The Dag Hammarskjöld Library uses the following three-letter language codes. A language code search should generally be used with the Restriction set to Non-UN. All languages that a document is issued in are recorded in the record for United Nations documents and publications.
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Language Code |
Language |
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ACH |
Acholi |
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AFH |
Afrihili |
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AFR |
Afrikaans |
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AFA |
Afro-Asiatic |
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AKK |
Akkadian |
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ALB |
Albanian |
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ALE |
Aleut |
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ALG |
Algonquin languages |
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AJM |
Aljamia |
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AHM |
Amharic |
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ANG |
Anglo-Saxon (ca. 600-1100) |
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APA |
Apache |
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ARA |
Arabic |
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ARC |
Aramaic |
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ARP |
Arapaho |
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ARN |
Araucanian |
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ARW |
Arawak |
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ARM |
Armenian |
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ASM |
Assamese |
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ATH |
Athapascan languages |
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AVA |
Avaric |
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AVE |
Avesta |
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AWA |
Awadhi |
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AYM |
Aymara |
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AZE |
Azerbaijani |
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BAT |
Baltic |
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BAL |
Baluchi |
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BAM |
Bambara |
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BAK |
Bashkir |
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BAQ |
Basque |
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BEJ |
Beja |
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BEM |
Bemba |
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BEN |
Bengali |
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BER |
Berber |
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BHO |
Bhojpuri |
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BLA |
Blackfoot |
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BOS |
Bosnian |
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BRA |
Braj |
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BRE |
Breton |
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BUL |
Bulgarian |
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BUR |
Burmese |
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BEL |
Byelorussian |
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CAD |
Caddo |
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CAM |
Cambodian |
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CAR |
Carib |
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CAT |
Catalan |
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CAU |
Caucasian |
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CEL |
Celtic, Celtic Group |
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CAI |
Central American Indian |
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CHE |
Chechen |
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CHR |
Cherokee |
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CHY |
Cheyenne |
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CHB |
Chibcha |
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CHI |
Chinese |
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CHN |
Chinook Jargon |
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CHO |
Choctaw |
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CHU |
Church Slavic |
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CHV |
Chuvash |
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COP |
Coptic |
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COR |
Cornish |
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CRE |
Cree |
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CRP |
Creoles ad Pidgins |
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CUS |
Cushitic |
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CZE |
Czech |
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DAK |
Dakota |
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DAN |
Danish |
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DEL |
Delaware |
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DXX |
Dhivehi |
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DIN |
Dinka |
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DOI |
Dogri |
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DRA |
Dravidian (Other) |
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DUA |
Duala |
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DUT |
Dutch (use for Flemish) |
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DUM |
Dutch, Middle |
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EFI |
Efik |
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EGY |
Egyptian |
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ELX |
Elamite |
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ENG |
English |
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ENM |
English, Middle (ca. 1100-1400) |
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ESK |
Eskimo |
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ESP |
Esperanto |
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EST |
Estonian |
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ETH |
Ethiopic |
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EWE |
Ewe |
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FAN |
Fang |
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FAR |
Faroese |
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FIJ |
Fijian |
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FIN |
Finnish |
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FIU |
Finno-Ugrian (Other) |
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FON |
Fon |
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FRE |
French |
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FRM |
French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600) |
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FRO |
French, Old (ca. 842-1400) |
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FRI |
Frisian |
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GAA |
Ga |
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GAE |
Gaelic (Scots) |
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GAL |
Galla |
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GEO |
Georgian |
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GER |
German |
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GMH |
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1350) |
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GOH |
German, Old High (ca. 750-1050) |
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GEM |
Germanic |
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GON |
Gondi |
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GOT |
Gothic |
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GRC |
Greek |
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GUA |
Guarani |
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GUJ |
Gujarati |
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HAI |
Haida |
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HAU |
Hausa |
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HAW |
Hawaiian |
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HEB |
Hebrew |
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HER |
Herero |
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HIM |
Himachali |
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HIN |
Hindi |
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HUN |
Hungarian |
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HUP |
Hupa |
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ICE |
Icelandic |
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ILO |
Ilocano |
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INC |
Indic |
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INE |
Indo-European |
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IND |
Indonesian |
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INT |
Interlingua |
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IRA |
Iranian |
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IRI |
Irish |
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IRO |
Iroquoian languages |
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ITA |
Italian |
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JPN |
Japanese |
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JAV |
Javanese |
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JRB |
Judaeo-Arabic |
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JPR |
Judaeo-Persian |
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KAC |
Kachin |
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KAM |
Kamba |
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KAN |
Kannada |
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KAU |
Kanuri |
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KAA |
Karakalpak |
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KAR |
Karen |
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KAS |
Kashmiri |
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KAZ |
Kazakh |
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KHA |
Khasi |
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KNO |
Khotanese |
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KIK |
Kikuyu |
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KIN |
Kinyarwanda |
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KIR |
Kirghiz |
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KOK |
Kokani |
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KON |
Kongo |
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KOR |
Korean |
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KPE |
Kpelle |
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KRO |
Kru |
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KUR |
Kurdish |
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KRU |
