Table H-2: Spoken Language Codes (ISO) Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement Table H-2: Spoken Language Codes (ISO)Language CodeLanguage DescriptionTop 15ENEnglishESSpanishVIVietnameseFAFarsiLOLaotianARArabicTLTagalog12CantoneseRURussianKMCambodianKOKorean14MandarinPAPunjabiBGBulgarianPLPolishSpoken Language Codes and Description in Alphabetical OrderABABKHAZIANOMAFAN,OROMOAAAFAR15AF-MAAYAFAFRIKAANSSQALBANIAN,SHQIP01AMERICAN SIGNAMAMHARICARARABICHYARMENIAN,HAYERENASASSAMESE16ASSYRIAN NEO-ARAMAICAYAYMARAAZAZERBAIJANIBABASHKIREUBASQUE,EUSKERA17BEHDINIBNBENGALI,BANGLADZBHUTANI,BHUTANESEBHBIHARIBIBISLAMABSBOSNIANBRBRETONBGBULGARIANMYBURMESE,MYANMASABEBYELORUSSIANKMCAMBODIAN,KHMER12CANTONESECACATALAN19CHALDEAN NEO-ARAMAICCHCHAMARROCOCORSICANHRCROATIAN,CROAT,HRVATSKICSCZECHDADANISH21DINKANLDUTCH,NEDERLANDSENENGLISHETESTONIANFOFAROESE,FAEROESEFAFARSI,PARSIAN,PERSIANFJFIJI,FIJIANFIFINNISH,SUOMI22FLEMISH (DUTCH)23FORMOSANFRFRENCHFYFRISIAN24FUJIAN25FUKIENESEFLFULA, FULAHGLGALICIANKAGEORGIAN,KARTULIDEGERMANELGREEKKLGREENLANDIC,KALAALLISUTGNGUARANIGUGUJARATI,GUJERATIHTHAITIAN CREOLE/FRENCH CREOLE26HAKKAHAHAUSA27HAWRAMIHEHEBREW,IWRITHHIHINDI28HMONG (BLUE/GREEN)03HMONG (WHITE)29HUNANESEHUHUNGARIAN,MAGYAR30IBOISICELANDIC,ISLENZK04ILACANO (ILOKO)IDINDONESIAN,BAHASA,INDONESIAIUINUKTITUTIKINUPIAKGAIRISH,GAEILGEITITALIANJAJAPANESE,NIHONGOJVJAVANESE,BAHASA JAWAKNKANNADAKSKASHMIRIKKKAZAKHRWKINYARWANDAKYKIRGHIZ,KYRGYZRNKIRUNDIKOKOREAN,CHOSON-O31KPELLEKUKURDISH,ZIMANY KURDY32KURMANJILOLAOTIAN,LAOTHIAN,PHA XA LOALVLATVIAN,LETTISHLNLINGALALTLITHUANIANMKMACEDONIANMGMALAGASYMSMALAY, BAHASA MALAYSIAMLMALAYALAMMTMALTESE14MANDARINMIMAORIMRMARATHIMHMARSHALLESE (EBON)33MENDE06MIEN34MIXE35MIXTECO-ALTA36MIXTECO-BAJAMOMOLDAVIANMNMONGOLIANNENAPALINVNAVAJO, NAVAHONONORWEGIAN37NUEROCOCCITANORORIYAPSPASHTO,PUSHTOPLPOLISHPTPORTUGESEPAPUNJABI,PANJABIQUQUECHUARMRHAETO-ROMANCE,ROMANSCHROROMANIA,RUMANIANRURUSSIANSMSAMOANSGSANGHOGDSCOTS GAELICSRSERBIAN,SRPSKISTSESOTHOTNSETSWANA38SHANGHAINESESNSHONASDSINDHISISINGHALESESSSISWATISKSLOVAKSLSLOVENIANSOSOMALIESSPANISHSUSUDANESESWSWAHILISVSWEDISH,SVENSKATLTAGALOGTGTAJIKTATAMIL39TARASCOTTTATARTETELUGUTHTHAIBOTIBETIAN,BODSKADTITIGRIGNA40TIO CHIU OR TEOCHEWTOTONGAN (LANGUAGE OF TONGA)TSTSONGATRTURKISHTKTURKMENTWTWIUGUIGURUKUKRAINIANURURDUUZUZBEKVIVIETNAMESECYWELSHWOWOLOF41WUXHXHOSAYIYIDDISH,JIDDISCHYOYORUBA42ZAPTECZAZHUANGZUZULU8Unknown3Unable to contact98DECLINED TO STATE99OTHERNote: For more information on CCHP's Language Assistance Data Base (LADB) project, call Otilia Tiutin at 925-313-6063 or E-mail otiutin@hsd.cccounty.us. Information about CCHP can be found at www.contracostahealthplan.org.Return to Document Current as of March 2010 Internet Citation: Table H-2: Spoken Language Codes (ISO): Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataaph2.html
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