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Schooling language codes Data Services

A list of foreign language codes used in the Student Record Transfer. The language codes (schooling) are available as download files.

Last updated: November 2019

Language codes

  • Schooling language codes [PDF 423kB]
  • Schooling language codes [MS Word 812kB]

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  • Table 1:  European language codes
  • Table 2:  Chinese language codes
  • Table 3:  Indian language codes
  • Table 4:  Other Asian language codes
  • Table 5:  Middle Eastern language codes
  • Table 6:  South Pacific language codes
  • Table 7:  African language codes
  • Table 8:  Other language codes

Current schooling language codes

Table 1: European language codes
Alpha-3 CodeLanguage Alpha-3 CodeLanguage
ALB Albanian LIT Lithuanian
ARM Armenian MLT Maltese
BUL Bulgarian POL Polish
CAT Catalan POR Portuguese
CRO Croatian RUM Romanian
CZE Czech RUS Russian
DUT Dutch SER Serbian
ENG English SLO Slovak
FIN Finnish SLV Slovenian
FRE French SPN Spanish
GAE Gaelic SWE Swedish
GER German UKV Ukranian
GRE Greek WEL Welsh
HUN Hungarian EUR Other European
ITA Italian 

Table 2: Chinese language codes
Alpha-3 CodeLanguage Alpha-3 CodeLanguage
CAN Cantonese MDR Mandarin
HOK Hokkien CHI Other Chinese
HAK Hakka 

Table 3: Indian language codes
Alpha-3 CodeLanguage Alpha-3 CodeLanguage
BEN Bengali SNH Sinhalese
GUJ Gujerati TAM Tamil
HIN Hindi URD Urdu
MAL Malayalam INO Other Indian
PAN Punjabi 

Table 4: Other Asian language codes
Alpha-3 CodeLanguage Alpha-3 CodeLanguage
BAH Bahasa Malay LAO Lao
BUR Burmese MAY Malay
HMO Hmong TAG Tagalog/Filipino
IND Indonesian TET Tetum (Timor)
JPN Japanese THA Thai
JAV Javanese VIE Vietnamese
CAM Khmer SEA Other South-East Asian
KOR Korean 

Table 5: Middle Eastern language codes
Alpha-3 CodeLanguage Alpha-3 CodeLanguage
AFG Afghani HEB Hebrew
AMH Amharic IRA Iranian
ARA Arabic KUR Kurdish
ARC Aramaic TUR Turkish
ASS Assyrian YID Yiddish
EGY Egyptian MEL Other Middle East
PER Farsi (Persian) 

Table 6: South Pacific language codes
Alpha-3 Code Language Alpha-3 Code Language
CIM Cook Island Maori SAO Samoan
FIJ Fijian TAH Tahitian
GIL Gilbertese TOK Tokelauan
MAO Māori TON Tongan
NIU Niue PIL Other Pacific
RAR Rarotongan 

Table 7: African language codes
Alpha-3 Code Language Alpha-3 Code Language
AFR Afrikaans SWA Swahili
SOM Somali AFO Other African

Table 8: Other language codes
Alpha-3 CodeLanguage Alpha-3 CodeLanguage
ESP Esperanto OTH Other
NSL New Zealand Sign Language 

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