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Term Name: ahk

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#ahk
Label:  Akha 
Description:  Akha is the language spoken by the Akha people of southern China (Yunnan Province), eastern Burma (Shan State), northern Laos, and northern Thailand. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code ahk.

Term Name: ara

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#ara
Label:  Arabic 

Term Name: ase

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#ase
Label:  American Sign Language 

Term Name: asm

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#asm
Label:  Assamese 
Description:  https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/asm

Term Name: azam1235

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#azam1235
Label:  Azamgarhi 
Description:  Language of northern India represented by the Glottolog identifier azam1235 (https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/azam1235)

Term Name: ben

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#ben
Label:  Bengali 
Description:  Bengali also known by its endonym Bangla, is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code ben.

Term Name: bho

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#bho
Label:  Bhojpuri 
Description:  Bhojpuri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern-eastern India and the Terai region of Nepal. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code bho.

Term Name: brx

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#brx
Label:  Boro 
Description:  Boro language in India represented as ISO 639-3 code brx

Term Name: bsk

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#bsk
Label:  Burushaski 
Description:  Burushaski is the language of the Burusho people, spoken in Pakistan.

Term Name: chi

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#chi
Label:  Chinese 

Term Name: cho

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#cho
Label:  Choctaw 

Term Name: chr

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#chr
Label:  Cherokee 

Term Name: cik

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#cik
Label:  Chitkuli Kinnauri 
Description:  Chitkuli Kinnauri - https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/cik

Term Name: cnh

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#cnh
Label:  Hakha Chin 
Description:  Hakha Chin, or Lai, is a Kuki-Chin language spoken mostly in Myanmar.. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code cnh.
System:  DC

Term Name: com

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#com
Label:  Comanche 

Term Name: ctd

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#ctd
Label:  Tedim Chin 
Description:  The Tedim or Zomi language is spoken mostly in Myanmar and India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code ctd.

Term Name: cze

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#cze
Label:  Czech 

Term Name: dan

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#dan
Label:  Danish 

Term Name: der

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#der
Label:  Deori 
Description:  https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/der

Term Name: dis

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#dis
Label:  Dimasa 
Description:  The Dimasa language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Dimasa people in Northeastern part of India, in the states of Assam and Nagaland. . It is represented as ISO 639-3 code dis.

Term Name: dka

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#dka
Label:  Dakpakha 
Description:  The Dakpakha language is represented as ISO 639-3 code dka.

Term Name: dut

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#dut
Label:  Dutch 

Term Name: duu

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#duu
Label:  Dulong 
Description:  Dulong (simplified Chinese: 独龙语; traditional Chinese: 獨龍語; pinyin: Dúlóng) or Drung, Derung, Rawang, or Trung, is a Sino-Tibetan language in China. Dulong is closely related to the Rawang language of Myanmar (Burma). It is represented as ISO 639-3 code duu.

Term Name: eng

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#eng
Label:  English 

Term Name: fin

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#fin
Label:  Finnish 

Term Name: fre

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#fre
Label:  French 

Term Name: ger

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#ger
Label:  German 

Term Name: gnb

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#gnb
Label:  Gangte 
Description:  Gangte is a Sino-Tibetan language of Kuki-Chin linguistic sub branch of Northeastern India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code gnb.

Term Name: gre

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#gre
Label:  Greek 

Term Name: grt

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#grt
Label:  Garo 
Description:  Garo - https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/grt

Term Name: heb

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#heb
Label:  Hebrew 

Term Name: hin

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#hin
Label:  Hindi 

Term Name: hmr

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#hmr
Label:  Hmar 
Description:  The Hmar language belongs to the Mizo language branch of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code hmr.

Term Name: hra

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#hra
Label:  Hrangkhol 
Description:  Hrangkhol language in India represented as ISO 639-3 code hra

Term Name: hrv

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#hrv
Label:  Croatian 
Description:  Croatian

Term Name: hun

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#hun
Label:  Hungarian 

Term Name: ita

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#ita
Label:  Italian 

Term Name: jpn

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#jpn
Label:  Japanese 

Term Name: kmm

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#kmm
Label:  Kom 
Description:  Kom is a Kuki-Chin language of India represented as ISO 639-3 code kmm

Term Name: kor

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#kor
Label:  Korean 

Term Name: lat

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#lat
Label:  Latin 

Term Name: lax

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#lax
Label:  Tiwa 
Description:  Tiwa - https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/lax

Term Name: lbj

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#lbj
Label:  Ladakhi 
Description:  The Ladakhi language is a Tibetic language spoken in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code lbj

Term Name: lhu

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#lhu
Label:  Lahu 
Description:  Lahu is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Lahu people of China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Laos. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code lhu.

