diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/de.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/de.json
index bbf97e83..f784f7e9 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/de.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/de.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"@metadata": {
 		"authors": [
+			"Justman10000",
 			"Kghbln",
 			"Man77",
 			"Metalhead64",
@@ -20,5 +21,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "Vorgeschlagene Sprachen",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "Dies könnte dich interessieren:",
 	"uls-search-help": "Du kannst nach dem Namen der Sprache suchen, dem Namen der Schrift, dem ISO-Code der Sprache oder aber die Suche über eine Region durchführen.",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "Nach einer Sprache suchen"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "Nach einer Sprache suchen",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "Suchen"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/en.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/en.json
index d67fe538..3da7bbb3 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/en.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/en.json
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "Suggested languages",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "You may be interested in:",
 	"uls-search-help": "You can search by language name, script name, ISO code of language or you can browse by region.",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "Search for a language"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "Search for a language",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "Search"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/fr.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/fr.json
index 05a12235..2052d0a7 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/fr.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/fr.json
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "Langues suggérées",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "Ceci pourrait vous intéresser :",
 	"uls-search-help": "Vous pouvez rechercher par nom de langue, par nom de l’écriture, par code ISO de langue, ou bien vous pouvez naviguer par région.",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "Rechercher une langue"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "Rechercher une langue",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "Rechercher"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/ia.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/ia.json
index 39ce93fd..521cc0d8 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/ia.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/ia.json
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "Linguas suggerite",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "Tu pote esser interessate in:",
 	"uls-search-help": "Tu pote cercar per nomine de lingua, nomine de scriptura o codice ISO de lingua, o tu pote foliar per le regiones.",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "Cercar un lingua"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "Cercar un lingua",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "Cercar"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/it.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/it.json
index 45060d1a..a30ace4c 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/it.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/it.json
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "Lingue suggerite",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "Puoi essere interessato a:",
 	"uls-search-help": "È possibile cercare per nome, nome dello script, codice ISO della lingua o si può navigare tramite regione.",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "Cerca una lingua"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "Cerca una lingua",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "Ricerca"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/ja.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/ja.json
index 3e8bd32c..f4f4cf6d 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/ja.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/ja.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	"@metadata": {
 		"authors": [
 			"Fryed-peach",
+			"MathXplore",
 			"Otokoume",
 			"Santhosh.thottingal",
 			"Shirayuki"
@@ -20,5 +21,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "提案された言語",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "もしかして:",
 	"uls-search-help": "言語名、文字体系名、言語の ISO コードで検索できます。地域別の一覧から選択することもできます。",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "言語を検索"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "言語を検索",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "検索"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/kaa.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/kaa.json
index d2fa4598..d8de087e 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/kaa.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/kaa.json
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "Usınıs etilgen tiller",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "Sizdi qızıqtırıwı múmkin:",
 	"uls-search-help": "Siz til atı, skript atı, tildiń ISO kodı boyınsha izlewińiz yamasa region boyınsha kórip shıǵıwıńız múmkin.",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "Tildi izlew"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "Tildi izlew",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "Izlew"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/mk.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/mk.json
index aa43d5d1..77ff3356 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/mk.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/mk.json
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "Предложени јазици",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "Може да ве интересираат:",
