diff --git a/pandora/config.0xdb.jsonc b/pandora/config.0xdb.jsonc
index b6f83f9d8..859061026 100644
--- a/pandora/config.0xdb.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.0xdb.jsonc
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@
         {"id": "media", "title": "Media"}
     ],
     "language": "en",
+    "languages": ["ar", "el", "en", "hi"],
     // fixme: should be renamed to annotationLayers
     "layers": [
         {
diff --git a/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc b/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc
index 8a8c14c40..0a1624d92 100644
--- a/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.indiancinema.jsonc
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@
         {"id": "media", "title": "Media"}
     ],
     "language": "en",
+    "languages": ["ar", "el", "en", "hi"],
     // fixme: should be renamed to annotationLayers
     "layers": [
         {
diff --git a/pandora/config.padma.jsonc b/pandora/config.padma.jsonc
index 79f46727a..4d0076ec9 100644
--- a/pandora/config.padma.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.padma.jsonc
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@
         {"id": "media", "title": "Media"}
     ],
     "language": "en",
+    "languages": ["ar", "el", "en", "hi"],
     "layers": [
         {
             "id": "places",
diff --git a/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc b/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc
index dc6ab90ad..6f5aba767 100644
--- a/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc
+++ b/pandora/config.pandora.jsonc
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@
         {"id": "media", "title": "Media"}
     ],
     "language": "en",
+    "languages": ["ar", "el", "en", "hi"],
     "layers": [
         {
             "id": "keywords",
diff --git a/static/js/mainMenu.js b/static/js/mainMenu.js
index 1dcb83e85..22d6de99d 100644
--- a/static/js/mainMenu.js
+++ b/static/js/mainMenu.js
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ pandora.ui.mainMenu = function() {
                         ] },
                         { id: 'locale',
                           title: Ox._('Language'), items: [
-                            { group: 'setlocale', min: 1, max: 1, items: Object.keys(Ox.LOCALE_NAMES).map(function(locale) {
+                            { group: 'setlocale', min: 1, max: 1, items: pandora.site.languages.map(function(locale) {
                                 return {id: locale, title: Ox.LOCALE_NAMES[locale], checked: ui.locale == locale}
                             }) }
                         ] },