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The code cpf is for "other" French-based creoles that don't have their own code. Haitian has hat, so you use that, but you would use cpf for Mauritian Creole, Seychelles Creole, etc. Robert Rendall Principal Serials Cataloger Original and Special Materials Cataloging, Columbia University Libraries 102 Butler Library, 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027 tel.: 212 851 2449 fax: 212 854 5167 On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Benjamin A Abrahamse <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I’m always nervous when I see what looks like a mistake to me, twice, in > two different records. Maybe I’m the one making the mistake? > > I thought the MARC language code for works written in Haitian Creole was > “hat”: > > > > > > But I’ve now seen two different records (one of which is a pcc record) > that use “cpf”: > > > > > > Is this a mistake, am I mistaken about “hat”, or is this perhaps an > artefact from a time before “Haitian French Creole” was established in the > MARC code list for languages? Both of the records date from around the year > 2000. > > > > Thanks to anyone who has an answer. > > > > > > > > > > Benjamin Abrahamse > > Cataloging Coordinator > > Acquisitions & Discovery Enhancement > > MIT Libraries > > >