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# Create regions for language selection in portals

# Create regions for language selection in portals {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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Create regions to group languages in the language selector in portal headers.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

In portal headers, the language selector displays the current language selection of the user and a menu of languages that the user can choose from. If languages are assigned to regions, languages display
according to the configured region groups.
Figure 1. Languages grouped by region in a portal header For more information about the language selector in portal headers, see [Enable a language selector in portal headers](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-header-menu&version=xanadu&pubname=xanadu-platform-user-interface&section=enable-lang-selector-widget&ft:locale=en-US).

## Procedure

1. Create regions.
   1. Navigate to System LocalizationRegions.
   2. Select New.
   3. In the Region field, add a name for the region.
   4. In the Order field, assign a numerical value in multiples of hundred for the region.  
      The order controls where the regions appear in the language selector, with the lowest ordered region on the left and the highest ordered region on the right.
   5. Select Submit.
   6. Repeat these steps to create additional regions.
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2. Assign languages to regions.
   1. Navigate to System LocalizationLanguage Regions.
   2. Select New.
   3. In the Region field, select a region from the list.
   4. In the Language field, select a language to assign to the region from the list.
   5. Select Submit.
   6. Repeat these steps to assign additional languages to regions.
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