diff --git a/includes/Namespace.php b/includes/Namespace.php
index c87a12b7c08..2e2b8d61888 100644
--- a/includes/Namespace.php
+++ b/includes/Namespace.php
@@ -339,6 +339,33 @@ class MWNamespace {
 			return $wgContentNamespaces;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * List all namespace indices which are considered subject, aka not a talk
+	 * or special namespace. See also MWNamespace::isSubject
+	 *
+	 * @return array of namespace indices
+	 */
+	public static function getSubjectNamespaces() {
+		return array_filter(
+			MWNamespace::getValidNamespaces(),
+			'MWNamespace::isSubject'
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * List all namespace indices which are considered talks, aka not a subject
+	 * or special namespace. See also MWNamespace::isTalk
+	 *
+	 * @return array of namespace indices
+	 */
+	public static function getTalkNamespaces() {
+		return array_filter(
+			MWNamespace::getValidNamespaces(),
+			'MWNamespace::isTalk'
+		);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Is the namespace first-letter capitalized?
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/MWNamespaceTest.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/MWNamespaceTest.php
index da36ffda401..3b05d675d7f 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/includes/MWNamespaceTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/includes/MWNamespaceTest.php
@@ -437,6 +437,36 @@ class MWNamespaceTest extends MediaWikiTestCase {
 		$wgContentNamespaces = $saved;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 */
+	public function testGetSubjectNamespaces() {
+		$subjectsNS = MWNamespace::getSubjectNamespaces();
+		$this->assertContains(    NS_MAIN, $subjectsNS,
+			"Talk namespaces should have NS_MAIN" );
+		$this->assertNotContains( NS_TALK, $subjectsNS,
+			"Talk namespaces should have NS_TALK" );
+
+		$this->assertNotContains( NS_MEDIA, $subjectsNS,
+			"Talk namespaces should not have NS_MEDIA" );
+		$this->assertNotContains( NS_SPECIAL, $subjectsNS,
+			"Talk namespaces should not have NS_SPECIAL" );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 */
+	public function testGetTalkNamespaces() {
+		$talkNS = MWNamespace::getTalkNamespaces();
+		$this->assertContains(    NS_TALK, $talkNS,
+			"Subject namespaces should have NS_TALK" );
+		$this->assertNotContains( NS_MAIN, $talkNS,
+			"Subject namespaces should not have NS_MAIN" );
+
+		$this->assertNotContains( NS_MEDIA, $talkNS,
+			"Subject namespaces should not have NS_MEDIA" );
+		$this->assertNotContains( NS_SPECIAL, $talkNS,
+			"Subject namespaces should not have NS_SPECIAL" );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Some namespaces are always capitalized per code definition
 	 * in MWNamespace::$alwaysCapitalizedNamespaces