Menus in German and no playlists on ipod

I downloaded the latest version of Itunes a few weeks ago and thought nothing of it. My Ipod has been sitting in the cradle unused. This am I picked it up and found my entire menu structure in (I believe) German. I can get to albums and listen to music, but my playlists are just gone. They are in my Itunes software, but not on my Ipod. The limited menu structure in Itunes for the Ipod simply *****.
Any suggestions to getting English back and my playlists to sync?
Thanks
Ipod Model M9244LL

this document might be of some help with the language thing:
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