UCLA Library Information 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, Akuapem , Ashanti , Chwee, Odschi, Tshi

Wolof  [wol]

Xhosa [xho]

Yoruba [yor]

Zulu [zul]

 

 

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