MARC Code List for Languages
2000 Edition
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
The 2000 edition of the MARC Code List for Languages is now available from
the Library of Congress. This new publication contains a list of
languages and their associated three-character alphabetic codes that allow
for the designation of the language or languages in MARC records.
References from variant forms and specific language names assigned to
group codes are included. This edition also includes numerous changes
necessary for compatibility with the newly approved ISO 639-2 (Codes for
the Representation of Names of Languages Part 2: Alpha-3 code) and
contains 437 discrete codes, of which 54 are used for groups of languages.
The list includes all valid codes and code assignments as of February 2000
and supersedes the 1996 edition of the USMARC Code List for Languages.
There are 26 code changes, 1 deletion, and 35 additions in this new
publication. MARC Code List for Languages (ISBN 0-8444-1012-8) is
available for $20 (North America) and $ 22 (outside North America) from:
Library of Congress
Cataloging Distribution Service
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Washington, DC 20541-4912
http://www.loc.gov/cds
TEL: 1-202-707-6100
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MARC 21 information, including future updates to this edition of the
language code list, may be found at: http://www.loc.gov/marc/
June 15, 2000
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