Language Codes (Schooling)
A list of foreign Languages codes used in the School roll returns. Copies of the Language code tables are available as downloadable files are the end of this page.
Index of Language regions and codes:
European Languages
Chinese Languages
Indian Languages
Other Asian Languages
Middle Eastern Languages
South Pacific Languages
African Languages
Other Languages
| Language | Alpha-3 Code |
| Albanian |
ALB
|
| Armenian |
ARM
|
| Bulgarian |
BGR
|
| Catalan |
CAT
|
| Croatian |
CRO
|
| Czech |
CSE
|
| Dutch |
DUT
|
| English |
ENG
|
| Finnish |
FIN
|
| French |
FRE
|
| Gaelic |
GAE
|
| German |
GER
|
| Greek |
GRE
|
| Hungarian |
HUN
|
| Italian |
ITA
|
| Lithuanian |
LIT
|
| Maltese |
MLT
|
| Polish |
POL
|
| Portuguese |
POR
|
| Romanian |
RUM
|
| Russian |
RUS
|
| Serbian |
SER
|
| Slovak |
SLO
|
| Slovenian |
SLV
|
| Spanish |
SPN
|
| Swedish |
SWE
|
| Ukranian |
UKV
|
| Welsh |
WEL
|
| Other European |
EUR
|
| Language | Alpha-3 Code |
| Cantonese |
CAN
|
| Hokkien |
HOK
|
| Hakka |
HAK
|
| Mandarin |
MDR
|
| Other Chinese |
CHI
|
| Language | Alpha-3 Code |
| Bengali |
BEN
|
| Gujerati |
GUJ
|
| Hindi |
HIN
|
| Malayalam |
MAL
|
| Punjabi |
PAN
|
| Sinhalese |
SNH
|
| Tamil |
TAM
|
| Urdu |
URD
|
| Language | Alpha-3 Code |
| Bahasa Malay |
BAH
|
| Burmese |
BUR
|
| Hmong |
HMO
|
| Indonesian |
IND
|
| Japanese |
JPN
|
| Javanese |
JAV
|
| Khmer |
CAM
|
| Korean |
KOR
|
| Lao |
LAO
|
| Malay |
MAY
|
| Tagalog/Filipino |
TAG
|
| Tetum (Timor) |
TET
|
| Thai |
THA
|
| Vietnamese |
VIE
|
| Other South-East Asian |
SEA
|
| Language | Alpha-3 Code |
| Afghani |
AFG
|
| Amharic |
AMH
|
| Arabic |
ARA
|
| Aramaic |
ARC
|
| Assyrian |
ASS
|
| Egyptian |
EGY
|
| Farsi (Persian) |
PER
|
| Hebrew |
HEB
|
| Iranian |
IRA
|
| Kurdish |
KUR
|
| Turkish |
TUR
|
| Yiddish |
YID
|
| Other Middle East Languages |
MEL
|
| Language | Alpha-3 Code |
| Cook Island Maori |
CIM
|
| Fijian |
FIJ
|
| Gilbertese |
GIL
|
| Maori |
MAO
|
| Niue |
NIU
|
| Rarotongan |
RAR
|
| Samoan |
SAO
|
| Tahitian |
TAH
|
| Tokelauan |
TOK
|
| Tongan |
TON
|
| Other Pacific Languages |
PIL
|
| Language | Alpha-3 Code |
| Afrikaans |
AFR
|
| Somali |
SOM
|
| Swahili |
SWA
|
| Other African Languages |
AFO
|
| Language | Alpha-3 Code |
| Esperanto |
ESP
|
Related Education Counts Documents
Code Sets: lists of values used to code data items on the data collection forms.Data Collections: a description of different data collections.