
+    - Korean
+    - 한국어
+ku:
+    - Kurdish
+    - Kurdî
+ky:
+    - Kyrgyz
+    - Кыргызча
+lo:
+    - Lao
+    - ພາສາລາວ
+lt:
+    - Lithuanian
+    - Lietuvių
+lv:
+    - Latvian
+    - Latviešu
+mfe:
+    - 'Mauritian Creole'
+    - 'Kreol Morisyen'
+mg:
+    - Malagasy
+    - Malagasy
+mi:
+    - Maori
+    - Māori
+mk:
+    - Macedonian
+    - Македонски
+ml:
+    - Malayalam
+    - മലയാളം
+mn:
+    - Mongolian
+    - монгол
+mr:
+    - Marathi
+    - मराठी
+mt:
+    - Maltese
+    - Malti
+my:
+    - Burmese
+    - ဗမာစကား
+ne:
+    - Nepali
+    - नेपाली
+nl:
+    - Dutch
+    - Nederlands
+nb:
+    - 'Norwegian Bokmål'
+    - Bokmål
+nn:
+    - 'Norwegian Nynorsk'
+    - Nynorsk
+oc:
+    - Occitan
+    - Occitan
+or:
+    - Oriya
+    - ଓଡ଼ିଆ
+pa:
+    - Punjabi
+    - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
+pl:
+    - Polish
+    - Polski
+pt:
+    - 'Portuguese, International'
+    - 'Português, Internacional'
+pt-pt:
+    - 'Portuguese, Portugal'
+    - 'Português, Portugal'
+pt-br:
+    - 'Portuguese, Brazil'
+    - 'Português, Brasil'
+ro:
+    - Romanian
+    - Română
+ru:
+    - Russian
+    - Русский
+sco:
+    - Scots
+    - Scots
+se:
+    - 'Northern Sami'
+    - Sámi
+si:
+    - Sinhala
+    - සිංහල
+sk:
+    - Slovak
+    - Slovenčina
+sl:
+    - Slovenian
+    - Slovenščina
+sq:
+    - Albanian
+    - Shqip
+sr:
+    - Serbian
+    - Српски
+sv:
+    - Swedish
+    - Svenska
+sw:
+    - Swahili
+    - Kiswahili
+ta:
+    - Tamil
+    - தமிழ்
+ta-lk:
+    - 'Tamil, Sri Lanka'
+    - 'தமிழ், இலங்கை'
+te:
+    - Telugu
+    - తెలుగు
+th:
+    - Thai
+    - ภาษาไทย
+ti:
+    - Tigrinya
+    - ትግርኛ
+tr:
+    - Turkish
+    - Türkçe
+ug:
+    - Uighur
+    - Уйғур
+uk:
+    - Ukrainian
+    - Українська
+ur:
+    - Urdu
+    - اردو
+    - 1
+vi:
+    - Vietnamese
+    - 'Tiếng Việt'
+xx-lolspeak:
+    - Lolspeak
+    - Lolspeak
+zh-hans:
+    - 'Chinese, Simplified'
+    - 简体中文
+zh-hant:
+    - 'Chinese, Traditional'
+    - 繁體中文