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1980 Numerical List for Languages Spoken at Home

011     Jamaican Creole
012     Krio (Pidgin Krio)
013     Hawaiian Pidgin
014     Pidgin
016     Gullah (Geechee)
017     Saramacca
020     German (Austrian, Bavarian, Bayrish, Choimen, Deutsch, Gottschee, Hessian, Patou,
                Plattdeutsch, Prussian, Rhenish, Saxon, Schwabisch, Schweitzer Deutsch, Swabian Swiss,
                Thuringian, Viennese)
022     Pennsylvania Dutch (Amish, Pennsylvania German)
025     Yiddish (Jewish)
030     Dutch (Belgian, Flemish, Hollandish, Nederlandish, Netherlandic, Netherlandish)
040     Afrikaans (Boer)
045     Frisian (Freece, Friesh)
050     Luxembourgian (Luxembourg, Luxemburgen)
055     Swedish
060     Danish (Dane)
065     Norwegian (Dano-Norwegian, Landsmal, Norse, Ryksmaal, Ryksmal)
070     Icelandic
075     Faroese
080     Italian (Calabrian, Corsican, Friulian, Genoese, Ligurian, Lugan, Sardinian, Sicilian)
085     French (Francais, Walloon)
086     Provencal (Occitan)
087     Patois
088     French Creole (Creole, Haitian Creole)
089     Cajun
090     Spanish (Aragonese, Castilian, Chicano, Cuban, Espanol, Mexican, Puerto Rican)
092     Catalonian (Catalan, Valencian)
093     Ladino (Sefaradit, Spanol, Spanolit)
094     Pachuco
095     Portuguese (Brazilian, Cape Verdian, Cruillio,Galician)
097     Papia Mentae (Pariamento)
100     Rumanian (Moldavian, Vlach, Walachian, Wallachian)
105     Rhaeto-Romanic (Ladin, Raeto-Romance, Rhaetian, Romansch)
110     Welsch (Cymraeg)
112     Breton
115     Irish Gaelic (Connacht, Gaelic, Irish, Leinster)
117     Scottic Gaelic
120     Greek (Cyprian, Cypriot, Romaic)
125     Albanian (Tosk)
130     Russian (Great Russian)
135     Bielorussian (Belorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian)
140     Ukrainian (Carpatho-Russian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Carpatho-Ruthenia, Lemko, Little Russian, Ruthenian)
145     Czech (Bohemian, Chechoslovakian, Czechoslovakian, Hanak, Lach, Maehrish, Mahrish, Moravian,
                Sulack, Sulaib, Yalach)
150     Kashubian (Cassubian, Slovincian)
155     Lusatian (Sorbian, Wendish)
160     Polish (Mazovian, Polski, Polsku, Silesian)
165     Slovak
170     Bulgarian
175     Macedonian
180     Serbocroatian (Cakavian, Croato-Serbian, Jugoslavian, Kajkavian, Slavic, Slavonian, Stokavian, Torlakian,
                Yugoslavian)
181     Croatian
182     Serbian
185     Slovene (Carinthian, Carniolan, Slovenian, Slovensko)
190     Lithuanian (Litvak)
195     Lettish (Latvian, Tavnian)
200     Armenian
205     Persian (Avestan, Farssi, Iranian, Pahlavi, Pfarsi, Pushto)
210     Pashto (Afghan)
215     Kurdish
220     Balochi (Baluchi)
225     Tadzhik
230     Ossete (Ossetian)
235     Sanskrit
236     Hindi and Related (Hindu, Hindustani, Indic, Jaipuri, Pali, Urdu)
237     Bengali (Bangla-Bhasa)
238     Panjabi (Punjabi, Punjbi)
239     Marathi (Konkan)
240     Gujarathi (Gujerati, Jujarathi)
241     Bihjari
242     Rajasthani (Mewari)
243     Oriya
244     Bhili
245     Assamese
246     Kashmiri
247     Nepali
248     Sindhi
249     Maldivian
250     Sinhalese (Ceylonese, Cingalese)
255     Romany (Gypsy)
