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Staff Language Codes

Language Codes for Staff Language Template Report.

(Field 4 – Language that the staff speaks at home)

Number

English name of Language

Code

00

English

eng

01

Spanish

spa

02

Vietnamese

vie

03

Hmong; Mong

hmn

04

Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin, also includes Chaozhou, Lahu, Taiwanese, Teochew, and Toishanese)

chi (B) zho (T)

05

Cambodian - Khmer

khm

06

Korean

kor

07

Laotian (includes Khmu)

lao

08

Navajo; Navaho (Diné)

nav

09

Tagalog

tgl

10

Russian

rus

11

Creoles, French-based

cpf

12

Arabic (spoken in numerous countries including Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen)

ara

13

Portuguese

por

14

Japanese

jpn

16

Tiwa

nai

17

Tewa

nai

18

Towa

nai

19

Keres

nai

20

Jicarilla Apache

apa

21

Mescalero Apache

apa

22

Zuni

zun

24

Sign Languages - American

sgn

25

Sign Languages - English Based

sgn

26

Albanian

alb (B) sqi (T)

27

Armenian

arm (B) hye (T)

28

Azerbaijani

aze

29

Baltic languages

bat

30

Basque

baq (B)

eus (T)

31

Bosnian

bos

32

Bulgarian

bul

33

Burmese

bur (B)

mya (T)

34

Chechen

che

35

Creoles, English based

cpe

36

Creoles, Portuguese-based

cpp

37

Croatian

hrv

38

Czech

cze (B) ces (T)

39

Danish

dan

40

Dutch; Flemish

dut (B) nld (T)

41

Estonian

est

42

Farsi - Persian (includes Dari spoken in Afghanistan)

per (B) fas (T)

43

Filipino; Pilipino

fil

44

Finnish

fin

45

French

fre (B) fra (T)

46

German

ger (B) deu (T)

47

Greek

gre (B) ell (T)

48

Haitian; Haitian Creole

hat

49

Hawaiian

haw

50

Hebrew

heb

51

Hungarian

hun

52

Icelandic

ice (B) isl (T)

53

India and Bangladesh - Bengali

ben

54

India - Gujarati

guj

55

India - Marathi

mar

56

India - Rajasthani

raj

57

India - Telugu

tel

58

India and Assam - Assamese

asm

59

India and Pakistan - Hindi

hin

60

India and Pakistan - Urdu

urd

61

India or Pakistan Panjabi; Punjabi

pan

62

India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka - Tamil

tam

63

Indonesian

ind

64

Iranian languages

ira

65

Italian

ita

66

North American Indian languages Other

nai

67

Norwegian

nor

68

Polish

pol

69

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

rum (B) ron (T)

70

Somali ( also includes Tigrinya)

som

71

Serbian

srp

72

Slavic languages

sla

73

Swedish

swe

74

Thai

tha

75

Tibetan

tib (B)

bod (T)

76

Ukrainian

ukr

77

Hocano

NAI

78

Kurdish (includes any country where this is spoken such as Iraq and Afghanistan)

kur

79

Syriac (includes Assyrian and Chaldean)

syr

80

Cebuano (Visayan)

ceb

81

Chamorro

cha

82

Kinyarwanda (includes Kirundi)

kin

83

Lithuanian

lit

84

Malayalam

mal

85

Marshallese

mah

86

Mixteco

NAI

87

Nepali

nep

88

Pashto (also includes Pushto)

pus

89

Samoan

smo

90

Sinhalese (also includes Sinhala)

sin

91

Swahili

swa

92

Tongan (also includes Raratongan)

rar

93

Turkish

tur

94

Wolof

wol

95

Yao (also includes Mien)

yao

96

Fanti (spoken in Ghana)

fat

97

Oromo

oro

98

Latin

lat

99

Amharic

amh

100

Fulah

ful

101

Lamnso

lns


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