Other languages to work with DOM

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In the video about DOM Brendan says “programming languages LIKE JavaScript can be used to modify DOM”. What are the other languages which can be used to work with DOM? Why is JavaScript so popular for interfaces anyway?

https://www.codecademy.com/paths/web-development/tracks/build-interactive-websites/modules/web-dev-interactive-websites/videos/create-a-javascript-website