260     Finnish (Finnic, Karelian)
265     Estonian (Ingrian, Livonian, Vepsian, Votic)
270     Lapp (Inari, Kola, Lule, Pite, Ruija, Skolt, Ume)
271     Hungarian
275     Other Uralic Languages (Cheremis, Komi, Mansi, Mari, Moksha, Mordvin, Mordivinian, Ostwak Samoyed,
                Ostyak, Samoyed, Sayan, Tavgy, Tawgi, Tawgi Samoyed, Udmurt, Ugric, Vogul, Votyak, Xanty,
                Yenisei, Yenisey, Yurak, Zyrian)
280     Chuvash
281     Karakalpak
282     Kazakh
283     Kirghiz
284     Karachay (Balkar, Bashkir, Kumyk, Tatar)
285     Uighur (Uzbek)
286     Azerbaijani
287     Turkish
288     Turkmen
289     Yakut
290     Mongolian (Buryat, Dagur, Kalmuk, Kalmyk, Khalka, Khorcin, Mongol, Mongour, Mongul, Oirat, Ordos, Pao-an)
292     Tungus (Akani, Birar, Even, Evenki, Gold, Lamut, Manchu, Nanai, Orocon, Sibo, Solon, Tunguzic)
295     Caucasian (Abaza, Abkhazian, Adygei, Adyghe, Avar, Chechenian, Circassian, Dargwa, Georgian, Ingush,
                 Kabardian, Lak, Lezghian, Mingrelian, Svan, Svanetic, Tabasaran)
298     Basque (Eskuara, Euskar, Euskera, Heuskara, Uskara)
300     Dravidian
302     Brahui (Brahuidi, Kur Galli)
303     Gondi (Khond, Kui, Tulu)
304     Telugu (Jelugu, Andhra, Gentoo, Ielugu)
305     Kannada (Canarese, Cannada, Kanarese)
306     Malayalam (Malabar)
307     Tamil
308     Kurukh (Oraon)
310     Munda (Korku, Mundari-Ho, Santali, Savara, Sora)
315     Burushaski (Biltum, Khajuna Kunjuti, Yeshkum)
320     Chinese (Cantonese, Yue, Yueh, Min)
322     Hakka (Fukien, Hokka, K’e, K’echia)
323     Kan (Nanch’ang)
324     Hsiang (Chansha, Hunan, Hunanese, Iyang)
325     Mandarin (Honan, Hopei, Pei)
326     Fuchow (Fou Chou, Min Pei)
327     Formosan (Ch’ao Shan, Min Nan, Taiwanese)
328     Wu
330     Tibetan (Bhotanta, Bhotia, Huniya, Kazi, Lama, Shalgno, Sikkamese)
331     Burmese (Ahi, Akha, Khoany, Lisu, Lolo, Mung, Myen, Tonkin)
332     Karen (Gheko, Mopwa)
333     Kachin (Bodo, Chingpaw, Garo, Lepcha, Rawang)
335     Thai (Chaung, Chuang, Chung, Chung-chia, Kam, Kelao, Lao, Nung, Shan, Siamese, Tai, Tho, Thu, Tung)
340     Miao-Yao (Laka, Man, Mien, Punu)
342     Miao (Hmong, Hsiung, Laos-Hnong, Mhong)
345     Japanese (Amami-Osima, Okinawan, Oosima, Osima, Ryukyuan)
350     Korean (Chosen, Corean, Hankul)
355     Ainu (Ezo, Hokkaida, Yezo)
360     Mon-Khmer (Bahnar, Bahnaric, Cambodian, Chaobon, Khasi, Khmer, Mon, Mnong, Palaung, Sedang,
                 Tong, Wa)
365     Yukagir (Chukchee, Gilyak, Hyperborean, Itelman, Kamchatkan, Koryak, Nivkh, Yeniseian)
375     Vietnamese (Annamese, Tonkinese)
377     Muong
378     Buginese
379     Moluccan
380     Indonesian
381     Achinese
382     Balinese
383     Cham
384     Javanese
385     Madurese
386     Malagasy
387     Malay (Malayan, Malaysian)
388     Minangkabau
389     Sundanese
390     Tagalog (Filipino, Philippine, Pilipino, Tagal, Tagala, Tagalo)
392     Bisayan (Hiligaynon, Ilonggo, Visayan)
393     Sebuano (Cebuano)
394     Pangasinan
395     Ilocano (Igorot, Iloko)
396     Bikol (Vicol)
397     Pampangan (Kapampangan)
398     Gorontalo
400     Micronesian
401     Carolinian
402     Chamorro (Guaman, Guamanian)
403     Gilbertese (Kiribati)
404     Kusaiean (Kosraean)
405     Marshallese
