diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19c1cc90..7f28d8a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ All new rewrite exclusively for Sanity Studio v3
     - [Basic configuration](#basic-configuration)
     - [Advanced configuration](#advanced-configuration)
     - [Language field](#language-field)
+    - [Excluding fields](#excluding-fields)
   - [Querying translations](#querying-translations)
     - [Querying with GROQ](#querying-with-groq)
     - [Querying with GraphQL](#querying-with-graphql)
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ export const createConfig({
 
 ### Language field
 
-The schema types that use document internationalization must also have a `string` field type with the same name configured in the `languageField` setting. Unless you want content creators to be able to change the language of a document, you may hide or disable this field since the plugin will handle writing patches to it.
+The schema types that use document internationalization must also have a `string` field type with the same path name configured in the `languageField` setting. Unless you want content creators to be able to change the language of a document, you may hide or disable this field since the plugin will handle writing patches to it.
 
 ```ts
 // ./schema/lesson.ts
@@ -166,7 +167,44 @@ defineField({
   type: 'string',
   readOnly: true,
   hidden: true,
-})
+}),
+
+// Nested value paths name are also possible e.g:
+{
+  name: 'option'
+  type: 'object',
+  fields: [
+    // ...other fields
+    // languageField: 'option.language'
+    defineField({
+      name: 'language',
+      type: 'string',
+      readOnly: true,
+      hidden: true,
+    }),
+  ],
+},
+
+// or in array...
+{
+  name: 'options',
+  type: 'array',
+  of: [
+    name: 'option'
+    type: 'object',
+    fields: [
+      // languageField: 'options[0].language'
+      defineField({
+        name: 'language',
+        type: 'string',
+        readOnly: true,
+        hidden: true,
+      }), 
+       // ...other fields
+    ],
+  ],
+}
+
 ```
 
 ### Excluding fields
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 92656861..5fe504e2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         "@sanity/incompatible-plugin": "^1.0.4",
         "@sanity/ui": "^2.1.0",
         "@sanity/uuid": "^3.0.2",
+        "just-safe-get": "^4.2.0",
         "sanity-plugin-internationalized-array": "^2.0.0",
         "sanity-plugin-utils": "^1.6.4"
       },
@@ -13025,6 +13026,11 @@
         "node": ">=4.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/just-safe-get": {
+      "version": "4.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/just-safe-get/-/just-safe-get-4.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+tS4Bvgr/FnmYxOGbwziJ8I2BFk+cP1gQHm6rm7zo61w1SbxBwWGEq/Ryy9Gb6bvnloPq6pz7Bmm4a0rjTNlXA=="
+    },
     "node_modules/keyv": {
       "version": "4.5.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/keyv/-/keyv-4.5.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f598a223..c956d0cc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "@sanity/incompatible-plugin": "^1.0.4",
     "@sanity/ui": "^2.1.0",
     "@sanity/uuid": "^3.0.2",
+    "just-safe-get": "^4.2.0",
     "sanity-plugin-internationalized-array": "^2.0.0",
     "sanity-plugin-utils": "^1.6.4"
   },
diff --git a/src/actions/DeleteTranslationAction.tsx b/src/actions/DeleteTranslationAction.tsx
index a2b0968d..11a83a08 100644
--- a/src/actions/DeleteTranslationAction.tsx
+++ b/src/actions/DeleteTranslationAction.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {TrashIcon} from '@sanity/icons'
 import {type ButtonTone, useToast} from '@sanity/ui'
+import get from 'just-safe-get'
 import {useCallback, useState} from 'react'
 import {
   type DocumentActionComponent,
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export const DeleteTranslationAction: DocumentActionComponent = (props) => {
   const [isDialogOpen, setDialogOpen] = useState(false)
   const [translations, setTranslations] = useState<SanityDocument[]>([])
   const onClose = useCallback(() => setDialogOpen(false), [])
-  const documentLanguage = doc ? doc[languageField] : null
+  const documentLanguage = doc ? get(doc, languageField) : null
 
   const toast = useToast()
   const client = useClient({apiVersion: API_VERSION})
diff --git a/src/badges/index.tsx b/src/badges/index.tsx
index 436c4a98..8efe1564 100644
--- a/src/badges/index.tsx
+++ b/src/badges/index.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import get from 'just-safe-get'
 import type {DocumentBadgeDescription, DocumentBadgeProps} from 'sanity'
 
 import {useDocumentInternationalizationContext} from '../components/DocumentInternationalizationContext'
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ export function LanguageBadge(
   const source = props?.draft || props?.published
   const {languageField, supportedLanguages} =
     useDocumentInternationalizationContext()
-  const languageId = source?.[languageField]
+  const languageId = source ? get(source, languageField) : null
 
   if (!languageId) {
     return null
diff --git a/src/components/DocumentInternationalizationMenu.tsx b/src/components/DocumentInternationalizationMenu.tsx
index ee935cc8..ba9a050a 100644
--- a/src/components/DocumentInternationalizationMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DocumentInternationalizationMenu.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   useClickOutside,
 } from '@sanity/ui'
 import {uuid} from '@sanity/uuid'
+import get from 'just-safe-get'
 import {type FormEvent, useCallback, useMemo, useState} from 'react'
 import {useEditState} from 'sanity'
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ export function DocumentInternationalizationMenu(
   const documentIsInOneMetadataDocument = useMemo(() => {
     return Array.isArray(data) && data.length <= 1
   }, [data])
-  const sourceLanguageId = source?.[languageField] as string | undefined
+  const sourceLanguageId = source ? get(source, languageField) : undefined
   const sourceLanguageIsValid = supportedLanguages.some(
     (l) => l.id === sourceLanguageId
   )