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Appendix I: Subcommittee Template: Developing a National Standard Set of Spoken Language Categories and Coding
Appendix I: Subcommittee Template: Developing a National Standard Set of Spoken Language Categories and Coding
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEMPLATE The subcommittee did not identify a single existing category list that it believed was ready to serve as a national standard set. To develop a template of spoken languages spoken in the United States, the subcommittee compiled the attached list to serve as a draft template of language names and coding possibilities.
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Additional language names, not on the Census list, were added to the Census names column based on previous surveys conducted by Hospital Research & Educational Trust (HRET) of a representative sample of hospitals and the National Association of Community Health Centers of a representative sample of health centers;5 requests to Language Line, an interpretation and translation service; 6 and subcommittee collection of additional names from a handful of providers.7 The languages added to the initial Census list are indicated by an *
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In its incidental collection of information on languages, the subcommittee encountered more instances of use of the ISO coding scheme; however, the Census has data on languages spoken at home and the degree of limited English proficiency for many languages that entities use to learn about the populations in their service areas. The subcommittee believes that there are advantages to both the Census Bureau and ISO coding schemes for languages, and does not endorse one over the other.
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x x x x x x x x ALEUT ale ALEUT 800 ale x Carolina Algonquin ALGONQUIAN Algonquin extinct 806 alq x x American AMERICAN INDIAN Indian 966 x AMHARIC amh am Amharic 780 amh x x x x x x x x apa (multiple other 639-3 Apache APACHE codes) languages 862 x x
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languages 847 x ATSINA Gros Ventre 808 ats x ATSUGEWI Atsugewi Nearly extinct 886 atw x Austrian Bavarian 607 bar aym (macro with 2 sublanguages: Central and AYMARA aym ay Aymara 973 Southern) x x x aze (macro with 2 subs: North and AZERBAIJANI aze az Azerbaijani Azeri 690 South)
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bam x x uncoded; code same Banjuni (see Swahili) as Swahili)
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x CHAMORRO cha ch Chamorro 752 cha x x x x Chaochow; Chao-Chou; Chaochow; Chao- Chaozhou Chou; Chaozhou (see Min Nan(code differs from Min same ISO Nan) code)
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696 CLALLUM Clallam Klallam; Nearly extinct 835 clm x COAST MIWOK Miwok, Coast Extinct 870 csi x COCOMARICOPA Maricopa 892 mrc x Cocopah (see Delta River Yuman) Cocopa Delta River Yuman 896 coc COEUR D'ALENE Coeur d'Alene Nearly extinct 836 crd x ColumbiaCOLUMBIA Wenatchi 837 col x OkanaganColville Colville 841 oka COMANCHE Comanche 938 com x Northwest Concow Maidu Konkau; Nearly extinct 868 mjd Coorge,Kurja, Khurgi, Coorgi kfa Kodava Kadagi 698 Corsican cos cos co Corsican 619*
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x DELTA RIVER YUMAN Cocopa 896 coc x Kumiai, Northern DIEGUENO Diegueno Ipai 895 dih x din (macro with Dinka din Dinka 784 5 sub) x x x x dra Dravidian DRAVIDIAN (collective)
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Frisian 612 Western x x Min Dong Fuzhou; Foochow, Min FUCHOW Chinese Dong; Foochownese 713 cdo x x x x Fukianese (see Min Nan)
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Min Nan) from Fukian 714 x HOPI Hopi 948 hop x Hopi-Tewa (see Tewa)
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(see Tiwa) 960 ITALIAN ita it Italian 619 ita x x x x x x x x x Jakartanese Jakartanese uncoded x Jamaican JAMAICAN CREOLE Creole English 601 jam x x JAPANESE jpn ja Japanese 723 jpn x x x x x x x x x x JAVANESE jav jv Javanese 736 jav x x x Jicarilla JICARILLA Apache 977 apj x KACHIN kac Kachin 719 kac x Kalispel-Pend KALISPEL d' Oreille 981 fla x KAN, HSIANG Xiang Chinese Xiang, Hunan, Hsiang 710 hsn x x Kanalese uncoded x kgb for Kanjobal; knj Kanjobal/Kanjoval for Kanjobal (see Conjobal)
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(Other) 790 x KICKAPOO kic Kickapoo 814 x Kikuyu kik kik ki Kikuyu 792 Kinyarwanda kin kin rw Kinyarwanda 792 x x x KIOWA kio Kiowa 863 x KIOWA-APACHE Kiowa Apache Nearly extinct 980 apk x KIRGHIZ kir ky Kirghiz 687 kir x x x Kirundi run rn Rundi 792*
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x x Mam mam Mam 968 x MANDAN mhq Mandan Nearly extinct 906 x