Term Name: lmk

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#lmk
Label:  Lamkang 

Term Name: lus

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#lus
Label:  Mizo 
Description:  Also historically known as Lushai

Term Name: mila1245

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#mila1245
Label:  Milang 
Description:  Language of Milang represented by the Glottolog identifier mila1245 (https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mila1245)

Term Name: mjw

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#mjw
Label:  Karbi 
Description:  The Karbi language is spoken by the Karbi (also known as Mikir or Arleng) people of Northeastern India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code mjw.

Term Name: mni

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#mni
Label:  Manipuri 
Description:  It is also called Meitei.

Term Name: mrg

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#mrg
Label:  Mising 
Description:  Mising is a Tani language spoken by the Mising people. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code mrg.

Term Name: mrh

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#mrh
Label:  Mara Chin 
Description:  Mara is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by Mara people, mostly the Tlosaih tribe living in 30 villages of Chhimtuipui district, southern Mizoram, India and the adjacent villages in Burma. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code mrh.

Term Name: nbe

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#nbe
Label:  Konyak Naga 
Description:  Konyak is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Konyak people in the state of Nagaland, north-eastern India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code nbe.

Term Name: nbu

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#nbu
Label:  Rongmei Naga 
Description:  Rongmei is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Rongmei Naga community in Northeast India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code nbu.

Term Name: nfm

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#nfm
Label:  Tangkhul Naga 
Description:  Tangkhul is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Tangkhulic branch, spoken in 168 villages of Ukhrul district, Manipur, India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code nfm.

Term Name: njm

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#njm
Label:  Angami Naga 
Description:  Angami (also: Gnamei, Ngami, Tsoghami, Tsugumi, Monr, Tsanglo, Tenyidie) is a Naga language spoken in the Naga Hills in the northeastern part of India, in Kohima district, Nagaland. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code njm.

Term Name: njn

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#njn
Label:  Liangmai 
Description:  Liangmai is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by Liangmai Naga community in India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code njn.

Term Name: njo

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#njo
Label:  Ao Naga 
Description:  The Ao language is a Naga language spoken by the Ao Naga in Nagaland of northeast India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code njo.

Term Name: nkb

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#nkb
Label:  Uipo 
Description:  Maring and Uipo (exonym: Khoibu) are closely related Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by the Maring and Khoibu people in Manipur, India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code nkb. The name Khoibu Naga is not preferred by the language community who would rather use the term Uipo

Term Name: nlm

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#nlm
Label:  Mankiyali 
Description:  Mankiyali is an endangered Dardic language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. It is spoken by the Trawara community in the secluded village of Danna (or Dana) located in the Badi Shungli union council of Mansehra District.

Term Name: nno

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#nno
Label:  Norwegian 

Term Name: nol

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#nol
Label:  No Language 

Term Name: nph

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#nph
Label:  Phom Naga 
Description:  Phom is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Phom people of Nagaland, north-eastern India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code nph.

Term Name: nre

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#nre
Label:  Southern Rengma Naga 
Description:  Rengma, or Southern Rengma, is an Angami–Pochuri language spoken in Nagaland, India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code nre.

Term Name: nsm

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#nsm
Label:  Sumi Naga 
Description:  Sümi, also Sema, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nagaland, India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code nsm.

Term Name: oth

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#oth
Label:  Other 

Term Name: pck

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#pck
Label:  Paite Chin 
Description:  Paite is a Sino-Tibetan Language and spoken by a group of Paite people. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code pck.

Term Name: pmx

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#pmx
Label:  Poumei Naga 
Description:  Poumei Naga, Sopvoma or Mao is a Sino-Tibetan language of Angami–Pochuri linguistic sub branch. It is spoken primarily in Senapati district, northwestern Manipur and in Nagaland, India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code pmx.

