3 files changed, 53 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/hugolib/config_test.go b/hugolib/config_test.go
index aa7785f92..93060134d 100644
--- a/hugolib/config_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/config_test.go
@@ -742,19 +742,35 @@ themeconfigdirparam: {{ site.Params.themeconfigdirparam }}
 
 }
 
-// TODO(beo) find a better place for this.
 func TestReproCommentsIn10947(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	files := `
 -- hugo.toml --
 baseURL = "https://example.com"
--- content/mysection/_index.md --
+disableKinds = ["taxonomy", "term", "RSS", "sitemap", "robotsTXT"]
+[languages]
+[languages.en]
+title = "English Title"
+[languages.en.params]
+myparam = "enParamValue"
+[languages.sv]
+title = "Svensk Title"
+[languages.sv.params]
+myparam = "svParamValue"
+-- content/mysection/_index.en.md --
+---
+title: "My English Section"
 ---
-title: "My Section"
+-- content/mysection/_index.sv.md --
+---
+title: "My Swedish Section"
 ---
 -- layouts/index.html --
-Sections: {{ if site.Sections }}true{{ end }}|
+{{ range $i, $e := (slice site .Site) }}
+{{ $i }}|AllPages: {{ len .AllPages }}|Sections: {{ if .Sections }}true{{ end }}| Author: {{ .Authors }}|BuildDrafts: {{ .BuildDrafts }}|IsMultiLingual: {{ .IsMultiLingual }}|Param: {{ .Language.Params.myparam }}|
+{{ end }}
+
 
 
 `
@@ -765,6 +781,18 @@ Sections: {{ if site.Sections }}true{{ end }}|
 		},
 	).Build()
 
-	b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html", "Sections: true|")
+	b.Assert(b.H.Log.LogCounters().WarnCounter.Count(), qt.Equals, uint64(2))
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/index.html", `
+AllPages: 4|
+Sections: true|
+Param: enParamValue	
+Param: enParamValue	
+IsMultiLingual: true
+`)
+
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/sv/index.html", `
+Param: svParamValue	
+
+`)
 
 }
diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_sites_build.go b/hugolib/hugo_sites_build.go
index 52ed34bf3..f86d425b3 100644
--- a/hugolib/hugo_sites_build.go
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_sites_build.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/publisher"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs"
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// To avoid circular dependencies, we set this here.
+	langs.DeprecationFunc = helpers.Deprecated
+}
+
 // Build builds all sites. If filesystem events are provided,
 // this is considered to be a potential partial rebuild.
 func (h *HugoSites) Build(config BuildCfg, events ...fsnotify.Event) error {
diff --git a/hugolib/site_new.go b/hugolib/site_new.go
index f449b857a..2b959a8da 100644
--- a/hugolib/site_new.go
+++ b/hugolib/site_new.go
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ func NewHugoSites(cfg deps.DepsCfg) (*HugoSites, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		langs.SetParams(language, conf.Params)
+
 		s := &Site{
 			conf:     conf,
 			language: language,
@@ -411,6 +413,10 @@ func (s *Site) Author() map[string]any {
 	return s.conf.Author
 }
 
+func (s *Site) Authors() page.AuthorList {
+	return page.AuthorList{}
+}
+
 func (s *Site) Social() map[string]string {
 	return s.conf.Social
 }
@@ -434,6 +440,14 @@ func (s *Site) Data() map[string]any {
 	return s.s.h.Data()
 }
 
+func (s *Site) BuildDrafts() bool {
+	return s.conf.BuildDrafts
+}
+
+func (s *Site) IsMultiLingual() bool {
+	return s.h.isMultiLingual()
+}
+
 func (s *Site) LanguagePrefix() string {
 	conf := s.s.Conf
 	if !conf.IsMultiLingual() {