diff --git a/lib/languages b/lib/languages
index 7ab09b7515..4b1662f933 100644
--- a/lib/languages
+++ b/lib/languages
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ bulgarian   bulgarian	"Bulgarian"	false  cp1251     bg_BG	 ""
 canadian    canadian	"Canadian"	false  iso8859-15 en_CA	 ""
 canadien    canadien	"French Canadian"	false  iso8859-15  fr_CA	 ""
 catalan     catalan 	"Catalan"	false  iso8859-15 ca_ES	 ""
-chinese-simplified ""	"Chinese (simplified)"	false euc-cn zh_CN	 ""
-chinese-traditional ""	"Chinese (traditional)"	false utf8-cjk zh_CN	 ""
+chinese-simplified ""	"Chinese (simplified)"	false  euc-cn zh_CN	 ""
+chinese-traditional ""	"Chinese (traditional)"	false  utf8-cjk zh_CN	 ""
 croatian    croatian	"Croatian"	false  iso8859-2  hr_HR	 ""
 czech       czech	"Czech"		false  iso8859-2  cs_CZ	 ""
 danish      danish	"Danish"	false  iso8859-15 da_DK	 ""
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ german      german	"German"	false  iso8859-15 de_DE	 ""
 ngerman     ngerman	"German (new spelling)" false  iso8859-15 de_DE	 ""
 greek       greek	"Greek"		false  iso8859-7  el_GR	 ""
 hebrew      hebrew	"Hebrew"	true   cp1255     he_IL	 ""
+# "hungarian" is a synonym for the "magyar" babel language option
+# "hungarian" might be used for special purposes, see http://www.math.bme.hu/latex/magyar_pre_tug2004.pdf
 #hungarian   hungarian	"Hungarian"	false  iso8859-2  hu_HU	 ""
 irish       irish	"Irish"		false  iso8859-15 ga_IE	 ""
 italian     italian	"Italian"	false  iso8859-15 it_IT	 ""
@@ -44,11 +46,12 @@ japanese    ""		"Japanese"	false  euc-jp     ja_JP	 ""
 kazakh	    kazakh	"Kazakh"	false  pt154      kk_KZ	 ""
 # there is no country code for Korean because ko_KR is the same as ko_KI
 korean      ""		"Korean"	false  euc-kr     ko	 ""
-#lsorbian    lsorbian	"Lower Sorbian"	false  iso8859-2  dsb_DE	 ""
+# babel's lower sorbian is currently broken
+#lsorbian    lowersorbian	"Lower Sorbian"	false  iso8859-2  dsb_DE	 ""
 lithuanian  lithuanian	"Lithuanian"	false  iso8859-13 lt_LT	 ""
 latvian     latvian	"Latvian"	false  iso8859-13 lv_LV	 ""
 icelandic   icelandic	"Icelandic"	false  iso8859-15 is_IS	 ""
-magyar      magyar	"Magyar"	false  iso8859-2  hu_HU	 ""
+magyar      magyar	"Hungarian"	false  iso8859-2  hu_HU	 ""
 norsk       norsk	"Norsk"		false  iso8859-15 nb_NO	 ""
 nynorsk     nynorsk	"Nynorsk"	false  iso8859-15 nn_NO	 ""
 polish      polish	"Polish"	false  iso8859-2  pl_PL	 ""
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ swedish     swedish	"Swedish"	false  iso8859-15 sv_SE	 ""
 thai        thai	"Thai"		false  tis620-0   th_TH	 "\usepackage{thswitch}"
 turkish     turkish	"Turkish"	false  iso8859-9  tr_TR	 ""
 ukrainian   ukrainian	"Ukrainian"	false  koi8-u     uk_UA	 ""
-usorbian    usorbian	"Upper Sorbian"	false  iso8859-2  hsb_DE	 ""
+# babel's upper sorbian is currently broken
+#usorbian    uppersorbian	"Upper Sorbian"	false  iso8859-2  hsb_DE	 ""
 vietnamese  vietnam	"Vietnamese"	false  utf8       vi_VN	 ""
 welsh       welsh	"Welsh"		false  iso8859-15 cy_GB	 ""