diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/map-generator.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/map-generator.yml
index 51ca964f0..54b90d6fe 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/map-generator.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/map-generator.yml
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ jobs:
     concurrency:
       group: ${{ github.workflow }}-map-generator-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: true
+    env:
+      # language wikis in order of speaker count from https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias_by_speakers_per_article 
+      LANGUAGES: zh en es ar fr bn hi pt id ru de ja ha jv wuu ko te vi it
     steps:
       - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with: