Languages and their MARC Codes

The Library of Congress recognizes these 435 languages as sufficiently large enough to warrant a separate code for their literature.

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
   Code
                  Language                  
      #      
abk Abkhaz 1-2 million   ace Achinese million
ach Acoli 1-2 million   ada Adangme 1-2 million
aar Afar 1-2 million   afh Afrihili (Artificial language) 1-2 million
afr Afrikaans 6 million   afa Mada & Tupuri (Camaroon) 1-2 million
aka Akan 7 million   akk Akkadian 1-2 million
alb Albanian 3 million   ale Aleut 1-2 million
alg Algonquian (Other) 1-2 million   tut Altaic (Other) 1-2 million
amh Amharic 17 million   apa Apache languages 1-2 million
ara Arabic 46 million   arc Aramaic million
arp Arapaho 1-2 million   arw Arawak 1-2 million
arm Armenian 6 million   art Artificial (Other) 1-2 million
asm Assamese 15 million   ath Athapascan (Other) 1-2 million
aus Kitja (Australian) 1-2 million   map Austronesian (Other) 1-2 million
ava Avaric 1-2 million   ave Avestan 1-2 million
awa Awadhi 20 million   aym Aymara 1-2 million
aze Azerbaijani S. 31 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
ban Balinese 3 million   bat Baltic (Other) 1-2 million
bal Baluchi 1-2 million   bam Bambara 1-2 million
bai Bamileke languages 1-2 million   bad Banda 1-2 million
bnt Kilega (Bantu) 1-2 million   bas Basa 1-2 million
bak Bashkir 1-2 million   baq Basque 1-2 million
btk Batak 1-2 million   bej Beja 1-2 million
bel Belarusian 10 million   bem Bemba 1-2 million
ben Bengali 207 million   ber Berber (Other) 1-2 million
bho Bhojpuri 26 million   bih Bihari 1-2 million
bik Bikol 1-2 million   bin Bini 1-2 million
bis Bislama 1-2 million   bos Bosnian 1-2 million
bra Braj 1-2 million   bre Breton 1-2 million
nob Bokmål 1-2 million       million
bug Bugis 3 million   bul Bulgarian 9 million
bua Buriat 1-2 million   bur Burmese 32 million

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
cad Caddo 1-2 million   car Carib 1-2 million
cat Catalan 6 million   cau Chamalal & Dido 1-2 million
ceb Cebuano 15 million   cel Celtic (Other) 1-2 million
cai Amuzgo (Centr. Amer. Indian) 1-2 million   chg Chagatai 1-2 million
cmc Chamic languages 1-2 million   cha Chamorro 1-2 million
che Chechen 1-2 million   chr Cherokee 1-2 million
chy Cheyenne 1-2 million   chb Chibcha 1-2 million
chi Chinese 77 million   chn Chinook jargon 1-2 million
chp Chipewyan 1-2 million   cho Choctaw 1-2 million
chu Church Slavic 1-2 million   chv Chuvash 1-2 million
cop Coptic 1-2 million   cor Cornish 1-2 million
cos Corsican 1-2 million   cre Cree 1-2 million
mus Creek 1-2 million   crp Creoles and Pidgins (Other) 1-2 million
cpe Creoles/Pidgins, E-based 1-2 million   cpf Creoles/Pidgins, Michif 1-2 million
cpp Creoles/Pidgins, P-based 1-2 million   scr Croatian 21 million
cus Cushitic (Other) 1-2 million   cze Czech 12 million

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
dak Dakota 1-2 million   dan Danish 5 million
day Dayak 1-2 million   del Delaware 1-2 million
din Dinka 1-2 million   div Divehi 1-2 million
doi Dogri 1-2 million   dgr Dogrib 1-2 million
dra Dravidian (Other) 1-2 million   dua Duala 1-2 million
dut Dutch 20 million   dum Dutch, Middle (1050-1350) 1-2 million
dyu Dyula 1-2 million   dzo Dzongkha 1-2 million

