| VRe | language b-out d-out qh |
| SN | This descriptor and its narrower terms are to be used when the language is the subject of the text. In this section, only the term *+VR language* qh ah has been marked as an ETOH term. Thus in the rare cases that a language is discussed, this descriptor will be found in the MJ or MN field. If a
specific language is needed, then search the ID field or perform a free text search.
For ETOH, the language the text is in can be found by searching the language field (LG) with the appropriate standard BRS two-letter code. | |
| NT | +VS Indo-European language qh ah | |
| +VU Non-Indo-European languages in Europe qh ah | ||
| +VV languages in Asia and Oceania qh ah | ||
| +VW languages in the Middle East qh ah | ||
| +VX languages in Africa qh ah | ||
| +VY constructed language qh ah | ||
| RT | +NA12.4 language (communication method) qh ah | |
| +NF18.4.10 language of instruction qh ah | ||
| +TH12 status by language spoken qh ah | ||
| TH12.4 bilingual person qh ah | ||
| +TQ status by level of knowledge qh ah |
| VR2 | Indian language of the Americas qh |
| VR2.2 | Eskimo-Aleut language qh |
| VR2.4 | North American Indian language qh |
| VR2.6 | Mexican and Central American Indian language qh |
| VR2.8 | South American and Caribbean Indian language qh |
| VS | Indo-European language d-out qh |
| NT | +VT Indo-Iranian language qh ah | |
| BT | +VRe language qh ah |
| VS2e | Germanic language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS2.2 | . Afrikaans language qh |
| VS2.4e | . Danish language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS2.6e | . English language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS2.8e | . German language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| ST | Austrian language |
| VS2.10 | . Yiddish language qh |
| VS2.12 | . Icelandic language qh |
| VS2.14e | . Dutch language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| ST | Flemish language | |
| Netherlandic language |
| VS2.16 | . Norwegian language qh |
| VS2.18 | . Swedish language qh |
| VS4e | Romance language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS4.2 | . Catalan language qh |
| VS4.4e | . French language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS4.6 | . Provencal language qh |
| ST | Languedoc | |
| Occitan language |
| VS4.8e | . Italian language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS4.10e | . Latin language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS4.12e | . Portuguese language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS4.14 | . Romanian language qh |
| VS4.16 | . Moldavian language qh |
| VS4.18e | . Spanish language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| ST | Mexican language |
| VS6e | Celtic language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS6.2 | . Irish language qh |
| ST | Irish Gaelic language |
| VS6.4 | . Scottish Gaelic language qh |
| ST | Scottish language |
| VS6.4.2 | . . Welsh language qh |
| VS8e | Greek language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS10e | Baltic language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS10.2 | . Latvian language qh |
| VS10.4 | . Lithuanian language qh |
| VS12e | Slavic language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS12.2 | . Byelorussian language qh |
| VS12.4 | . Bulgarian language qh |
| VS12.6 | . Macedonian language qh |
| VS12.8 | . Czech language qh |
| ST | Bohemian language |
| VS12.10 | . Polish language qh |
| VS12.12 | . Russian language qh |
| VS12.14 | . Serbo-Croatian language qh |
| ST | Croatian language | |
| Yugoslav language |
| VS12.16 | . Slovak language qh |
| VS12.18 | . Slovene language qh |
| VS12.20 | . Ukrainian language qh |
| VS14e | Albanian language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VS16e | Armenian language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VT | Indo-Iranian language d-out qh |
| BT | +VS Indo-European language qh ah |
| VT2e | . Indo-Aryan language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| ST | Indic language |
| VT2.2 | . . Hindi language qh |
| VT2.4 | . . Pahari language qh |
| VT2.4.2 | . . . Urdu language qh |
| VT2.6 | . . Gujarati language qh |
| VT2.8 | . . Marathi language qh |
| VT2.10 | . . Punjabi language qh |
| VT2.12 | . . Assamese language qh |
| VT2.14 | . . Bengali language qh |
| VT2.16 | . . Sindhi language qh |
| VT2.18 | . . Sinhalese language qh |
| VT4e | . Iranian language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VT4.2 | . . Farsi language qh |
| ST | Modern Iranian language | |
| Persian language |
| VT4.4 | . . Tajik language qh |
| ST | Tadzhik language |
| VT4.6 | . . Pushto language qh |
| ST | Afghan language |
| VU | Non-Indo-European languages in Europe d-out qh |
