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HTML

<select id="langsel" name="selector">        
</select>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
     var Languages = {
  'AFRIKAANS' : 'af',
  'ALBANIAN' : 'sq',
  'AMHARIC' : 'am',
  'ARABIC' : 'ar',
  'ARMENIAN' : 'hy',
  'AZERBAIJANI' : 'az'
};
var sel = $("#langsel");
var html = "";
var items = Languages;
html =  $("<option></option>").text("Select a Language").val(""); 
sel.append(html);
html = "";
for (var index in items) {
    html = $("<option></option>").text(index).val(items[index]);
    sel.append(html);
}

});