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Resources on African Languages
A GUIDE TO SOURCES OF INFORMATION AFRICAN LANGUAGES
LC
Language Codes of Major African Languages
(Based on MARC Code List of Languages, Library of Congress Network Development
and MARC Standards Office)
Afrikaans [afr]
Amharic [amh]
Bambara [bam]
Berber [ber]
Ewe [ewe]
Fulani [ful] UF Adamawa,
Fulah, Fulbe, Fulfulde, Peul, Poul, Pular
Hausa [hau]
Igbo [ibo]
UF Ibo
Lingala [lin]
Malagasy [mlg]
Mende [men]
Oromo [orm]
Shona [sna]
Somali [som]
Swahili [swa] UF
Kiswahili
Tigrinya [tir] UF Tigrina
Twi [twi]
UF Akan,
Wolof [wol]
Xhosa [xho]
Yoruba [yor]
Zulu [zul]