Term Name: pol

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#pol
Label:  Polish 

Term Name: por

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#por
Label:  Portuguese 

Term Name: rah

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#rah
Label:  Rabha 
Description:  Rabha - https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/rah

Term Name: ral

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#ral
Label:  Ralte 
Description:  Ralte is a Kuki-Chin language of India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code ral.

Term Name: raw

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#raw
Label:  Rawang 
Description:  Rawang, also known as Krangku, Kiutze (Qiuze), and Ch'opa, is a Sino-Tibetan language of India and Burma. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code raw.

Term Name: rji

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#rji
Label:  Raji 
Description:  Raji is a small Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal and Uttarakhand, India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code rji.

Term Name: rnl

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#rnl
Label:  Ranglong 
Description:  Spoken primarily in the Indian North-Eastern states of Assam, Tripura and MizoramIt is represented as ISO 639-3 code rnl.

Term Name: rum

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#rum
Label:  Romanian 

Term Name: rus

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#rus
Label:  Russian 

Term Name: san

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#san
Label:  Sanskrit 

Term Name: sat

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#sat
Label:  Santali 
Description:  Santali also known as Santal or Santhali, is the most widely-spoken language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho and Mundari, spoken mainly in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal by Santals. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code sat.

Term Name: sch

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#sch
Label:  Sakachep 
Description:  Sakachep, also known as Khelma, is a Central Kuki-Chin-Mizo language of Northeast India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code sch.

Term Name: slv

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#slv
Label:  Slovenian 
Description:  Slovenian

Term Name: spa

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#spa
Label:  Spanish 

Term Name: swa

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#swa
Label:  Swahili 

Term Name: swe

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#swe
Label:  Swedish 

Term Name: syri1242

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#syri1242
Label:  Syriem 
Description:  Language of Manipur represented by the Glottolog identifier syri1242 (https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/syri1242)

Term Name: tcz

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#tcz
Label:  Thadou 
Description:  Thado is a Northern Kuki-Chin-Mizo language spoken widely in the northeastern part of India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code tcz

Term Name: tgl

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#tgl
Label:  Tagalog 

Term Name: thie1234

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#thie1234
Label:  Thiek 
Description:  Language represented by the Glottolog identifier thie1234 (https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/thie1234)

Term Name: trp

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#trp
Label:  Kok Borok 
Description:  Kok Borok (also known as Tripuri or Tiprakok) is the main native language of the Tripuri people of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code trp.

Term Name: tsj

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#tsj
Label:  Tshangla 
Description:  Tshangla is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Bodish branch closely related to the Tibetic languages. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code tsj.

Term Name: urd

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#urd
Label:  Urdu 
Description:  Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also an official language of six states of India, (one of the 22 official languages recognized in the Constitution of India). Urdu has its origin in Arabic and Persian languages but is also influenced by Turkish and Sanskrit. Its alphabet is a super set of Arabic and Persian and contains 39 characters.

Term Name: vap

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#vap
Label:  Vaiphei 
Description:  Vaiphei is a Sino-Tibetan language belonging to the Kuki-Chin linguistic subbranch of the Tibeto-Burman group of languages. It is spoken mainly in the Indian state of Manipur and minutely in Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code vap.

Term Name: vie

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#vie
Label:  Vietnamese 

Term Name: xho

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#xho
Label:  Xhosa 

Term Name: yor

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#yor
Label:  Yoruba 

Term Name: zau

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#zau
Label:  Zangskari 
Description:  Zangskari is an endangered Tibetic language. It is mostly spoken in the Zanskar region of the Kargil district of Ladakh, India and also by Buddhists in the upper reaches of Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, and Paddar, Jammu and Kashmir. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code zau.

Term Name: zul

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#zul
Label:  Zulu 

Term Name: zyp

URI:  https://digital2.library.unt.edu/vocabularies/languages/#zyp
Label:  Zyphe Chin 
Description:  Zyphe (also spelled Zophei) is a Kuki-Chin language spoken primarily in Thantlang township, Chin State, Myanmar, and also spoken in India. It is represented as ISO 639-3 code zyp.