Index: guide-localization.xml
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 </warn>
 
 <p>
-Most typically users only set the LANG variable on the global basis:
+There is also an extra variable called <c>LANGUAGE</c>. Unlike already mentioned
+variables, which takes only one locale, this gettext-specific variable allows
+you to define a colon separated list of languages. This might come handy if, for
+example, your native language is German, are fluent in French and speak a bit of
+English. In such a case, you could set this variable to <c>de:fr:en</c>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Most typically users only set the LANG variable on the global basis, though:
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Setting the default system locale in /etc/env.d/02locale">