MARC Language Codes
Part II: Code Sequence
A | B | C
| D | E | F | G
| H | I | J | K
| L | M | N | O
| P | Q | R | S
| T | U | V | W
| X | Y | Z
NOTE: Discontinued codes are also listed in this sequence. They are identified by a hyphen preceding the code.
- aar
- Afar
- abk
- Abkhaz
- ace
- Achinese
- ach
- Acoli
- ada
- Adangme
- ady
- Adygei
- afa
- Afroasiatic (Other)
- afh
- Afrihili (Artificial language)
- afr
- Afrikaans
- -ajm
- Aljamía
- aka
- Akan
- akk
- Akkadian
- alb
- Albanian
- ale
- Aleut
- alg
- Algonquian (Other)
- amh
- Amharic
- ang
- English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
- apa
- Apache languages
- ara
- Arabic
- arc
- Aramaic
- arg
- Aragonese Spanish
- arm
- Armenian
- arn
- Mapuche
- arp
- Arapaho
- art
- Artificial (Other)
- arw
- Arawak
- asm
- Assamese
- ast
- Bable
- ath
- Athapascan (Other)
- aus
- Australian languages
- ava
- Avaric
- ave
- Avestan
- awa
- Awadhi
- aym
- Aymara
- aze
- Azerbaijani
- bad
- Banda
- bai
- Bamileke languages
- bak
- Bashkir
- bal
- Baluchi
- bam
- Bambara
- ban
- Balinese
- baq
- Basque
- bas
- Basa
- bat
- Baltic (Other)
- bej
- Beja
- bel
- Belarusian
- bem
- Bemba
- ben
- Bengali
- ber
- Berber (Other)
- bho
- Bhojpuri
- bih
- Bihari
- bik
- Bikol
- bin
- Edo
- bis
- Bislama
- bla
- Siksika
- bnt
- Bantu (Other)
- bos
- Bosnian
- bra
- Braj
- bre
- Breton
- btk
- Batak
- bua
- Buriat
- bug
- Bugis
- bul
- Bulgarian
- bur
- Burmese
- cad
- Caddo
- cai
- Central American Indian (Other)
- -cam
- Khmer
- car
- Carib
- cat
- Catalan
- cau
- Caucasian (Other)
- ceb
- Cebuano
- cel
- Celtic (Other)
- cha
- Chamorro
- chb
- Chibcha
- che
- Chechen
- chg
- Chagatai
- chi
- Chinese
- chk
- Truk
- chm
- Mari
- chn
- Chinook jargon
- cho
- Choctaw
- chp
- Chipewyan
- chr
- Cherokee
- chu
- Church Slavic
- chv
- Chuvash
- chy
- Cheyenne
- cmc
- Chamic languages
- cop
- Coptic
- cor
- Cornish
- cos
- Corsican
- cpe
- Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other)
- cpf
- Creoles and Pidgins, French-based (Other)
- cpp
- Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other)
- cre
- Cree
- crh
- Crimean Tatar
- crp
- Creoles and Pidgins (Other)
- cus
- Cushitic (Other)
- cze
- Czech
- dak
- Dakota
- dan
- Danish
- dar
- Dargwa
- day
- Dayak
- del
- Delaware
- den
- Slave
- dgr
- Dogrib
- din
- Dinka
- div
- Divehi
- doi
- Dogri
- dra
- Dravidian (Other)
- dua
- Duala
- dum
- Dutch, Middle (ca. 1050-1350)
- dut
- Dutch
- dyu
- Dyula
- dzo
- Dzongkha
- efi
- Efik
- egy
- Egyptian
- eka
- Ekajuk
- elx
- Elamite
- eng
- English
- enm
- English, Middle (1100-1500)
- epo
- Esperanto
- -esk
- Eskimo languages
- -esp
- Esperanto
- est
- Estonian
- -eth
- Ethiopic
- ewe
- Ewe
- ewo
- Ewondo
- fan
- Fang
- fao
- Faroese
- -far
- Faroese
- fat
- Fanti
- fij
- Fijian
- fin
- Finnish
- fiu
- Finno-Ugrian (Other)
- fon
- Fon
- fre
- French
- -fri
- Frisian
- frm
- French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
- fro
- French, Old (ca. 842-1400)
- fry
- Frisian
- ful
- Fula
- fur
- Friulian
- gaa
- Gã
- -gae
- Scottish Gaelic
- -gag
- Galician
- -gal
- Oromo
- gay
- Gayo
- gba
- Gbaya
- gem
- Germanic (Other)
- geo
- Georgian
- ger
- German
- gez
- Ethiopic
- gil
- Gilbertese
- gla
- Scottish Gaelic
- gle
- Irish
- glg
- Galician
- glv
- Manx
- gmh
- German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
- goh
- German, Old High (ca. 750-1050)
- gon
- Gondi
- gor
- Gorontalo
- got
- Gothic
