diff --git a/sw/inc/ndtxt.hxx b/sw/inc/ndtxt.hxx
index d8e1fbb2ad6c..545cd8f1f163 100644
--- a/sw/inc/ndtxt.hxx
+++ b/sw/inc/ndtxt.hxx
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ public:
 
     void fillSoftPageBreakList( SwSoftPageBreakList& rBreak ) const;
 
-    sal_uInt16 GetLang( const xub_StrLen nBegin, const xub_StrLen nLen = 0,
+    sal_uInt16 GetLang( const sal_Int32 nBegin, const sal_Int32 nLen = 0,
                     sal_uInt16 nScript = 0 ) const;
 
     /// in ndcopy.cxx
diff --git a/sw/source/core/txtnode/thints.cxx b/sw/source/core/txtnode/thints.cxx
index 9e5647828200..64a813d29afa 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/txtnode/thints.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/txtnode/thints.cxx
@@ -3352,7 +3352,7 @@ void SwTxtNode::ClearSwpHintsArr( bool bDelFields )
     }
 }
 
-sal_uInt16 SwTxtNode::GetLang( const xub_StrLen nBegin, const xub_StrLen nLen,
+sal_uInt16 SwTxtNode::GetLang( const sal_Int32 nBegin, const sal_Int32 nLen,
                            sal_uInt16 nScript ) const
 {
     sal_uInt16 nRet = LANGUAGE_DONTKNOW;
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/index/swuiidxmrk.cxx b/sw/source/ui/index/swuiidxmrk.cxx
index d69f6e72fc06..6e4f6d05d949 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/index/swuiidxmrk.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/index/swuiidxmrk.cxx
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void    SwIndexMarkPane::UpdateLanguageDependenciesForPhoneticReading()
         OSL_ENSURE(pTxtNode, "need current SwTxtNode");
         if(!pTxtNode)
             return;
-        xub_StrLen nTextIndex = *pTxtTOXMark->GetStart();
+        sal_Int32 nTextIndex = *pTxtTOXMark->GetStart();
         nLangForPhoneticReading = pTxtNode->GetLang( nTextIndex );
     }
     else //if dialog is opened to create a new mark