Kurukh |
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KUT |
Kutenai |
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LAD |
Ladino |
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LAH |
Lahnda |
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LAM |
Lamba |
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LAN |
Langue d'oc (Post-1500) |
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LAO |
Laotian |
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LAP |
Lapp |
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LAT |
Latin |
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LAV |
Latvian |
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LIT |
Lithuanian |
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LOL |
Lolo (Bantu) |
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LUB |
Luba |
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LUG |
Luganda |
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LUI |
Luiseno |
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LXX |
Luvenda |
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MAC |
Macedonian |
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MAG |
Magahi |
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MAI |
Maithili |
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MLA |
Malagasy |
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MAY |
Malay |
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MAL |
Malayalam |
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MAP |
Malayo-Polynesian |
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MLT |
Maltese |
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MAN |
Mandingo |
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MNO |
Manobo |
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MAX |
Manx |
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MAO |
Maori |
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MAR |
Marathi |
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MWR |
Marwari |
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MAS |
Masai |
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MYN |
Mayan languages |
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MEN |
Mende |
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MIC |
Micmac |
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MIS |
Miscellaneous |
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MOH |
Mohawk |
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MOL |
Moldavian |
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MON |
Mongol |
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MOS |
Mossi |
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MUL |
Multilingual |
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MUS |
Muskogee |
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NAH |
Nahuatlan |
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NAV |
Navaho |
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NEP |
Nepali |
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NEW |
Newari |
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NIC |
Niger-Congo |
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NIU |
Niuean |
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NAI |
North American Indian |
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NSO |
Northern Sotho |
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NOR |
Norwegian |
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NUB |
Nubian |
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NYM |
Nyamwezi |
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NYA |
Nyanja |
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NYO |
Nyoro |
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OJI |
Ojibwa |
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ORI |
Oriya |
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OSA |
Osage |
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OSS |
Ossetic |
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OTA |
Ottoman Turkish |
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OTO |
Ottomian languages |
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PAL |
Pahlavi |
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PAU |
Palaun |
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PLI |
Pali |
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PAN |
Panjabi |
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PAA |
Papuan-Australian |
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PER |
Persian, Modern |
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PEO |
Persian, Old (ca. 600 B.C.-400 B.C.) |
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POL |
Polish |
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POR |
Portuguese |
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PRA |
Prakrit |
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PRO |
Provencal (to 1500) |
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PUS |
Pushto |
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QUE |
Quechua |
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RAJ |
Rajasthani |
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ROH |
Rhaeto-Romance |
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ROA |
Romance |
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RUM |
Romanian |
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ROM |
Romany |
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RUN |
Rundi |
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RUS |
Russian |
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SAL |
Salishan languages |
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SAM |
Samaritan Aramic |
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SAO |
Samoan |
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SAD |
Sandawe |
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SAG |
Sango |
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SAN |
Sanskrit |
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SEL |
Selkup |
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SEM |
Semitic (Other) |
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SCC |
Serbian |
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SCR |
Serbo-Croatian (Roman) |
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SRR |
Serer |
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SHN |
Shan |
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SHO |
Shona |
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SID |
Sidamo |
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SND |
Sindhi |
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SNH |
Sinhalese |
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SIT |
Sini-Tibetan |
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SIO |
Siouan languages |
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SLA |
Slavic |
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SLO |
Slovak |
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SLV |
Slovenian |
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SOG |
Sogdian |
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SOM |
Somali |
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SON |
Songhai |
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SAI |
South American Indian |
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SSO |
Southern Sotho |
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SPA |
Spanish |
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SSA |
Sub-Saharan African |
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SUK |
Sukuma |
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SUX |
Sumerian |
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SUN |
Sundanese |
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SUS |
Susu |
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SWA |
Swahili |
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SWZ |
Swazi |
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SWE |
Swedish |
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SYR |
Syriac |
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TAG |
Tagalog |
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TAJ |
Tajik |
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TAM |
Tamil |
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TAR |
Tatar |
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TEL |
Telugu |
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TEM |
Temne |
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TER |
Tereno |
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THA |
Thai |
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TIB |
Tibetan |
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TIG |
Tigre |
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TIR |
Tigrina |
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TLI |
Tlingit |
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TSI |
Tsimshian |
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TSW |
Tswana |
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TUR |
Turkish |
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TUK |
Turkmen |
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TUT |
Turko-Tataric |
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TWI |
Twi |
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UGA |
Ugaritic |
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UIG |
Uigur |
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UKR |
Ukrainian |
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UMB |
Umbundu |
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UND |
Undetermined |
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URD |
Urdu |
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UZB |
Uzbek |
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VIE |
Vietnamese |
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VOT |
Votic |
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WAK |
Wakashan languages |
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WAL |
Walamo |
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WAS |
Washo |
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WEL |
Welsh |
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WEN |
Wendic |
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WOL |
Wolof |
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XHO |
Xhosa |
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YAO |
Yao (Bantu) |
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YID |
Yiddish |
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YOR |
Yoruba |
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ZAP |
Zapotec |
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ZEN |
Zenaga |
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ZUL |
Zulu |
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ZUN |
Zuni |