diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
index ed7ad602e..9a7f3ebd4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,39 @@ language_table! {
     Ka, "ka", "ქართული", "Geor", include_str!("../locales/ka.json");
 }
 
+impl Locale {
+    /// Every language in the order the Settings row and Edit ▸ Language list them: English first
+    /// (the source language), then the rest by their own name with accents folded, so Čeština
+    /// sits under C. Names in other scripts follow the Latin ones in code point order: Cyrillic,
+    /// Georgian, then the CJK languages.
+    pub fn for_picker() -> Vec<Self> {
+        let mut rest: Vec<Self> = Self::ALL.iter().copied().filter(|l| *l != Self::En).collect();
+        rest.sort_by_cached_key(|l| name_sort_key(l.name()));
+        std::iter::once(Self::En).chain(rest).collect()
+    }
+}
+
+/// `name` lowercased with the Latin accents that occur in language names folded away, so a
+/// byte-wise sort reads alphabetically. Other scripts are left as they are.
+fn name_sort_key(name: &str) -> String {
+    name.chars()
+        .flat_map(char::to_lowercase)
+        .map(|c| match c {
+            'à'..='å' | 'ā' | 'ă' | 'ą' => 'a',
+            'ç' | 'ć' | 'č' => 'c',
+            'è'..='ë' | 'ē' | 'ě' | 'ę' | 'ế' | 'ệ' => 'e',
+            'ì'..='ï' | 'ī' => 'i',
+            'ñ' | 'ń' | 'ň' => 'n',
+            'ò'..='ö' | 'ø' | 'ő' => 'o',
+            'ś' | 'š' => 's',
+            'ù'..='ü' | 'ū' | 'ů' | 'ű' => 'u',
+            'ý' | 'ÿ' => 'y',
+            'ź' | 'ż' | 'ž' => 'z',
+            c => c,
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
 // The settings file stores the BCP-47 code (`"zh-hans"`), never the Rust variant name, so a
 // language can be renamed in code without invalidating anyone's settings.
 impl Serialize for Locale {
@@ -1601,3 +1634,25 @@ mod tests {
         set_language(Locale::En);
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod picker_order_tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn picker_lists_english_first_then_names_alphabetically() {
+        let order = Locale::for_picker();
+        assert_eq!(order.first(), Some(&Locale::En));
+        assert_eq!(order.len(), Locale::ALL.len());
+        let keys: Vec<String> = order[1..].iter().map(|l| name_sort_key(l.name())).collect();
+        assert!(keys.windows(2).all(|w| w[0] <= w[1]), "{keys:?}");
+        assert_eq!(name_sort_key("Čeština"), "cestina");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn language_menu_lists_the_picker_order() {
+        let menu: Vec<&str> = crate::menus::LANGUAGE_COMMANDS.iter().map(|c| c.1).collect();
+        let picker: Vec<&str> = Locale::for_picker().into_iter().map(Locale::name).collect();
+        assert_eq!(menu, picker, "Edit ▸ Language and the Settings row list the languages the same way");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index 743bd4600..704231d6b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -15,19 +15,21 @@ pub type UiCommand = (&'static str, &'static str, Option<&'static str>, &'static
 /// has a matching menu command (also listed through the control channel). Tests check coverage.
 pub const LANGUAGE_COMMANDS: &[UiCommand] = &[
     ("app.language.english", crate::i18n::Locale::En.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
-    ("app.language.simplifiedChinese", crate::i18n::Locale::ZhHans.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
-    ("app.language.traditionalChinese", crate::i18n::Locale::ZhHant.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
-    ("app.language.japanese", crate::i18n::Locale::Ja.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
-    ("app.language.portuguese", crate::i18n::Locale::PtBr.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
-    ("app.language.french", crate::i18n::Locale::Fr.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
-    ("app.language.spanish", crate::i18n::Locale::Es.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
+    // The picker order (`Locale::for_picker`): alphabetical by the language's own name after
+    // English; Cyrillic, Georgian, then CJK names follow the Latin ones. A test keeps them equal.
+    ("app.language.czech", crate::i18n::Locale::Cs.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
     ("app.language.german", crate::i18n::Locale::De.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
+    ("app.language.spanish", crate::i18n::Locale::Es.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
+    ("app.language.french", crate::i18n::Locale::Fr.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
+    ("app.language.italian", crate::i18n::Locale::It.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
+    ("app.language.polish", crate::i18n::Locale::Pl.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
+    ("app.language.portuguese", crate::i18n::Locale::PtBr.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
     ("app.language.russian", crate::i18n::Locale::Ru.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
     ("app.language.ukrainian", crate::i18n::Locale::Uk.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
-    ("app.language.polish", crate::i18n::Locale::Pl.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
-    ("app.language.czech", crate::i18n::Locale::Cs.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
-    ("app.language.italian", crate::i18n::Locale::It.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
     ("app.language.georgian", crate::i18n::Locale::Ka.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
+    ("app.language.japanese", crate::i18n::Locale::Ja.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
+    ("app.language.simplifiedChinese", crate::i18n::Locale::ZhHans.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
+    ("app.language.traditionalChinese", crate::i18n::Locale::ZhHant.name(), None, "Edit>Language"),
 ];
 
 /// Every UI command: the languages, then everything else. `xtask parity` reads both tables from
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/settings.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/settings.rs
index 682e2acb2..e6dd6179e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/settings.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pub(super) fn choices<V: PartialEq + Copy>(ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: &str, options:
 
 fn general_tab(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, t: &Tokens) {
     row(ui, t, crate::i18n::tr("Language"), |ui| {
-        let languages: Vec<_> = crate::i18n::Locale::ALL.iter().map(|language| (*language, language.name())).collect();
+        let languages: Vec<_> = crate::i18n::Locale::for_picker().into_iter().map(|language| (language, language.name())).collect();
         // Thirteen language names do not fit one line in a narrow window: wrap them.
         ui.horizontal_wrapped(|ui| {
             choices(ui, "settingsLanguage", &languages, &mut app.ui.language);