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Language Codes


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 Code

New Language Code Text

Old Language Code Mapping (If Available)

Old Language Code Text (If Available)

abk

Abkhazian

ace

Achinese

ach

Acoli

ada

Adangme

ady

Adyghe; Adygei

aar

Afar

afr

Afrikaans

83

Afrikaans

afa

Afro-Asiatic languages

85

Afro-Asiatic languages

ain

Ainu

aka

Akan

alb

Albanian

56

Albanian

ale

Aleut

alg

Algonquian languages

ase

American Sign Language

tut

Altaic languages

amh

Amharic

66

Amharic

anp

Angika

apa

Apache languages

ara

Arabic

11

Arabic

arg

Aragonese

arp

Arapaho

arw

Arawak

arm

Armenian

12

Armenian

rup

Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian

asm

Assamese

84

Assamese

ast

Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese

ath

Athapascan languages

aus

Australian languages

map

Austronesian languages

50

Austronesian languages

ava

Avaric

awa

Awadhi

aym

Aymara

aze

Azerbaijani

ban

Balinese

bat

Other Baltic languages

52

Other Baltic languages

bal

Baluchi

bam

Bambara

bai

Bamileke languages

bad

Banda languages

bnt

Bantu languages

bas

Basa

bak

Bashkir

baq

Basque

btk

Batak languages

bej

Beja; Bedawiyet

bel

Belarusian

bem

Bemba

ben

Bengali

61

Bengali

ber

Berber languages

86

Berber languages

bho

Bhojpuri

bih

Bihari languages

bik

Bikol

bin

Bini; Edo

bis

Bislama

byn

Blin; Bilin

zbl

Blissymbols; Blissymbolics; Bliss

nob

Bokmål, Norwegian; Norwegian Bokmål

bos

Bosnian

bra

Braj

bre

Breton

bug

Buginese

bul

Bulgarian

67

Bulgarian

bua

Buriat

bur

Burmese

13

Burmese

cad

Caddo

yue

Cantonese

03

Cantonese

cat

Catalan; Valencian

87

Catalan; Valencian

cau

Caucasian languages

ceb

Cebuano (Bisayan, Visayan)

36

Cebuano (Bisayan, Visayan)

cel

Celtic languages

cai

Central American Indian languages

88

Central American Indian languages

khm

Central Khmer

cld

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic (Chaldean)

54

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic (Chaldean)

cmc

Chamic languages

cha

Chamorro (Guamanian)

20

Chamorro (Guamanian)

che

Chechen

chr

Cherokee

chy

Cheyenne

nya

Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja

chi

Chinese (Other Chinese languages)

46

Chinese (Other Chinese languages)

chn

Chinook jargon

chp

Chipewyan; Dene Suline

cho

Choctaw

chk

Chuukese

chv

Chuvash

syc

Classical Syriac

cor

Cornish

cos

Corsican

cre

Cree

mus

Creek

crp

Creoles and pidgins

cpe

Creoles and pidgins, English based

89

Creoles and pidgins, English based

cpf

Creoles and pidgins, French-based

90

Creoles and pidgins, French-based

cpp

Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based

crh

Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish

hrv

Croatian

cus

Cushitic languages

cze

Czech

91

Czech

dak

Dakota

dan

Danish

92

Danish

dar

Dargwa

del

Delaware

din

Dinka

82

Dinka

div

Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian

doi

Dogri

dgr

Dogrib

dra

Dravidian languages

dua

Duala

dut

Dutch; Flemish

15

Dutch; Flemish

dyu

Dyula

dzo

Dzongkha

81

Dzongkha

frs

Eastern Frisian

efi

Efik

eka

Ekajuk

eng

English

00

English

myv

Erzya

epo

Esperanto

est

Estonian

ewe

Ewe

ewo

Ewondo

fan

Fang

fat

Fanti

fao

Faroese

fij

Fijian

93

Fijian

fil

Filipino; Pilipino

fin

Finnish

94

Finnish

fiu

Finno-Ugrian languages

fon

Fon

fre

French

17

French

fur

Friulian

ful

Fulah

gaa

Ga

gla

Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic

car

Galibi Carib

glg

Galician

lug

Ganda

gay

Gayo

gba

Gbaya

geo

Georgian

ger

German

18

German

gem

Germanic languages

gil

Gilbertese

gon

Gondi

gor

Gorontalo

grb

Grebo

gre

Greek, Modern (1453-)

