diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cb610feec..6c16de5b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 
 ### Issues Resolved
 
+- When using Chrome in some locale (such as `es-419`), the context menu would
+  not be displayed.
 - When the `MathfieldElement.isFunction` handler is updated, re-render all
   the mathfields on the page to take it into account.
 - **#2415** A content change event is now dispatched when the value of the
diff --git a/src/core/l10n.ts b/src/core/l10n.ts
index 522974a59..2a2195ad7 100644
--- a/src/core/l10n.ts
+++ b/src/core/l10n.ts
@@ -49,10 +49,22 @@ export const l10n: L10n = {
   },
 
   get numberFormatter(): Intl.NumberFormat {
-    if (!l10n._numberFormatter)
-      l10n._numberFormatter = new Intl.NumberFormat(l10n.locale);
-
-    return l10n._numberFormatter;
+    if (!l10n._numberFormatter) {
+      try {
+        l10n._numberFormatter = new Intl.NumberFormat(l10n.locale);
+      } catch (e) {
+        try {
+          // On Chrome, the navigator.locale can be returned as `es-419`,
+          // but it's not a valid locale for the Intl.NumberFormat constructor
+          l10n._numberFormatter = new Intl.NumberFormat(
+            l10n.locale.slice(0, 2)
+          );
+        } catch (e) {
+          l10n._numberFormatter = new Intl.NumberFormat('en-US');
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return l10n._numberFormatter!;
   },
 
   /*