 	"uls-search-help": "Можете да пребарувате по име на јазикот или писмото, по ISO-код на јазикот или пак да разгледате по региони.",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "Пребарување на јазик"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "Пребарување на јазик",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "Пребарај"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/pt-br.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/pt-br.json
index 5af62428..647d91c9 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/pt-br.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/pt-br.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 			"Cristofer Alves",
 			"Eduardo Addad de Oliveira",
 			"Eduardoaddad",
+			"Re demz",
 			"TheEduGobi",
 			"Tuliouel",
 			"Webysther"
@@ -23,5 +24,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "Idiomas sugeridos",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "Você pode interessar-se por:",
 	"uls-search-help": "Você pode pesquisar pelo nome da língua, o nome do alfabeto, código ISO da língua, ou você pode procurar por região.",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "Procurar um idioma"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "Procurar um idioma",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "Pesquisar"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/qqq.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/qqq.json
index f66f9f44..b57ca0d0 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/qqq.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/qqq.json
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "The ULS tries to guess the langugages that the user is most likely to pick. They are taken from geolocation (languages of the current country according to the IP address), previously selected languages, and the browser's accept-language. The list of these languages appears at the top of the ULS languages list, above the geographical regions. This is the title of that list.\n\nSee also {{msg-mw|Mobile-frontend-languages-structured-overlay-suggested-languages-header}}",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "Title for language suggestion in 'no results found' screen",
 	"uls-search-help": "Help text for searching.\n\n\"Script name\" is a name of a writing system, such as \"Latin\", \"Cyrillic\", \"Arabic\" etc.",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "Placeholder text in search box"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "Placeholder text in search box",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "Shorter placeholder text in search box when menu width is narrow"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/skr-arab.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/skr-arab.json
index 9ae7b01e..2d920a94 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/skr-arab.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/skr-arab.json
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "تجویز کردہ زباناں",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "تہاکوں ایندے وچ وی دلچسپی ہوسی",
 	"uls-search-help": "تساں زبان دے ناں، رسم الخط، زبان دے آئی ایس او کوڈ دے نال وی ڳول سڳدے ہو یا وت علاقے نال وی ڳول سڳدے ہو",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "زبان دی ڳول"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "زبان دی ڳول",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "ڳولو"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/sl.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/sl.json
index 7209a85a..a81dd4d7 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/sl.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/sl.json
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "Predlagani jeziki",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "Mogoče vas zanima:",
 	"uls-search-help": "Iščete lahko po imenu jezika, imenu pisave, jezikovni kodi ISO ali po področju.",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "Poiščite jezik"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "Poiščite jezik",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "Išči"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/wal.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/wal.json
index b52af03f..e8548c4a 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/wal.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/wal.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	"uls-region-WW": "Salo Sa'aa yuushuwaa",
 	"uls-region-SP": "Dummatidaagaa",
 	"uls-region-AM": "Amerkkaa",
-	"uls-region-AF": "Afrikkaa",
+	"uls-region-AF": "Afriqqaa",
 	"uls-region-EU": "Awurooppaa",
 	"uls-region-AS": "Iisiyaa",
 	"uls-region-ME": "Giddo Arsho",
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/zh-hant.json b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/zh-hant.json
index 1677ff49..21ead15b 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/zh-hant.json
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/i18n/zh-hant.json
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@
 	"uls-common-languages": "推薦語言",
 	"uls-no-results-suggestion-title": "您可能感興趣：",
 	"uls-search-help": "您可以按語言名稱、程式碼名稱、語言 ISO 代碼搜尋，或您亦可按區域瀏覽。",
-	"uls-search-placeholder": "搜尋一種語言"
+	"uls-search-placeholder": "搜尋一種語言",
+	"uls-search-placeholder-short": "搜尋"
 }
diff --git a/lib/jquery.uls/src/jquery.uls.core.js b/lib/jquery.uls/src/jquery.uls.core.js
index 1c5d2d17..15c37b76 100644
--- a/lib/jquery.uls/src/jquery.uls.core.js
+++ b/lib/jquery.uls/src/jquery.uls.core.js
@@ -174,7 +174,11 @@
 		i18n: function () {
 			if ( $.i18n ) {
 				this.$menu.find( '[data-i18n]' ).i18n();
-				this.$languageFilter.prop( 'placeholder', $.i18n( 'uls-search-placeholder' ) );
+				if ( this.getMenuWidth() === 'narrow' ) {
+					this.$languageFilter.prop( 'placeholder', $.i18n( 'uls-search-placeholder-short' ) );
+				} else {
+					this.$languageFilter.prop( 'placeholder', $.i18n( 'uls-search-placeholder' ) );
+				}
 			}
 		},