19

Greek, Modern (1453-)

grn

Guarani

guj

Gujarati

43

Gujarati

gwi

Gwich'in

hai

Haida

hat

Haitian; Haitian Creole

73

Haitian; Haitian Creole

hau

Hausa

haw

Hawaiian

95

Hawaiian

heb

Hebrew

21

Hebrew

her

Herero

hil

Hiligaynon

him

Himachali languages; Western Pahari languages

hin

Hindi

22

Hindi

hmo

Hiri Motu

hit

Hittite

hmn

Hmong; Mong

23

Hmong; Mong

hun

Hungarian

24

Hungarian

hup

Hupa

iba

Iban

ice

Icelandic

96

Icelandic

ibo

Igbo

98

Igbo

ijo

Ijo languages

ilo

Iloko (Ilocano)

smn

Inari Sami

inc

Indic languages

ine

Indo-European languages

ind

Indonesian

26

Indonesian

inh

Ingush

iku

Inuktitut

ipk

Inupiaq

ira

Iranian languages

A1

Iranian languages

gle

Irish

97

Irish

iro

Iroquoian languages

ita

Italian

27

Italian

jpn

Japanese

08

Japanese

jav

Javanese

jrb

Judeo-Arabic

jpr

Judeo-Persian

kbd

Kabardian

kab

Kabyle

kac

Kachin; Jingpho

74

Kachin; Jingpho

kal

Kalaallisut; Greenlandic

xal

Kalmyk; Oirat

kam

Kamba

kan

Kannada

65

Kannada

kau

Kanuri

krc

Karachay-Balkar

kaa

Kara-Kalpak

krl

Karelian

kar

Karen languages

75

Karen languages

kas

Kashmiri

69

Kashmiri

csb

Kashubian

kaz

Kazakh

kha

Khasi

khi

Khoisan languages

kho

Khotanese; Sakan

kjg

Khmu

kik

Kikuyu; Gikuyu

68

Kikuyu; Gikuyu

kmb

Kimbundu

kin

Kinyarwanda

80

Kinyarwanda

kir

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

kom

Komi

kon

Kongo

kok

Konkani

A2

Konkani

kor

Korean

04

Korean

kos

Kosraean

kpe

Kpelle

kro

Kru languages

kua

Kuanyama; Kwanyama

kum

Kumyk

kur

Kurdish (Kurdi, Kurmanji)

51

Kurdish (Kurdi, Kurmanji)

kru

Kurukh

kut

Kutenai

lad

Ladino

lah

Lahnda

lhu

Lahu

47

Lahu

lam

Lamba

day

Land Dayak languages

lao

Lao

10

Lao

lav

Latvian

lez

Lezghian

lim

Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish

lin

Lingala

79

Lingala

lit

Lithuanian

A4

Lithuanian

nds

Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low

dsb

Lower Sorbian

loz

Lozi

lub

Luba-Katanga

lua

Luba-Lulua

lui

Luiseno

smj

Lule Sami

lun

Lunda

luo

Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)

lus

Lushai

ltz

Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

mac

Macedonian

mad

Madurese

mag

Magahi

mai

Maithili

mak

Makasar

mlg

Malagasy

may

Malay

A5

Malay

mal

Malayalam

A6

Malayalam

mlt

Maltese

mdr

Mandar

cmn

Mandarin (Putonghua, Guoyu)

07

Mandarin (Putonghua, Guoyu)

man

Mandingo

mni

Manipuri

mno

Manobo languages

glv

Manx

mao

Maori

arn

Mapudungun; Mapuche

mar

Marathi

64

Marathi

chm

Mari

mah

Marshallese

48

Marshallese

mwr

Marwari

mas

Masai

myn

Mayan languages

A7

Mayan languages

men

Mende

mic

Mi'kmaq; Micmac

min

Minangkabau

mwl

Mirandese

moh

Mohawk

mdf

Moksha

lol

Mongo

mon

Mongolian

A8

Mongolian

mkh

Mon-Khmer languages (Cambodian)

09

Mon-Khmer languages (Cambodian)

mos

Mossi

mul

Multiple languages

mun

Munda languages

nah

Nahuatl languages

A9

Nahuatl languages

nau

Nauru

nav

Navajo; Navaho

B1

Navajo; Navaho

nde

Ndebele, North; North Ndebele

nbl

Ndebele, South; South Ndebele

ndo

Ndonga

nap

Neapolitan

new

Nepal Bhasa; Newari

nep

Nepali

76

Nepali

nia

Nias

nic

Niger-Kordofanian languages

ssa

Nilo-Saharan languages

niu

Niuean

nqo

N'Ko

nog

Nogai

nai

North American Indian languages

B2

North American Indian languages

frr

Northern Frisian

sme

Northern Sami

nor

Norwegian

B3

Norwegian

nno

Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian

nub

Nubian languages

nym

Nyamwezi

nyn

Nyankole

nyo

Nyoro

nzi

Nzima

oci

Occitan (post 1500)

arc

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

oji

Ojibwa

ori

Oriya

B4

Oriya

orm

Oromo

78

Oromo

oss

Ossetian; Ossetic

qab

Chaozhou (Teochew/Chiuchow)

sit

Other Sino-Tibetan languages (Taishanese)

