Table H-3: Written Language Codes (ISO) Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Qu Language CodeLanguage DescriptionTop 15 (most frequently used)ENEnglishESSpanishVIVietnameseFAFarsiLOLaotianARArabicTLTagalog12CantoneseRURussianKMCambodianKOKorean14MandarinPAPunjabiBGBulgarianPLPolishWritten Language Codes and Description in Alphabetical OrderABABKHAZIANOMAFAN,OROMOAAAFAR15AF-MAAYAFAFRIKAANSSQALBANIAN,SHQIPAMAMHARICARARABICHYARMENIAN,HAYERENASASSAMESEAYAYMARAAZAZERBAIJANIBABASHKIREUBASQUE,EUSKERA17BEHDINIBNBENGALI,BANGLABHBIHARIBIBISLAMABSBOSNIAN02BRAILLE/ALTERNATIVE FORMATBRBRETONBGBULGARIANMYBURMESE,MYANMASABEBYELORUSSIANKMCAMBODIAN,KHMER12CANTONESE (SIMPLIFIED)CACATALAN19CHALDEAN NEO-ARAMAICCHCHAMORROZHChinese- simplified characters20Chinese- Traditional charactersCOCORSICANHRCROATIAN,CROAT,HRVATSKICSCZECHDADANISH21DINKANLDUTCH,NEDERLANDSDZDZONGKHA (BHUTANI,BHUTANESE)ENENGLISHETESTONIANFOFAROESE,FAEROESEFAFARSI,PARSIAN,PERSIANFJFIJI,FIJIANFIFINNISH,SUOMI22FLEMISH (DUTCH)23FORMOSANFRFRENCHFYFRISIAN24FUJIAN25FUKIENESE (traditional characters)FLFULA, FULAHGLGALICIANKAGEORGIAN,KARTULIDEGERMANELGREEKKLGREENLANDIC,KALAALLISUTGNGUARANIGUGUJARATI,GUJERATIHTHAITIAN CREOLE/FRENCH CREOLE26HAKKA (traditional)HAHAUSA27HAWRAMIHEHEBREW,IWRITHHIHINDI28HMONG (BLUE/GREEN)03HMONG (WHITE)29HUNANESE (traditional characters)HUHUNGARIAN,MAGYAR30IBOISICELANDIC,ISLENZK04ILACANO (ILOKO)IDINDONESIAN,BAHASA,INDONESIAIUINUKTITUTIKINUPIAKGAIRISH,GAEILGEITITALIANJAJAPANESE,NIHONGOJVJAVANESE,BAHASA JAWAKNKANNADAKSKASHMIRIKKKAZAKHRWKINYARWANDAKYKIRGHIZ,KYRGYZRNKIRUNDIKOKOREAN,CHOSON-O31KPELLEKUKURDISH,ZIMANY KURDY32KURMANJILOLAOTIAN,LAOTHIAN,PHA XA LOALVLATVIAN,LETTISHLNLINGALALTLITHUANIANMKMACEDONIANMGMALAGASYMSMALAY, BAHASA MALAYSIAMLMALAYALAMMTMALTESE14MANDARIN (TRADITIONAL)MIMAORIMRMARATHIMHMARSHALLESE33MENDE06MIEN34MIXEMOMOLDAVIANMNMONGOLIANNENAPALINVNavajo, NavahoNONORWEGIAN37NUEROCOCCITANORORIYAPSPASHTO,PUSHTOPLPOLISHPTPORTUGESEPAPUNJABI,PANJABIQUQUECHUARMRHAETO-ROMANCE,ROMANSCHROROMANIA,RUMANIANRURUSSIANSMSAMOANSGSANGHOGDSCOTS GAELICSRSERBIAN,SRPSKISTSESOTHOTNSETSWANA38SHANGHAINESE (traditiona charactersl)SNSHONASDSINDHISISINGHALESESSSISWATISKSLOVAKSLSLOVENIANSOSOMALIESSPANISHSUSUDANESESWSWAHILISVSWEDISH,SVENSKATLTAGALOGTGTAJIKTATAMIL39TARASCOTTTATARTETELUGUTHTHAIBOTIBETIAN,BODSKADTITIGRIGNA40TIO CHIU OR TEOCHEW (verify character style)TOTONGAN (LANGUAGE OF TONGA)TSTSONGATRTURKISHTKTURKMENTWTWIUGUIGURUKUKRAINIANURURDUUZUZBEKVIVIETNAMESECYWELSHWOWOLOF41WU (traditional)XHXHOSAYIYIDDISH,JIDDISCHYOYORUBAZAZHUANGZUZULU8Unknown3Unable 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-3: Written Language Codes (ISO): Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Qu. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataaph3.html
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