- grb
- Grebo
- grc
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- gre
- Greek, Modern (1453- )
- grn
- Guarani
- -gua
- Guarani
- guj
- Gujarati
- gwi
- Gwich'in
- hai
- Haida
- hat
- Haitian French Creole
- hau
- Hausa
- haw
- Hawaiian
- heb
- Hebrew
- her
- Herero
- hil
- Hiligaynon
- him
- Himachali
- hin
- Hindi
- hit
- Hittite
- hmn
- Hmong
- hmo
- Hiri Motu
- hun
- Hungarian
- hup
- Hupa
- iba
- Iban
- ibo
- Igbo
- ice
- Icelandic
- ido
- Ido
- iii
- Sichuan Yi
- ijo
- Ijo
- iku
- Inuktitut
- ile
- Interlingue
- ilo
- Iloko
- ina
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)
- inc
- Indic (Other)
- ind
- Indonesian
- ine
- Indo-European (Other)
- inh
- Ingush
- -int
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)
- ipk
- Inupiaq
- ira
- Iranian (Other)
- -iri
- Irish
- iro
- Iroquoian (Other)
- ita
- Italian
- jav
- Javanese
- jpn
- Japanese
- jpr
- Judeo-Persian
- jrb
- Judeo-Arabic
- kaa
- Kara-Kalpak
- kab
- Kabyle
- kac
- Kachin
- kal
- Kalâtdlisut
- kam
- Kamba
- kan
- Kannada
- kar
- Karen
- kas
- Kashmiri
- kau
- Kanuri
- kaw
- Kawi
- kaz
- Kazakh
- kbd
- Kabardian
- kha
- Khasi
- khi
- Khoisan (Other)
- khm
- Khmer
- kho
- Khotanese
- kik
- Kikuyu
- kin
- Kinyarwanda
- kir
- Kyrgyz
- kmb
- Kimbundu
- kok
- Konkani
- kom
- Komi
- kon
- Kongo
- kor
- Korean
- kos
- Kusaie
- kpe
- Kpelle
- kro
- Kru
- kru
- Kurukh
- kua
- Kuanyama
- kum
- Kumyk
- kur
- Kurdish
- -kus
- Kusaie
- kut
- Kutenai
- lad
- Ladino
- lah
- Lahnda
- lam
- Lamba
- -lan
- Occitan (post-1500)
- lao
- Lao
- -lap
- Sami
- lat
- Latin
- lav
- Latvian
- lez
- Lezgian
- lim
- Limburgish
- lin
- Lingala
- lit
- Lithuanian
- lol
- Mongo-Nkundu
- loz
- Lozi
- ltz
- Letzeburgesch
- lua
- Luba-Lulua
- lub
- Luba-Katanga
- lug
- Ganda
- lui
- Luiseño
- lun
- Lunda
- luo
- Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)
- lus
- Lushai
- mac
- Macedonian
- mad
- Madurese
- mag
- Magahi
- mah
- Marshallese
- mai
- Maithili
- mak
- Makasar
- mal
- Malayalam
- man
- Mandingo
- mao
- Maori
- map
- Austronesian (Other)
- mar
- Marathi
- mas
- Masai
- -max
- Manx
- may
- Malay
- mdr
- Mandar
- men
- Mende
- mga
- Irish, Middle (ca. 1100-1550)
- mic
- Micmac
- min
- Minangkabau
- mis
- Miscellaneous languages
- mkh
- Mon-Khmer (Other)
- -mla
- Malagasy
- mlg
- Malagasy
- mlt
- Maltese
- mnc
- Manchu
- mni
- Manipuri
- mno
- Manobo languages
- moh
- Mohawk
- mol
- Moldavian
- mon
- Mongolian
- mos
- Mooré
- mul
- Multiple languages
- mun
- Munda (Other)
- mus
- Creek
- mwr
- Marwari
- myn
- Mayan languages
- nah
- Nahuatl
- nai
- North American Indian (Other)
- nap
- Neapolitan Italian
- nau
- Nauru
- nav
- Navajo
- nbl
- Ndebele (South Africa)
- nde
- Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
- ndo
- Ndonga
- nds
- Low German
- nep
- Nepali
- new
- Newari
- nia
- Nias
- nic
- Niger-Kordofanian (Other)
- niu
- Niuean
- nno
- Norwegian (Nynorsk)
- nob
- Norwegian (Bokmål)
- nog
- Nogai
- non
- Old Norse
- nor
- Norwegian
- nso
- Northern Sotho
- nub
- Nubian languages
- nya
- Nyanja
- nym
- Nyamwezi
- nyn
- Nyankole
- nyo
- Nyoro
- nzi
- Nzima
- oci
- Occitan (post-1500)
- oji
- Ojibwa
- ori
- Oriya
- orm
- Oromo
- osa
- Osage
- oss
- Ossetic
- ota
- Turkish, Ottoman
- oto
- Otomian languages
- paa
- Papuan (Other)
- pag
- Pangasinan
- pal
- Pahlavi
- pam
- Pampanga
- pan
- Panjabi
- pap
- Papiamento
- pau
- Palauan
- peo
- Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.)