53

Other Sino-Tibetan languages (Taishanese)

oto

Otomian languages (Mixteco)

49

Otomian languages (Mixteco)

pau

Palauan

pam

Pampanga; Kapampangan

B5

Pampanga; Kapampangan

pag

Pangasinan

pan

Panjabi; Punjabi

28

Panjabi; Punjabi

pap

Papiamento

paa

Papuan languages

nso

Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho

per

Persian (Farsi)

16

Persian (Farsi)

phi

Philippine languages

05

Philippine languages

pon

Pohnpeian

pol

Polish

41

Polish

por

Portuguese

06

Portuguese

pra

Prakrit languages

pus

Pushto; Pashto

40

Pushto; Pashto

que

Quechua

raj

Rajasthani

rap

Rapanui

rar

Rarotongan; Cook Islands Maori

roa

Romance languages

rum

Romanian (Rumanian)

45

Romanian (Rumanian)

roh

Romansh

rom

Romany

run

Rundi

rus

Russian

29

Russian

sal

Salishan languages

smi

Sami languages

smo

Samoan

30

Samoan

sad

Sandawe

sag

Sango

san

Sanskrit

sat

Santali

srd

Sardinian

sas

Sasak

sco

Scots

sel

Selkup

sem

Semitic languages

srp

Serbian

srr

Serer

shn

Shan

sna

Shona

iii

Sichuan Yi; Nuosu

scn

Sicilian

sid

Sidamo

sgn

Sign Languages

37

Sign Languages

bla

Siksika

snd

Sindhi

sin

Sinhala; Sinhalese

B6

Sinhala; Sinhalese

sio

Siouan languages

sms

Skolt Sami

den

Slave (Athapascan)

sla

Slavic languages

slo

Slovak

B7

Slovak

slv

Slovenian

sog

Sogdian

som

Somali

60

Somali

son

Songhai languages

snk

Soninke

wen

Sorbian languages

sot

Sotho, Southern

sai

South American Indian languages

alt

Southern Altai

sma

Southern Sami

spa

Spanish; Castilian

01

Spanish; Castilian

srn

Sranan Tongo

zgh

Standard Moroccan Tamazight

suk

Sukuma

sun

Sundanese

sus

Susu

swa

Swahili

77

Swahili

ssw

Swati

swe

Swedish

70

Swedish

gsw

Swiss German; Alemannic; Alsatian

syr

Syriac (Assyrian)

42

Syriac (Assyrian)

tgl

Tagalog

tah

Tahitian

tai

Tai languages

qaa

Taiwanese

tgk

Tajik

tmh

Tamashek

tam

Tamil

63

Tamil

tat

Tatar

tel

Telugu

62

Telugu

ter

Tereno

tet

Tetum

tha

Thai

32

Thai

tib

Tibetan

tig

Tigre

tir

Tigrinya

57

Tigrinya

tem

Timne

tiv

Tiv

tli

Tlingit

tpi

Tok Pisin

tkl

Tokelau

tog

Tonga (Nyasa)

ton

Tonga (Tonga Islands)

34

Tonga (Tonga Islands)

tsi

Tsimshian

tso

Tsonga

tsn

Tswana

tum

Tumbuka

tup

Tupi languages

tur

Turkish

33

Turkish

ota

Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)

tuk

Turkmen

tvl

Tuvalu

tyv

Tuvinian

twi

Twi

B8

Twi

udm

Udmurt

uig

Uighur; Uyghur

ukr

Ukrainian

38

Ukrainian

umb

Umbundu

mis

Uncoded languages (Other non-English languages)

99

Uncoded languages (Other non-English languages)

und

Undetermined

hsb

Upper Sorbian

urd

Urdu

35

Urdu

uzb

Uzbek

72

Uzbek

vai

Vai

ven

Venda

vie

Vietnamese

02

Vietnamese

vot

Votic

wak

Wakashan languages

wln

Walloon

war

Waray

was

Washo

wel

Welsh

fry

Western Frisian

wal

Wolaitta; Wolaytta

wol

Wolof

xho

Xhosa

sah

Yakut

yao

Yao (Mien)

44

Yao (Mien)

yap

Yapese

yid

Yiddish

yor

Yoruba

B9

Yoruba

ypk

Yupik languages

znd

Zande languages

zap

Zapotec

71

Zapotec

zza

Zaza; Dimili; Dimli; Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki

zen

Zenaga

zha

Zhuang; Chuang

zul

Zulu

zun

Zuni

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