Questions/Problems Powerschell WinUserLanguageList - windows

I'm building a code to fix keyboard layout situation on windows 10. With automated solution, I decided to use PowerShell. But the problem is when ever i try to set to set the WinUserLanguageList
it Creates a new Belgium language list out of nowhere. Any idea on to why this?
Code
$languageslist = New-WinUserLanguageList -Language en-GB
$languageslist[0].InputMethodTips.Clear()
$languageslist[0].InputMethodTips.Add('0813:00000813')
$languageslist
Set-WinUserLanguageList $languageslist -force
Get-WinUserLanguageList
Output
LanguageTag : en-GB
Autonym : English (United Kingdom)
EnglishName : English
LocalizedName : English (United Kingdom)
ScriptName : Latin
InputMethodTips : {0813:00000813}
Spellchecking : True
Handwriting : False
LanguageTag : en-GB
Autonym : English (United Kingdom)
EnglishName : English
LocalizedName : English (United Kingdom)
ScriptName : Latin
InputMethodTips : {}
Spellchecking : True
Handwriting : False
LanguageTag : nl-BE
Autonym : Nederlands (België)
EnglishName : Dutch
LocalizedName : Dutch (Belgium)
ScriptName : Latin
InputMethodTips : {0813:00000813}
Spellchecking : True
Handwriting : False
Wanted output
LanguageTag : en-GB
Autonym : English (United Kingdom)
EnglishName : English
LocalizedName : English (United Kingdom)
ScriptName : Latin
InputMethodTips : {0813:00000813}
Spellchecking : True
Handwriting : False
LanguageTag : en-GB
Autonym : English (United Kingdom)
EnglishName : English
LocalizedName : English (United Kingdom)
ScriptName : Latin
InputMethodTips : {0813:00000813}
Spellchecking : True
Handwriting : False

The input method tips setting you're using assigns the nl-BE language:
Dutch - Belgium nl-BE: Belgian (Period) (0813:00000813)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/default-input-locales-for-windows-language-packs
The input codes (keyboards) are actually a language:keyboard pair, so the 0813 says nl-BE, while 00000813 is the keyboard you want.
You can just update your inputMethodTips value to use 0809 for en-GB, with the Belgian keyboard like so:
$languageslist[0].InputMethodTips.Add('0809:00000813')

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