Index: t3lib/stddb/tables.php
===================================================================
--- t3lib/stddb/tables.php	(revision 9062)
+++ t3lib/stddb/tables.php	(working copy)
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 	'ctrl' => array(
 		'label' => 'title',
 		'tstamp' => 'tstamp',
-		'default_sortby' => 'ORDER BY title',
+		'default_sortby' => 'ORDER BY sys_language.title',
 		'title' => 'LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_tca.php:sys_language',
 		'adminOnly' => 1,
 		'rootLevel' => 1,
Index: typo3/sysext/cms/layout/db_layout.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/sysext/cms/layout/db_layout.php	(revision 9062)
+++ typo3/sysext/cms/layout/db_layout.php	(working copy)
@@ -1324,15 +1324,16 @@
 	 * @param	integer		Page id: If zero, the query will select all sys_language records from root level which are NOT hidden. If set to another value, the query will select all sys_language records that has a pages_language_overlay record on that page (and is not hidden, unless you are admin user)
 	 * @return	string		Return query string.
 	 */
-	function exec_languageQuery($id)	{
-		if ($id)	{
+	function exec_languageQuery($id) {
+		$orderBy = $GLOBALS['TCA']['sys_language']['ctrl']['sortby'] ? $GLOBALS['TCA']['sys_language']['ctrl']['sortby'] : $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->stripOrderBy($GLOBALS['TCA']['sys_language']['ctrl']['default_sortby']);
+		if ($id) {
 			$exQ = t3lib_BEfunc::deleteClause('pages_language_overlay') . ($GLOBALS['BE_USER']->isAdmin()?'':' AND sys_language.hidden=0');
 			return $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTquery(
 							'sys_language.*',
 							'pages_language_overlay,sys_language',
 							'pages_language_overlay.sys_language_uid=sys_language.uid AND pages_language_overlay.pid='.intval($id).$exQ,
 							'pages_language_overlay.sys_language_uid,sys_language.uid,sys_language.pid,sys_language.tstamp,sys_language.hidden,sys_language.title,sys_language.static_lang_isocode,sys_language.flag',
-							'sys_language.title'
+							$orderBy
 						);
 		} else {
 			return $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTquery(
@@ -1340,7 +1341,7 @@
 							'sys_language',
 							'sys_language.hidden=0',
 							'',
-							'sys_language.title'
+							$orderBy
 						);
 		}
 	}