Index: django/utils/feedgenerator.py
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--- django/utils/feedgenerator.py	(revision 6989)
+++ django/utils/feedgenerator.py	(working copy)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             'title': to_unicode(title),
             'link': iri_to_uri(link),
             'description': to_unicode(description),
-            'language': force_unicode(language),
+            'language': to_unicode(language),
             'author_email': to_unicode(author_email),
             'author_name': to_unicode(author_name),
             'author_link': iri_to_uri(author_link),