diff --git a/crates/engine/src/prefs.rs b/crates/engine/src/prefs.rs
index 800cff19..30b80668 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/prefs.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/prefs.rs
@@ -26,17 +26,19 @@ pub const PREFS_FILE: &str = "prefs.json";
 pub const LANGUAGES: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("Match System", "system"),
     ("English", "en"),
+    // Alphabetical by the language's own name after English; Cyrillic, Georgian, then CJK names
+    // follow the Latin ones.
+    ("Čeština", "cs"),
+    ("Deutsch", "de"),
+    ("Español", "es"),
+    ("Français", "fr"),
+    ("Português (Brasil)", "pt-br"),
+    ("Русский", "ru"),
+    ("Українська", "uk"),
+    ("ქართული", "ka"),
     ("日本語", "ja"),
     ("简体中文", "zh-hans"),
     ("繁體中文", "zh-hant"),
-    ("Українська", "uk"),
-    ("Español", "es"),
-    ("Português (Brasil)", "pt-br"),
-    ("Русский", "ru"),
-    ("Français", "fr"),
-    ("Deutsch", "de"),
-    ("Čeština", "cs"),
-    ("ქართული", "ka"),
 ];
 
 /// Settings ▸ Startup & Repair ▸ Window Graphics: (label, `startup.windowGraphics` value).
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
index a82c595b..ccd3059f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub(crate) use ui::catalog_characters;
 pub(crate) use ui::{set_current, tr, tr_args};
 
 /// Every language with a catalog, in the order Settings ▸ General ▸ Language lists them.
-const CATALOG_CODES: [&str; 11] = ["ja", "zh-hans", "zh-hant", "uk", "es", "pt-br", "ru", "fr", "de", "cs", "ka"];
+const CATALOG_CODES: [&str; 11] = ["cs", "de", "es", "fr", "pt-br", "ru", "uk", "ka", "ja", "zh-hans", "zh-hant"];
 
 /// The active interface language: the stored preference when it names a catalog, otherwise `en`
 /// (English is the source of every label and needs no lookup).