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
efi Efik 1-2 million   egy Egyptian 1-2 million
eka Ekajuk million   elx Elamite 1-2 million
eng English 341 million   enm English, Mid (1100-1500) million
eng English, Old (ca. 450-1100) million   epo Esperanto 1-2 million
est Estonian 1-2 million   gez Ethiopic 1-2 million
ewe Ewe 1-2 million   ewo Ewondo 1-2 million

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
fan Fang 1-2 million   fat Fanti 1-2 million
fao Faroese 1-2 million   fij Fijian 1-2 million
fin Finnish 6 million   fiu Finno-Ugrian (Other) 1-2 million
fon Fon 1-2 million   fre French 77 million
frm French, Mid (1400-1600) million   fro French, Old (ca. 842-1400) million
fry Frisian 1-2 million   fur Friulian 1-2 million
ful Fula 1-2 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
gaa Ga 1-2 million   glg Galician 4 million
lug Ganda 3 million   gay Gayo 1-2 million
gba Gbaya 1-2 million   geo Georgian 4 million
ger German 100 million   gmh German, High (1050-1500) million
goh German, High (750-1050) million   nds German, Low 20 million
gem Germanic (Other) million       million
gil Gilbertese 1-2 million   gon Gondi 1-2 million
gor Gorontalo 1-2 million   got Gothic 1-2 million
grb Grebo 1-2 million   grc Greek, Ancient (to 1453) million
gre Greek, Modern (1453- ) 12 million   grn Guarani 5 million
guj Gujarati 46 million   gwi Gwich'in 1-2 million

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
hai Haida 1-2 million   hau Hausa 24 million
haw Hawaiian 1-2 million   heb Hebrew 5 million
her Herero 1-2 million   hil Hiligaynon 7 million
him Himachali 1-2 million   hin Hindi 366 million
hmo Hiri Motu 1-2 million   hit Hittite 1-2 million
hmn Hmong 1-2 million   hun Hungarian 14 million
hup Hupa 1-2 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
iba Iban 1-2 million   ice Icelandic 1-2 million
ibo Igbo 18 million   ijo Ijo 1-2 million
ido Ido million       million
ilo Iloko 1-2 million   ind Indic (Other) 1-2 million
ine Indo-European (Other) million   ind Indonesian 30 million
ina Interlingua (Int Aux L Ass) million   ile Interlingue million
iku Inuktitut 1-2 million   ipk Inupiaq 1-2 million
ira Iranian (Farsi) 24 million   gle Irish 1-2 million
mga Irish, Mid (1100-1550) million   sga Irish, Old (to 1100) million
iro Iroquoian (Other) 1-2 million   nap Italian (Neapolitan) 66 million

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
jpn Japanese 125 million   jav Javanese 75 million
jrb Judeo-Arabic million   jpr Judeo-Persian million

