I followed the instruction to detail, however the problem persists.
- selected language to each sp-page, however I can assign a page to a menu regardless of its language.
 
- also added the association for each language homepage which is redundant.
 
- assigned to each template the respective menus which seems superflous 
 
That languages are misconfigured does not seem to be the  issue if menus & switching between them on the site work fine on laptop. The issue is viewing those menus in responsive mode under the burger icon for all languages asides English, the default language.. I am able to add menus to each language as a module without an issue. 
A separate template for each ltr language iwas not necessary. 
Please advise and thanks in advance,
Aran