Microsoft Word change Language ID

Hello,
I am completely new to Applescript and was trying to make one of my first script without much success. I was writing with the following code to change the language of document in Microsoft Word. I want to prompt the user with several options:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
          set langList to {"spanish", "spanish modern sort", "english uk", "english us"}
  choose from list langList with prompt "Choose Language"
          set language ID of text object of active document to result as text
end tell
This is what I tried but the following error appears. It is in Spanish but I guess you guys might know what is the problem... I think it has something to do with language ID not accepting strings but I have no clue how to solve it.
Resultado:
error "Microsoft Word ha detectado un error: No puede ajustarse language ID of text object of active document a \"english us\"." number -10006 from language ID of text object of active document
Any hints?
Thanks

WMF is a Windows (Windows Meta File) vector format that doesn't include fonts, which means that you might see some font substitution when placing the art in Indesign. You don't need that option in Word, you only need the import filter in Indesign (which is definitely there). If you have wmf clipart, you can definitely use it in ID.
If the art is in some other format, what format is it?
A really simple method of getting art from a Word file (if that's the only way you can get the art into anything) is to Place the Word file with graphics included, go to the Links menu and unembed it. Then you can open it with Illustrator (if appropriate, depends on the kind of art) and fix the colors (which are almost certainly RGB).
Ken

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