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
kab Kabyle 3 million   kac Kachin & Achang 1-2 million
kal Kalâtdlisut 1-2 million   kam Kamba 1-2 million
kan Kannada 35 million   kau Kanun 3 million
kaa Kara-Kalpak 1-2 million   kar Karen 1-2 million
kas Kashmiri 4 million   kaw Kawi 1-2 million
kaz Kazakh 8 million   kha Khasi 1-2 million
khm Khmer 7 million   khi Khoisan (Other) 1-2 million
kho Khotanese 1-2 million   kik Kikuyu 1-2 million
kmb Kimbundu 1-2 million   kin Kinyarwanda 7 million
kom Komi 1-2 million   kon Kongo 3 million
kok Konkani 4 million   kor Korean 78 million
kpe Kpelle 1-2 million   kro Kru 1-2 million
kua Kuanyama 1-2 million   kum Kumyk 1-2 million
kur Kurdish 6 million   kru Kurukh 1-2 million
kos Kusaie 1-2 million   kut Kutenai 1-2 million
kir Kyrgyz 1-2 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
lad Ladino 1-2 million   lah Lahnda 1-2 million
lam Lamba 1-2 million   lao Lao 3 million
lat Latin 1-2 million   lav Latvian 1-2 million
ltz Letzeburgesch 1-2 million   lez Lezgian 1-2 million
lim Limburgish 1-2 million       1-2 million
lin Lingala 1-2 million   lit Lithuanian 4 million
loz Lozi 1-2 million   lub Luba-Katanga 6 million
lua Luba-Lulua 1-2 million   lui Luiseño 1-2 million
lun Lunda 1-2 million   luo Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) 3 million
lus Lushai 1-2 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
mac Macedonian 1-2 million   mad Madurese 13 million
mag Magahi 11 million   mai Maithili 24 million
mak Makasar 1-2 million   mlg Malagasy 9 million
may Malay 18 million   mal Malayalam 35 million
mlt Maltese 1-2 million   mnc Manchu 1-2 million
mdr Mandar 874 million   man Mandingo 1-2 million
mni Manipuri 1-2 million   mno Manobo languages 1-2 million
glv Manx 1-2 million   mao Maon 1-2 million
arn Mapuche 1-2 million   mar Marathi 68 million
chm Mari 1-2 million   mah Marshallese 1-2 million
mwr Marwari 12 million   mas Masai 1-2 million
myn Mayan languages 1-2 million   men Mende 1-2 million
mic Micmac 1-2 million   min Minangkabau 6 million
mis Miscellaneous languages 1-2 million   moh Mohawk 1-2 million
mol Moldavian 1-2 million   mon Mongolian 3 million
lol Mongo-Nkundu 1-2 million   mkh Mon-Khmer (Other) 1-2 million
mos Mooré 5 million   mul Multiple languages 1-2 million
mun Munda (Other) 1-2 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
nah Nahuatl 1-2 million   nau Nauru 1-2 million
nav Navajo 1-2 million   nbl Ndebele (South Africa) 1-2 million
nde Ndebele (Zimbabwe) 1-2 million   ndo Ndonga 1-2 million
nep Nepali 16 million   new Newari 1-2 million
nia Nias 1-2 million   nic Bafut & Kagoro 1-2 million
nia Nias 1-2 million   nic Bafut & Kagoro 1-2 million
nic Ligbi 1-2 million   nic Noon 1-2 million
ssa Nilo-Saharan (Other) 1-2 million   niu Niuean 1-2 million
nai N Amer. Indian (Other) 1-2 million   sme Northern Sami 1-2 million
nso Northern Sotho 3 million   nor Norwegian 5 million
nub Midob, Nubian lang's 1-2 million   nym Nyamwezi 1-2 million
nya Nyanja 1-25 million   nyn Nyankole 1-2 million
nno Nynorsk 1-2 million       million
nyo Nyoro 1-2 million   nzi Nzima 1-2 million