406     Mokilese (Pingelapese)
407     Mortlockese
408     Nauruan
409     Palau
410     Ponapean (Ngatikese)
411     Trukese
412     Ulithean (Fais)
413     Woleai-Ulithi (Eauripik, Ifaluk, Satawalese, Sonsorolese, Woleaian)
414     Yapese
420     Melanesian (Aranda, Arunta, Baining, Bauan, Enga, Kiwai, Lau, Marind, Mota, Motu, Murngin, Nimboran, Orokolo,
                Papuan)
440     Polynesian (Pascuenese)
441     Somoan
442     Tongan
443     Niuean
444     Tokelauan
445     Fijian
446     Maquesan (Mangareva, Rapanui, Tahitian, Tuamotuan, Uvea)
447     Rorotongan
448     Maori
449     Nukuoro (Kapingarangan)
450     Hawaiian
460     Arabic (Algerian, Bedouin, Egyptian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Lebanese, Libyan, Maltese, Moroccan, Saudi, Tunisian)
465     Hebrew (Israeli)
470     Syriac (Aramaic, Assyrian, Syrian)
475     Amharic (Ethiopian, Gurage, Habesha, Harari, Tigre, Tigrina, Tigrinya)
480     Berber (Guanche, Jerba, Kabyle, Riff, Riffian, Shawia, Shilh, Shilha, Shluh, Tamashek, Tamazight, Tuareg, Zenaga)
485     Chadic (Bura, Gidder, Hamitic, Hausa, Kotoko)
490     Cushite (Afar, Beja, Glala, Hadiyya, Kushite, Saho, Sidamo, Somali)
4951    Sudanic (Chich, Dinka, Gambai, Lugbara, Madi, Mangbetu, Mangbutu, Nandi, Pokot, Sara)
500     Nilotic (Acholi, Akoli, Alur, Lango, Luo, Lwo, Nuer, Shilluk)
505     Nilo-Hamitic (Bari, Karamojong, Kwavi, Lotuho, Lotuko, Masai, Turkana)
510     Nubian
515     Saharan (Baribari, Kanuri, Manga, Teda, Tibbu)
520     Nilo-Saharan (Fur, Songhai)
525     Khoisan (Bushman, Hadzabi, Hatsa, Sandawe)
5301    Swahili
5321    Bantu (Bemba, Bembe, Bena, Bobangi, Bube, Bubi, Bulu, Caga, Cawa, Chaga, Chagga, Chewa, Chiga,
                Duala, Fan, Fang, Ganda, Gisu, Heke, Kamba, Kikamba, Kikongo, Kikuyu, Kongo, Lingala, Lozi,
                Luba, Luganda, Lunda, Lundu, Luvale, Lwena, Make, Makonde, Makua, Mbundu, Mongo, Ndongo,
                Niger-Congo, Ntum, Nyamwesi, Nyamwezi, Nyanja, Nyankole, Nyore, Nyoro, Pahouin, Pamue, Pangwe,
                Ruanda, Rundi, Runyankore, Rwamba, Shona, Sotho, Sudanese, Sudanic, Sukuma, Thonga, Timbuka,
                Tonga, Toro, Tswana, Tumbuka, Xhosa, Yao, Yaunde, Zulu)
535     Mande (Balu, Bambara, Dyula, Kpelle, Loma, Malinka, Mandingo, Maninka, Mano, Soninka, Soussou, Vai)
540     Fulani (Balanta, Diola, Dyola, Fula, Gola, Gissi, Kissi, Ouolof, Serer, Temen, Timne, Wolof, Yallof)
545     Gur (Bargu, Bariba, Bobo, Burgu, Busari, Bwa, Cemba, Dagaba, Dagbani, Dagomba, Dawari, Gurma, Mole,
                More, Mossi, Senadi, Senufo, Sup’ide, Tem, Tobote)
550     Kru (Adangme, Agni, Akan, Akoko, Anyi, Bassa, Damomeen, Edo, Egbo, Ewe, Fanti, Fon, Ga, Ge, Grebo, Ibo,
                Idoma, Igala, Igbo, Ijaw, Ijo, Isoko, Kakumo, Kwa, Nigerian, Nupe, Oba, Twi, Urhobo, Yoruba)
555     Efik (Ibibio, Tiv)
560     Mbum and other related (Gbaya, Sango, Zande)
565     African
800     American Indian Languages
997     Language specified but not on list or language not known and not allocated

ENDNOTES

  1. In tabulations of language, codes 495, 530, and 532 are combined and treated as one category called "Bantu-Sudanic."
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