| BT | +VRe language qh ah |
| VU2e | Uralic language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VU2.2 | . Estonian language qh |
| VU2.4 | . Finnish language qh |
| VU2.6 | . Hungarian language qh |
| VU4e | Basque language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VV | languages in Asia and Oceania d-out qh |
| BT | +VRe language qh ah |
| VV2 | Austro-Asiatic language qh |
| VV2.2 | . Mon-Khmer language qh |
| VV2.2.2e | . . Vietnamese language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VV2.2.4 | . . Khmer language qh |
| ST | Cambodian language |
| VV4 | Sino-Tibetan language qh |
| VV4.2e | . Tibeto-Burman language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VV4.2.2 | . . Nepali language qh |
| ST | Gorkhali language | |
| Gurkhali language | ||
| Khas-kua language |
| VV4.2.4 | . . Burmese language qh |
| VV4.2.6 | . . Tibetan language qh |
| VV4.2.8 | . . Tai language qh |
| VV4.2.8.2 | . . . Thai language qh |
| ST | Siamese language |
| VV4.2.10 | . . Lao language qh |
| ST | Laotian language |
| VV4.4e | . Chinese language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| ST | Sinitic language |
| VV6e | Japanese language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VV8e | Korean language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VV10e | Altaic language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VV10.2 | . Turkic language qh |
| VV10.2.2 | . . Turkish language qh |
| VV10.2.4 | . . Turkmen language qh |
| VV10.2.6 | . . Uzbek language qh |
| VV10.2.8 | . . Azerbaijani language qh |
| VV10.2.10 | . . Kazakh language qh |
| VV10.2.12 | . . Kirgiz language qh |
| VV10.4 | . Mongolian language qh |
| VV10.4.2 | . . Mongol language qh |
| VV10.10 | . Caucasian language qh |
| VV10.10.2 | . . Georgian language qh |
| VV10.12 | . Dravidian language qh |
| VV10.12.2 | . . Tamil language qh |
| VV10.12.4 | . . Kannada language qh |
| VV10.12.6 | . . Malayalam language qh |
| VV12e | Austronesian language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| SN | Language spoken in most of Malaysia; the Indonesian archipelago and all of the Philippines; parts of Vietnam, Taiwan, and Madagascar; and all of the main island groups of the Central and South Pacific, excluding Australia and most of New Guinea. | |
| ST | Malayo-Polynesian language |
| VV12.2 | . Western Austronesian or Indonesian language qh |
| VV12.2.2 | . . Bhasa Indonesia language qh |
| ST | Indonesian language |
| VV12.2.14 | . . Javanese language qh |
| VV12.2.16 | . . Malay language qh |
| VV12.2.18 | . . Tagalog language qh |
| VV12.4 | . Eastern Austronesian or Oceanic language qh |
| VV12.4.2 | . . Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian language qh |
| VV12.4.2.2 | . . . Melanesian language qh |
| VV12.4.2.2.2 | . . . . Fijian language qh |
| VW | languages in the Middle East d-out qh |
| BT | +VRe language qh ah |
| VW2 | Hamito-Semitic language qh |
| SN | Spoken in northern Africa and southwestern Asia. | |
| ST | Afrasian language | |
| Afroasiatic language | ||
| Erythraen language | ||
| Semito-Hamitic language |
| VW2.2 | . Semitic language qh |
| VW2.2.2e | . . Arabic language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VW2.2.4e | . . Hebrew language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| ST | Israeli language |
| VW2.2.6 | . . Amharic language qh |
| VX | languages in Africa d-out qh |
| BT | +VRe language qh ah |
| VX2e | Chadic language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VX2.2 | . Hausa language qh |
| SN | Most widely spoken of the Chadic language. Estimated to be spoken by about 22 million people. |
| VX4e | Cushitic language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| SN | Spoken in Ethiopia, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania. |
| VX6e | Niger-Congo language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| SN | Consists of six language subgroups, Bantu being the largest. It also is the most widely spoken subgroup of all the African languages. |
| VX6.2e | . Bantu language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VX6.2.2 | . . Xhosa language qh |
| VX6.2.4 | . . Zulu language qh |
| VX6.2.8 | . . Swahili language qh |
| ST | Kiswahili language |
| VX8e | Nilo-Saharan language qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| VX8.4 | . Saharan language qh |
| VX8.6 | . Khoisan language qh |
| ST | Click language |
| VX8.8 | . Central San language qh |
| VY | constructed language d-out qh |
| NT | NJ6.6.6 programming language qh ah | |
| BT | +VRe language qh ah |
| VY2 | special international or universal language qh |
| VY2.2 | . Esperanto qh |
| VY2.4 | . Interlingua qh |
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