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2023–2024 CALPADS Language Code Mapping
The following table maps the current 2-character CALPADS Language Codes to the upcoming 3-character CALPADS Language Codes. The new CALPADS Language Code Set is available for the 2023-2024 School Year.

New Language CodeNew Language Code TextOld Language Code Mapping (If Available)Old Language Code Text (If Available)
abkAbkhazian

aceAchinese

achAcoli

adaAdangme

adyAdyghe; Adygei

aarAfar

afrAfrikaans83Afrikaans
afaAfro-Asiatic languages85Afro-Asiatic languages
ainAinu

akaAkan

albAlbanian56Albanian
aleAleut

algAlgonquian languages

tutAltaic languages

amhAmharic66Amharic
anpAngika

apaApache languages

araArabic11Arabic
argAragonese

arpArapaho

arwArawak

armArmenian12Armenian
rupAromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian

asmAssamese84Assamese
astAsturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese

athAthapascan languages

ausAustralian languages

mapAustronesian languages50Austronesian languages
avaAvaric

awaAwadhi

aymAymara

azeAzerbaijani

banBalinese

batOther Baltic languages52Other Baltic languages
balBaluchi

bamBambara

baiBamileke languages

badBanda languages

bntBantu languages

basBasa

bakBashkir

baqBasque

btkBatak languages

bejBeja; Bedawiyet

belBelarusian

bemBemba

benBengali61Bengali
berBerber languages86Berber languages
bhoBhojpuri

bihBihari languages

bikBikol

binBini; Edo

bisBislama

bynBlin; Bilin

zblBlissymbols; Blissymbolics; Bliss

nobBokmål, Norwegian; Norwegian Bokmål

bosBosnian

braBraj

breBreton

bugBuginese

bulBulgarian67Bulgarian
buaBuriat

burBurmese13Burmese
cadCaddo

yueCantonese03Cantonese
catCatalan; Valencian87Catalan; Valencian
cauCaucasian languages

cebCebuano (Bisayan, Visayan)36Cebuano (Bisayan, Visayan)
celCeltic languages

caiCentral American Indian languages88Central American Indian languages
khmCentral Khmer

cldChaldean Neo-Aramaic (Chaldean)54Chaldean Neo-Aramaic (Chaldean)
cmcChamic languages

chaChamorro (Guamanian)20Chamorro (Guamanian)
cheChechen

chrCherokee

chyCheyenne

nyaChichewa; Chewa; Nyanja

chiChinese (Other Chinese languages)46Chinese (Other Chinese languages)
chnChinook jargon

chpChipewyan; Dene Suline

choChoctaw

chkChuukese

chvChuvash

sycClassical Syriac

corCornish

cosCorsican

creCree

musCreek

crpCreoles and pidgins

cpeCreoles and pidgins, English based89Creoles and pidgins, English based
cpfCreoles and pidgins, French-based90Creoles and pidgins, French-based
cppCreoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based

crhCrimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish

hrvCroatian

cusCushitic languages

czeCzech91Czech
dakDakota

danDanish92Danish
darDargwa

delDelaware

dinDinka82Dinka
divDivehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian

doiDogri

dgrDogrib

draDravidian languages

duaDuala

dutDutch; Flemish15Dutch; Flemish
dyuDyula

dzoDzongkha81Dzongkha
frsEastern Frisian

efiEfik

ekaEkajuk

engEnglish00English
myvErzya

epoEsperanto

estEstonian

eweEwe

ewoEwondo

fanFang

fatFanti

faoFaroese

fijFijian93Fijian
filFilipino; Pilipino

finFinnish94Finnish
fiuFinno-Ugrian languages

fonFon

freFrench17French
furFriulian

fulFulah

gaaGa

glaGaelic; Scottish Gaelic

carGalibi Carib

glgGalician

lugGanda

gayGayo

gbaGbaya

geoGeorgian

gerGerman18German
gemGermanic languages

gilGilbertese

gonGondi

gorGorontalo

grbGrebo

greGreek, Modern (1453-)19Greek, Modern (1453-)
grnGuarani

gujGujarati43Gujarati
gwiGwich'in

haiHaida

hatHaitian; Haitian Creole73Haitian; Haitian Creole
hauHausa

hawHawaiian95Hawaiian
hebHebrew21Hebrew
herHerero

hilHiligaynon

himHimachali languages; Western Pahari languages

hinHindi22Hindi
hmoHiri Motu

hitHittite

hmnHmong; Mong23Hmong; Mong
hunHungarian24Hungarian
hupHupa

ibaIban

iceIcelandic96Icelandic
iboIgbo98Igbo
ijoIjo languages

iloIloko (Ilocano)

smnInari Sami

incIndic languages

ineIndo-European languages

indIndonesian26Indonesian
inhIngush

ikuInuktitut

ipkInupiaq

iraIranian languagesA1Iranian languages
gleIrish97Irish
iroIroquoian languages

itaItalian27Italian
jpnJapanese08Japanese
javJavanese

jrbJudeo-Arabic

jprJudeo-Persian

kbdKabardian

kabKabyle

kacKachin; Jingpho74Kachin; Jingpho
kalKalaallisut; Greenlandic

xalKalmyk; Oirat

kamKamba

kanKannada65Kannada
kauKanuri

krcKarachay-Balkar

kaaKara-Kalpak

krlKarelian

karKaren languages75Karen languages
kasKashmiri69Kashmiri
csbKashubian

kazKazakh

khaKhasi

khiKhoisan languages

khoKhotanese; Sakan

kjgKhmu

kikKikuyu; Gikuyu68Kikuyu; Gikuyu
kmbKimbundu

kinKinyarwanda80Kinyarwanda
kirKirghiz; Kyrgyz

komKomi

konKongo

kokKonkaniA2Konkani
korKorean04Korean
kosKosraean

kpeKpelle

kroKru languages

kuaKuanyama; Kwanyama

kumKumyk

kurKurdish (Kurdi, Kurmanji)51Kurdish (Kurdi, Kurmanji)
kruKurukh

kutKutenai

ladLadino

lahLahnda

lhuLahu47Lahu
lamLamba

dayLand Dayak languages

laoLao10Lao
lavLatvian

lezLezghian

limLimburgan; Limburger; Limburgish

linLingala79Lingala
litLithuanianA4Lithuanian
ndsLow German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low

dsbLower Sorbian

lozLozi

lubLuba-Katanga

luaLuba-Lulua

luiLuiseno

smjLule Sami

lunLunda

luoLuo (Kenya and Tanzania)

lusLushai

ltzLuxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

macMacedonian

madMadurese

magMagahi

maiMaithili

makMakasar

mlgMalagasy

mayMalayA5Malay
malMalayalamA6Malayalam
mltMaltese

mdrMandar

cmnMandarin (Putonghua, Guoyu)07Mandarin (Putonghua, Guoyu)
manMandingo

mniManipuri

mnoManobo languages

glvManx

maoMaori

arnMapudungun; Mapuche

marMarathi64Marathi
chmMari

mahMarshallese48Marshallese
mwrMarwari

masMasai

mynMayan languagesA7Mayan languages
menMende

micMi'kmaq; Micmac

minMinangkabau

mwlMirandese

mohMohawk

mdfMoksha

lolMongo

monMongolianA8Mongolian
mkhMon-Khmer languages (Cambodian)09Mon-Khmer languages (Cambodian)
mosMossi

mulMultiple languages

munMunda languages

nahNahuatl languagesA9Nahuatl languages
nauNauru

navNavajo; NavahoB1Navajo; Navaho
ndeNdebele, North; North Ndebele

nblNdebele, South; South Ndebele

ndoNdonga

napNeapolitan

newNepal Bhasa; Newari

nepNepali76Nepali
niaNias

nicNiger-Kordofanian languages

ssaNilo-Saharan languages

niuNiuean

nqoN'Ko

nogNogai

naiNorth American Indian languagesB2North American Indian languages
frrNorthern Frisian

smeNorthern Sami

norNorwegianB3Norwegian
nnoNorwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian

