diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Language.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Language.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Language.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Target/Language.h
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@
     return std::vector<ConstString>();
   };
 
+  /// Returns true iff the given symbol name is compatible with the mangling
+  /// scheme of this language.
+  ///
+  /// This function should only return true if there is a high confidence
+  /// that the name actually belongs to this language.
+  virtual bool SymbolNameFitsToLanguage(Mangled name) const { return false; }
+
   // if an individual data formatter can apply to several types and cross a
   // language boundary it makes sense for individual languages to want to
   // customize the printing of values of that type by appending proper
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/Mangled.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/Mangled.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Core/Mangled.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/Mangled.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "lldb/lldb-enumerations.h"
 
 #include "Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.h"
-#include "Plugins/Language/ObjC/ObjCLanguage.h"
 
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/Demangle/Demangle.h"
@@ -373,22 +372,16 @@
 // of mangling names from a given language, likewise the compilation units
 // within those targets.
 lldb::LanguageType Mangled::GuessLanguage() const {
-  ConstString mangled = GetMangledName();
-
-  if (mangled) {
-    const char *mangled_name = mangled.GetCString();
-    if (CPlusPlusLanguage::IsCPPMangledName(mangled_name))
-      return lldb::eLanguageTypeC_plus_plus;
-  } else {
-    // ObjC names aren't really mangled, so they won't necessarily be in the
-    // mangled name slot.
-    ConstString demangled_name = GetDemangledName();
-    if (demangled_name 
-        && ObjCLanguage::IsPossibleObjCMethodName(demangled_name.GetCString()))
-      return lldb::eLanguageTypeObjC;
-  
-  }
-  return lldb::eLanguageTypeUnknown;
+  lldb::LanguageType result = lldb::eLanguageTypeUnknown;
+  // Ask each language plugin to check if the mangled name belongs to it.
+  Language::ForEach([this, &result](Language *l) {
+    if (l->SymbolNameFitsToLanguage(*this)) {
+      result = l->GetLanguageType();
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  });
+  return result;
 }
 
 // Dump OBJ to the supplied stream S.
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.h
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.h
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
 
   static lldb_private::ConstString GetPluginNameStatic();
 
+  bool SymbolNameFitsToLanguage(Mangled mangled) const override;
+
   static bool IsCPPMangledName(llvm::StringRef name);
 
   // Extract C++ context and identifier from a string using heuristic matching
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
   return g_name;
 }
 
+bool CPlusPlusLanguage::SymbolNameFitsToLanguage(Mangled mangled) const {
+  const char *mangled_name = mangled.GetMangledName().GetCString();
+  return mangled_name && CPlusPlusLanguage::IsCPPMangledName(mangled_name);
+}
+
 // PluginInterface protocol
 
 lldb_private::ConstString CPlusPlusLanguage::GetPluginName() {
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/ObjCLanguage.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/ObjCLanguage.h
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/ObjCLanguage.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/ObjCLanguage.h
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
   std::vector<ConstString>
   GetMethodNameVariants(ConstString method_name) const override;
 
+  bool SymbolNameFitsToLanguage(Mangled mangled) const override;
+
   lldb::TypeCategoryImplSP GetFormatters() override;
 
   std::vector<ConstString>
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/ObjCLanguage.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/ObjCLanguage.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/ObjCLanguage.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/ObjCLanguage.cpp
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@
   return variant_names;
 }
 
+bool ObjCLanguage::SymbolNameFitsToLanguage(Mangled mangled) const {
+  ConstString demangled_name = mangled.GetDemangledName();
+  if (!demangled_name)
+    return false;
+  return ObjCLanguage::IsPossibleObjCMethodName(demangled_name.GetCString());
+}
+
 static void LoadObjCFormatters(TypeCategoryImplSP objc_category_sp) {
   if (!objc_category_sp)
     return;