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Language Letters for Translated Works

For translated titles use the following language codes after a colon. Codes are given for the languages seen most often. If the language is not on the list, use the three-letter MARC code for that language. For general instructions on translations, click here.

A Arabic LI Lithuanian
AF Afrikaans LO Low German
AL Albanian M Marathi
AN Anglo-Saxon MA Macedonian
AR Armenian MD Middle Dutch
ARA Aramaic ME Middle English
AS Asian languages in Cyrillic MHG Middle High German
B Bulgarian MLG Middle Low German
BE Bengali MO Moldavian
BM Bemba N Norwegian
BY Belarusian [Byelorussian] NA Navaho
C Coptic NY Nyanja
CA Catalan OE Old English
CH Choctaw OF Old French
CHA Chiapanec OJ Ojibwa
CHI Chinese ON Old Norse
OJ Chippewa [use Ojibwa] [formerly CHP] OS Old Swedish
CHU Church Slavic OSA Old Saxon [Old Low German]
CR Croatian OSP Old Spanish
CZ Czech P Portuguese
D Dutch PA Panjabi
DA Danish PE Pennsylvania German
DAK Dakota PO Polish
E English PP Papiamento
ES Estonian PR Provencal
ESP Esperanto Q Quechua
ET Ethiopic R Russian
F French RO Romansh [Raeto-Romance]
FI Finnish RU Romanian
FL Flemish S Swedish
G German SA Sanskrit
GA Gaelic (Scots) SC Scots [Lowland Scots]
GL Gallegan SE Serbian
GE Georgian SL Slovak
GI Gilbertese SO Sorbian [Wendish]
GN Guarani SP SP Spanish
GR Greek SV Slovenian
GU Gujarati SW SW Swahili
H Hawaiian T Turkish
HA Hausa TH Thai
HE Hebrew TI Tibetan
HI Hindi TO Tonga [Zambesi]
HU Hungarian TS Tswana
I Italian U Ukrainian
IC Icelandic UR Urdu
IR Irish [Irish Gaelic] V Vietnamese
J Japanese W W Welsh
JI Jivaro SO Wendish [use Sorbian] [formerly WN]
K Karen BY White Russian [use Belarusian] [formerly WLN]
KA Kashubian XHO Xhosa
KO Korean Y Yoruba
KS Kashmiri YI Yiddish
L Latin Z Zulu
LA Latvian