nubNubian languages

nymNyamwezi

nynNyankole

nyoNyoro

nziNzima

ociOccitan (post 1500)

arcOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)

ojiOjibwa

oriOriyaB4Oriya
ormOromo78Oromo
ossOssetian; Ossetic

qabChaozhou (Teochew/Chiuchow)

sitOther Sino-Tibetan languages (Taishanese)53Other Sino-Tibetan languages (Taishanese)
otoOtomian languages (Mixteco)49Otomian languages (Mixteco)
pauPalauan

pamPampanga; KapampanganB5Pampanga; Kapampangan
pagPangasinan

panPanjabi; Punjabi28Panjabi; Punjabi
papPapiamento

paaPapuan languages

nsoPedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho

perPersian (Farsi)16Persian (Farsi)
phiPhilippine languages05Philippine languages
ponPohnpeian

polPolish41Polish
porPortuguese06Portuguese
praPrakrit languages

pusPushto; Pashto40Pushto; Pashto
queQuechua

rajRajasthani

rapRapanui

rarRarotongan; Cook Islands Maori

roaRomance languages

rumRomanian (Rumanian)45Romanian (Rumanian)
rohRomansh

romRomany

runRundi

rusRussian29Russian
salSalishan languages

smiSami languages

smoSamoan30Samoan
sadSandawe

sagSango

sanSanskrit

satSantali

srdSardinian

sasSasak

scoScots

selSelkup

semSemitic languages

srpSerbian

srrSerer

shnShan

snaShona

iiiSichuan Yi; Nuosu

scnSicilian

sidSidamo

sgnSign Languages37Sign Languages
blaSiksika

sndSindhi

sinSinhala; SinhaleseB6Sinhala; Sinhalese
sioSiouan languages

smsSkolt Sami

denSlave (Athapascan)

slaSlavic languages

sloSlovakB7Slovak
slvSlovenian

sogSogdian

somSomali60Somali
sonSonghai languages

snkSoninke

wenSorbian languages

sotSotho, Southern

saiSouth American Indian languages

altSouthern Altai

smaSouthern Sami

spaSpanish; Castilian01Spanish; Castilian
srnSranan Tongo

zghStandard Moroccan Tamazight

sukSukuma

sunSundanese

susSusu

swaSwahili77Swahili
sswSwati

sweSwedish70Swedish
gswSwiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian

syrSyriac (Assyrian)42Syriac (Assyrian)
tglTagalog

tahTahitian

taiTai languages

qaaTaiwanese

tgkTajik

tmhTamashek

tamTamil63Tamil
tatTatar

telTelugu62Telugu
terTereno

tetTetum

thaThai32Thai
tibTibetan

tigTigre

tirTigrinya57Tigrinya
temTimne

tivTiv

tliTlingit

tpiTok Pisin

tklTokelau

togTonga (Nyasa)

tonTonga (Tonga Islands)34Tonga (Tonga Islands)
tsiTsimshian

tsoTsonga

tsnTswana

tumTumbuka

tupTupi languages

turTurkish33Turkish
otaTurkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)

tukTurkmen

tvlTuvalu

tyvTuvinian

twiTwiB8Twi
udmUdmurt

uigUighur; Uyghur

ukrUkrainian38Ukrainian
umbUmbundu

misUncoded languages (Other non-English languages)99Uncoded languages (Other non-English languages)
undUndetermined

hsbUpper Sorbian

urdUrdu35Urdu
uzbUzbek72Uzbek
vaiVai

venVenda

vieVietnamese02Vietnamese
votVotic

wakWakashan languages

wlnWalloon

warWaray

wasWasho

welWelsh

fryWestern Frisian

walWolaitta; Wolaytta

wolWolof

xhoXhosa

sahYakut

yaoYao (Mien)44Yao (Mien)
yapYapese

yidYiddish

yorYorubaB9Yoruba
ypkYupik languages

zndZande languages

zapZapotec71Zapotec
zzaZaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki

zenZenaga

zhaZhuang; Chuang

zulZulu

zunZuni

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