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20 specific Miao named MIAO, HMONG Miao, Hmong 722 languages x x x x x x Miao-Yao, MIAO-YAO, MIEN Mien 721 x x x x x x x Miccosukee mik Mikasuki 917 MICMAC mic mic Micmic 818 x MICRONESIAN 750 x x x Mien ium lu Mien Yiu Mien, Ban Yao 721 x x MIKASUKI mik Mikasuki 917 x 21
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uncoded hna Mina Mina (India) uncoded myi MINANGKABAU min Minangkabau 740 min x x Mirpuri Mirpuri 665 x cai (central American Indian Miskito (see collective MISUMALPAN)
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789 x NILOTIC (see other languages coded 785) 785 x Nisqualli (see Puget Sound Salish)
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x x x x OSAGE osa Osage Nearly extinct 912 osa x Ossetian, OSSETE oss os Ossetic 661 oss x possibly Tephuan, Otham Southeastern 954* stp x Other African languages composite x Other and unspecified languages Miscellaneous 999 x x OTHER ATHAPASCAN-EYAK LANGUAGES 861 Other Indic languages composite x Other Indo-European languages composite x Other language composite x x x Other Native North American languages composite x Other Slavic languages composite x Other specified languages x
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940 x PAKISTAN, nec 676 x x x x PALAU pau pau Paluan 759 x x Paleo-siberian 804* x PAMPANGAN pam pam Pampanga 748 x x x PANAMINT par Nearly extinct 947 x PANGASINAN pag pag Pangasinan 745 x x PANJABI pan pan pa Panjabi 665 x x x x x x see Tohon Papago O'odham 954 ood PAPIA MENTAE pap Papiamento 630 pap x pst (Central)
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885 PLAINS MIWOK Plains Miwok Nearly extinct 871 pmw x POLISH pol pl Polish 645 pol x x x x x x x x x x POLYNESIAN Polynesian 766 x Central Pomo, Southeasten Pomo, Southern Pomo - nearly extinct; Eastern Pomo, Northeastern Pomo, POMO Northern - extinct 888 pmm (Pomo) x PONAPEAN pon Pohnpeian 760 pon x x Omaha-Ponca (both languages PONCA (see Omaha given same but different code)
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882 x SAHARAN 788 x SAINT LAWRENCE Central ISLAND YUPIK Siberian Yupik 804 ess x slh (South Puget Sound) SALISH; Straits Salish SALISH SALISH nearly extinct 839 str (Straits)
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962 SANTIAM kyl Kalapuya Nearly extinct 878 x SARAMACCA srm Saramaccan 606 x Scandinavian languages Scandinavian languages composite x sco (Scots) gla gd (Scottish (Scottish Scots; Scottic SCOTTIC GAELIC sco gla Gaelic)
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tsn x x x wuu (sub of Chinese with Shanghainese Wu Chinese 715 own code) x x x x x SHASTAN Shasta Extinct 889 sht x SHAWNEE Shawnee 825 sjw x Shona sna sn Shona 792 sna x x x x SHOSHONI Shoshoni 946 shh x SIBERIAN LANGUAGES, nec 727 Central Siberian Yupik Siberian Yupik 804 ess Sicilian scn Sicilian 619*
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660 x TAGALOG tgl tl Tagalog 742 tgl x x x x x x x x x x Tahitian tah ty Tahitian 772 tah dialect of Taiwanese (see Min Hokkien then of Nan) Taiwanese Tawainese; Tiawanese 714 Min Nan x x x x x Tajik tgk tg Tajik 656*
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x Tigrinian; Tigrigna; Tigrigna tir tir ti Tigrinya Tigrinya 780 x x x x x x TILLAMOOK til Tillamook Extinct 844 x TIWA lax Tiwa 960 x TLINGIT tli tli Tlingit 866 x Tohano Tohono O'Odham O'Odham Tohono Odam 954 ood x Taishanese (dialect of Cantonese, but understood only with great difficulty by Cantonese speakers; Toishanese, Toisan, Toishan Toishan, Toisanese 711 x x x TOKELAUAN tkl Tokelau 770 tkl x Tonga [African Tonga tog Nyasa] 792 tog x Tonga [Tonga TONGAN ton to Islands]
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Twi 796 x x x x x x UIGHUR uig uig ug Uighur 689 x x UKRAINIAN ukr ukr uk Ukrainian 641 x x x x x x x x x ULITHEAN uli Ulithian 762 x Umatilla uma Umatilla 882 Yuman (Upriver) , River UP RIVER YUMAN Mohave Yuman 891 mov x Havasupai WalapaiUPLAND YUMAN Yavapai Upper Colorado Yuman 897 yuf x Upper UPPER CHEHALIS; UPPER CHEHALIS Chehalis extinct 834 cjh x UPPER CHINOOK Wasco(see Wasco)
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x x VIETNAMESE vie vi Vietnamese 728 vie x x x x x x x x x x Bisayan (has a separate Visayan Cebuano code) , Sebuano 743 ceb Volapuk vol vo Volapuk Volapuk uncoded vol x Havasupai WalapaiWALAPAI Yavapai 899 yuf x WAPPO Wappo Extinct 923 wao x Warm Springs Tenino 882 tqn WascoWasco Wishram 883 wac WASHO was Washo Nearly extinct 890 was x WELSH cym/wel cy Welsh 633 cym x x x columbiaWenatchee Wenatchi 837 col Apache, Western (differs from White Mountain is other Apache dialect of Western White Mountain codes)
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Census Bureau. Additional languages were added to this column based on the responses in columns on health plan, hospital, and community health center use.
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