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
oci Occitan (post-1500) 1-2 million   oji Ojibwa 1-2 million
non Old Norse 1-2 million   peo Old Persian (600-400 B.C.) 1-2 million
ori Oriya 32 million   orm Oromo 15 million
osa Osage 1-2 million   oss Ossetic 1-2 million
oto Otomian languages 1-2 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
pal Pahlavi 1-2 million   pau Palauan 1-2 million
pli Pali 1-2 million   pam Pampanga 1-2 million
pag Pangasinan 1-2 million   pan Panjabi (W) 45 million
pap Papiamento 1-2 million   paa Papuan (Other) 1-2 million
per Persian 1-2 million   phi Philippine (Other) 8 million
phn Phoenician 1-2 million   pol Polish 44 million
pon Ponape 1-2 million   por Portuguese 176 million
pra Prakrit languages 1-2 million   pro Provençal (to 1500) 1-2 million
pus Pushto 1-2 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
que Quechua 3 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
roh Raeto-Romance 1-2 million   raj Rajasthani 1-2 million
rap Rapanui 1-2 million   rar Rarotongan 1-2 million
roa Romance (Other) 1-2 million   rum Romanian 26 million
rom Romani 1-2 million   run Rundi 6 million
rus Russian 167 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
sal Salishan languages 1-2 million   sam Samaritan Aramaic 1-2 million
smn Sami (InariSouthern) 1-2 million   smj Sami (Lule) 1-2 million
sms Sami (Skolt) 1-2 million   sma Sami (Southern) 1-2 million
smo Samoan 1-2 million          
sad Sandawe 1-2 million   sag Sango (Ubangi Creole) 1-2 million
san Sanskrit 1-2 million   sat Santali 6 million
srs Sardinian 1-2 million   sas Sasak 1-2 million
sco Scots 1-2 million   gla Scottish Gaelic 1-2 million
sel Selkup 1-2 million   sem Semitic Languages (Mahri) 1-2 million
scc Serbian 1-2 million   srr Serer 1-2 million
shn Shan 3 million   sna Shona 7 million
iii Sichuan Yi 1-2 million   sid Sidamo 1-2 million
sgn Sign languages 1-2 million   bla Siksika 1-2 million
snd Sindhi 19 million   sin Sinhalese 13 million
sit Sino-Tibetan (Other) 1-2 million   sio Siouan (Other) 1-2 million
den Slave 1-2 million   sla Slavic (Other) 1-2 million
slo Slovak 5 million   slv Slovenian 1-2 million
sog Sogdian 1-2 million   som Somali 10 million
son Songhai 1-2 million   snk Soninke 1-2 million
wen Sorbian languages 1-2 million   sot Sotho 4 million
sai Cauqui & Macusi 1-2 million   sai Macusi 1-2 million
sai Wayampi 1-2 million   spa Spanish 358 million
suk Sukuma 5 million   sux Sumerian 1-2 million
sun Sundanese 27 million   inc Suriname Hidustani 1-2 million
sus Susu 1-2 million       million
swa Swahili 5 million   ssw Swazi 1-2 million
swe Swedish 9 million   syr Syriac 1-2 million

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
tgl Tagalog 17 million   tah Tahitian 1-2 million
tai Tai (Other) 1-2 million   tgk Tajik 4 million
tmh Tamashek 3 million   tam Tamil 66 million
tat Tatar 7 million   tel Telugu 69 million
tem Temne 1-2 million   ter Terena 1-2 million
tet Tetum 1-2 million   tha Thai 51 million
tib Tibetan 1-2 million   tig Tigré 1-2 million
tir Tigrinya 5 million   tiv Tiv 1-2 million
tli Tlingit 1-2 million   tpi Tok Pisin 1-2 million
tkl Tokelauan 1-2 million   tog Tonga (Nyasa) 1-2 million
ton Tongan 1-2 million   chk Truk 1-2 million
tsi Tsimshian 1-2 million   tso Tsonga 1-2 million
tsn Tswana 4 million   tum Tumbuka 1-2 million
tur Turkish 61 million   ota Turkish, Ottoman 1-2 million
tuk Turkmen 6 million   tup Tupi Languages 1-2 million
tvl Tuvaluan 1-2 million   tyv Tuvinian 1-2 million
twi Twi 1-2 million       million

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                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
uga Ugaritic 1-2 million   uig Uighur 1-2 million
ukr Ukrainian 47 million   umb Umbundu 4 million
und Undetermined 1-2 million   urd Urdu 60 million
uzb Uzbek 18 million          

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                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
vai Vai 1-2 million   ven Venda 1-2 million
vie Vietnamese 68 million   vol Volapük 1-2 million
vot Votic 1-2 million          

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                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
wak Wakashan languages 1-2 million   wal Walamo 1-2 million
wln Walloon 1-2 million       million
war Waray 1-2 million   was Washo 1-2 million
wel Welsh 1-2 million   wol Wolof 3 million

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                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
xho Xhosa 6 million          

Code
                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
sah Yakut 1-2 million   yao Yao (Africa) 1-2 million
yap Yapese 1-2 million   yid Yiddish 3 million
yor Yoruba 20 million   ypk Yupik, Sirinek 1-2 million

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                  Language                  
      #      
  Code
                  Language                  
      #      
znd Zande 1-2 million   zap Zapotec 1-2 million
zen Zenaga 1-2 million   zha Zhuang 14 million
zul Zulu 9 million   zun Zuni 1-2 million


Last Updated on 19 Feb 2003
By Joe Blum
Email: jjblum@mindspring.com