- per
- Persian
- phi
- Philippine (Other)
- phn
- Phoenician
- pli
- Pali
- pol
- Polish
- pon
- Ponape
- por
- Portuguese
- pra
- Prakrit languages
- pro
- Provençal (to 1500)
- pus
- Pushto
- que
- Quechua
- raj
- Rajasthani
- rap
- Rapanui
- rar
- Rarotongan
- roa
- Romance (Other)
- roh
- Raeto-Romance
- rom
- Romani
- rum
- Romanian
- run
- Rundi
- rus
- Russian
- sad
- Sandawe
- sag
- Sango (Ubangi Creole)
- sah
- Yakut
- sai
- South American Indian (Other)
- sal
- Salishan languages
- sam
- Samaritan Aramaic
- san
- Sanskrit
- -sao
- Samoan
- sas
- Sasak
- sat
- Santali
- scc
- Serbian
- sco
- Scots
- scr
- Croatian
- sel
- Selkup
- sem
- Semitic (Other)
- sga
- Irish, Old (to 1100)
- sgn
- Sign languages
- shn
- Shan
- -sho
- Shona
- sid
- Sidamo
- sin
- Sinhalese
- sio
- Siouan (Other)
- sit
- Sino-Tibetan (Other)
- sla
- Slavic (Other)
- slo
- Slovak
- slv
- Slovenian
- sma
- Southern Sami
- sme
- Northern Sami
- smi
- Sami
- smj
- Lule Sami
- smn
- Inari Sami
- smo
- Samoan
- sms
- Skolt Sami
- sna
- Shona
- snd
- Sindhi
- -snh
- Sinhalese
- snk
- Soninke
- sog
- Sogdian
- som
- Somali
- son
- Songhai
- sot
- Sotho
- spa
- Spanish
- srd
- Sardinian
- srr
- Serer
- ssa
- Nilo-Saharan (Other)
- -sso
- Sotho
- ssw
- Swazi
- suk
- Sukuma
- sun
- Sundanese
- sus
- Susu
- sux
- Sumerian
- swa
- Swahili
- swe
- Swedish
- -swz
- Swazi
- syr
- Syriac
- -tag
- Tagalog
- tah
- Tahitian
- tai
- Tai (Other)
- -taj
- Tajik
- tam
- Tamil
- -tar
- Tatar
- tat
- Tatar
- tel
- Telugu
- tem
- Temne
- ter
- Terena
- tet
- Tetum
- tgk
- Tajik
- tgl
- Tagalog
- tha
- Thai
- tib
- Tibetan
- tig
- Tigré
- tir
- Tigrinya
- tiv
- Tiv
- tkl
- Tokelauan
- tli
- Tlingit
- tmh
- Tamashek
- tog
- Tonga (Nyasa)
- ton
- Tongan
- tpi
- Tok Pisin
- -tru
- Truk
- tsi
- Tsimshian
- tsn
- Tswana
- tso
- Tsonga
- -tsw
- Tswana
- tuk
- Turkmen
- tum
- Tumbuka
- tup
- Tupi languages
- tur
- Turkish
- tut
- Altaic (Other)
- tvl
- Tuvaluan
- twi
- Twi
- tyv
- Tuvinian
- udm
- Udmurt
- uga
- Ugaritic
- uig
- Uighur
- ukr
- Ukrainian
- umb
- Umbundu
- und
- Undetermined
- urd
- Urdu
- uzb
- Uzbek
- vai
- Vai
- ven
- Venda
- vie
- Vietnamese
- vol
- Volapük
- vot
- Votic
- wak
- Wakashan languages
- wal
- Walamo
- war
- Waray
- was
- Washo
- wel
- Welsh
- wen
- Sorbian languages
- wln
- Walloon
- wol
- Wolof
- xal
- Kalmyk
- xho
- Xhosa
- yao
- Yao (Africa)
- yap
- Yapese
- yid
- Yiddish
- yor
- Yoruba
- ypk
- Yupik languages
- zap
- Zapotec
- zen
- Zenaga
- zha
- Zhuang
- znd
- Zande
- zul
- Zulu
- zun
- Zuni
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