diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dnf-fix-locale-language.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dnf-fix-locale-language.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e30e435f0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/dnf-fix-locale-language.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "dnf - fix output parsing on systems with ``LANGUAGE`` set to a language other than English (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78193)"
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py b/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py
index 2f9493709d3..06004301b8f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/dnf.py
@@ -554,7 +554,8 @@ class DnfModule(YumDnf):
 
     def _ensure_dnf(self):
         locale = get_best_parsable_locale(self.module)
-        os.environ['LC_ALL'] = os.environ['LC_MESSAGES'] = os.environ['LANG'] = locale
+        os.environ['LC_ALL'] = os.environ['LC_MESSAGES'] = locale
+        os.environ['LANGUAGE'] = os.environ['LANG'] = locale
 
         global dnf
         try: