% pandoc -f latex -t native -M lang=en
\figurename\ 2
^D
[Para [Str "Figure\160\&2"]]

% pandoc -f latex -t native -M lang=de-DE
\figurename\ 2
^D
[Para [Str "Abbildung\160\&2"]]

% pandoc -f latex -t native -M lang=en
\setmainlanguage{german}
\figurename 2
^D
[Para [Str "Abbildung2"]]

% pandoc -f latex -t native -M lang=sr
\figurename~2
\figurename.
^D
[Para [Str "Slika\160\&2",SoftBreak,Str "Slika."]]