Changes Since 2000 Edition (Appendix A: Changes to the Code List)
Changes approved for MARC Code List for Languages since the 2000 edition. (The information below was excerpted from http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/langchg.html, Spring 2001.)
The following codes are additions:
New code | Previously coded | Language name |
nds | gem (Germanic (Other)) |
The following codes are additions, but will not be implemented at the Library of Congress:
Current code | Alternative code | Language name |
nno | nor (Norwegian) | |
nob | nor (Norwegian) |
The following languages have been assigned to existing collective codes:
Language name | Collective code |
nic | |
cau | |
aus | |
nic | |
afa | |
sem | |
cpf |
The following language names have changed (the codes are not changed):
Former name | New name | Code |
A-ch`ang | kac | |
Caló (Romany) | rom | |
Gurage | sem | |
Midab | nub | |
Oyampi | sai | |
Romany | rom | |
Sango | sag | |
Surinam Hindustani | inc | |
Tuburi | afa | |
Yao | yao |
See also:
Appendix A: Changes to the Code List
MARC Code List for Languages: Contents
