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Florida Department of Education FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Implementation Date: DOE INFORMATION DATA BASE REQUIREMENTS Fiscal Year 1995-96 VOLUME I: AUTOMATED STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM July 1, 1995 AUTOMATED STUDENT DATA ELEMENTS APPENDIX N LANGUAGE CODES AB - Abkhazian ZE - Chittagonian AA - Afar CO - Corsican AK - Afrikaans ZF - Creole EF - Akan HR - Croatian, Hrvatski EK Akateko CZ - Czech AL - Albanian, Shqip DA - Danish WJ - American Sign Language DL - Deccan AM - Amharic DU - Dutch, Netherlands AR - Arabic DO - Dzongkha AN - Armenian, Hayeren EN - English AS - Assamese EO - Esperanto WK - Awadhi ES - Estonian AZ - Azerbaijani FO - Faroese BA - Bantu FA - Farsi, Persian BC - Bashkir FJ - Fijian BQ - Basque, Euskera FL Filipino BS - Bassa FI - Finnish, Suomi BJ - Belarusian FR - French BE - Bengali, Bangla FY - Frisian BR - Berber FU - Fulfulde, Nigerian BP - Bhojpuri GL - Galician DZ - Bhutani KA - Georgian, Kartuli BH - Bihari GE - German BI - Bislama GR - Greek BF - Breton KL - Greenlandic, Kalaallisut BL - Bulgarian GU - Gujarati BU - Burmese, Myanmasa HC - Haitian-Creole (Includes French BD - Byelorussian Creole) CA - Cambodian, Khmer HY - Haryanvi CN - Cantonese HA - Hausa CT - Catalan HE - Hebrew, Iwrith ZA - Cebuano HL - Hiligaynon ZB - Chhattisgarhi HI - Hindi ZC - Chinese, Hakka HM - Hmong ZD - Chinese, Min Nau (Fukienese or HU - Hungarian, Magyar Fujianese) CH - Chinese, Zhongwen Revised: Volume I Effective: 7/08 Page Number: N-1 2 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Implementation Date: DOE INFORMATION DATA BASE REQUIREMENTS Fiscal Year 1995-96 VOLUME I: AUTOMATED STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM July 1, 1995 AUTOMATED STUDENT DATA ELEMENTS APPENDIX N (Continued) LANGUAGE CODES (Continued) IC - Icelandic,Islenzk NR - Maori IO - Igbo MR - Marathi IL - Ilacano XK - Marwari IN - Indonesian, Bahasa Indonesia MC - Moldavian IA - Interlingua MO - Mongolian IE - Interlingue NS - Napoletano - Calabrese GA - Irish, Gaeilge NA - Nauru IT - Italian NE - Nepali JC - Jamaican Creole (includes Patois and NO - Norwegian Patwa) OC - Occitan JA - Japanese, Nihongo OR - Oriya JW - Javanese, Bahasa Jawa OM - (Afan) Oromo KV - Kannada PX - Pamiamento KS - Kashmiri PJ - Panjabi, Punjabi KK - Kazakh PA - Pashto (Includes Pushtu) RW - Kinyarwanda PO - Polish KY - Kirghiz, Kyrgyz PR - Portuguese RN - Kirundi RA - Rhaeto-Romance KO - Korean, Choson-o RM - Rumanian, Romanian KZ Kpelle (Guerze) RS - Russian KU - Kurdish, Zimany Kurdy RB - Rwanda LO - Lamnso SG - Sangho LA - Laotian, Pha Xa Lao SA - Sanskrit LB - Latin XQ - Saraiki LV - Latvian, Lettish GD - Scots Gaelic LN - Lingala EP - Sepedi LI - Lithuanian SK - Serbian, Srpski LM - Lombard SR - Serbo-Croatian MB - Macedonian ST - Sesotho NJ - Madura TN - Setswana XI - Magahi SN - Shona XJ - Maithili SD - Sindhi MA - Malagasy SC - Singhalese ML - Malayalam XL - Sinhala MS - Malay, Bahasa Malaysia SI - Siswati MT - Maltese SL - Slovak MD - Mandarin SJ - Slovenian SO - Somali Revised: Volume I Effective: 7/08 Page Number: N-2 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Implementation Date: DOE INFORMATION DATA BASE REQUIREMENTS Fiscal Year 1995-96 VOLUME I: AUTOMATED STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM July 1, 1995 AUTOMATED STUDENT DATA ELEMENTS APPENDIX N (Continued) LANGUAGE CODES (Continued) SP - Spanish SU - Sundanese SH - Swahili SW - Swedish, Svenska TA - Tagalog TG - Tajik TB - Tamil TT - Tatar TE - Telugu TH - Thai TI - Tibetan, Bodskad TC - Tigrinya TO - Tonga TS - Tsonga TU - Turkish TK - Turkmen TD - Twi UK - Ukranian UR - Urdu UY - Uyghur UZ - Uzbek VI - Vietnamese VS - Visayan VO - Volapuk WE - Welsh WO - Wolof XH - Xhosa YI - Yiddish, Jiddisch YO - Yoruba ZH - Zhuan, Northern ZU - Zulu OT - Other ZZ - Not Applicable Revised: Volume I Effective: 7/08 Page Number: N-3 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Implementation Date: DOE INFORMATION DATA BASE REQUIREMENTS Fiscal Year 1995-96 VOLUME I: AUTOMATED STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM July 1, 1995 AUTOMATED STUDENT DATA ELEMENTS APPENDIX N INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE AMERICAS CODES AC - Abnaki CY - Columbia AD - Achumawi DF - Comanche AE - Ahtena DG - Cowlitz AF - Alabama DH - Cuna AG - Aleut DI - Cupeno AH - Algonquian DJ - Cree AI - Apache DK - Crow AJ - Arapaho DB - Dakota AO - Araucanian DC - Delaware AP - Arikara DD - Delta River Yuman AQ - Athapascan DE - Diegueno AT - Atsina EA - Eskimo AU - Atsugewi EB - Eyak AV - Aucanian FB - Foothill North Yokuts AW - Aymara FC - Fox AX - Aztec FD - French Cree BG - Blackfoot GB - Guarani CB - Caddo GC - Guaymi CC - Cahuilla HB - Haida CD - Cakchiquel HD - Han CE - Cayuga HF - Havasupai CF - Chasta Costa HG - Hichita CG - Chemeheuvi HH - Hidatsa CI - Cherokee HJ - Hopi CJ - Chetemacha HK - Hupa CK - Cheyenne IB - Inupiak CL - Chinook Jargon ID - Iroquois CM - Chiricahua IF - Island Carib CP - Chiwere JB - Jicarilla CQ - Choctaw KX - Kanjoval CS - Chumash KB - Klamath CU - Clallam KC - Kawaiisu CV - Coast Miwok KD - Kalispel CW - Cocomaricopa KE - Kansa CX - Coeur D’Alene Revised: Volume I Effective: 7/08 Page Number: N-4 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Implementation Date: DOE INFORMATION DATA BASE REQUIREMENTS Fiscal Year 1995-96 VOLUME I: AUTOMATED STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM July 1, 1995 AUTOMATED STUDENT DATA ELEMENTS APPENDIX N (Continued) INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE AMERICAS CODES (Continued) KF - Karok NG - Nootsack KG - Keres NH - Northern Paiute KH - Kickapoo NI - Northwest Maidu KI - Kiowa OA - Ojibwa KJ - Kiowa-Apache OB - Okanogan KM - Koasati OD - Omaha KW - Koyukon OE - Oneida KP - Kuchin OF - Onondaga KQ - Kutenai OG - Osage KR - Kwakiutl OH - Other Athapascan-Eyak IG - Indian OI - Ottawa IH - Ingalit PB - Pacific Gulf Yupik LC - Lower Chehalis PC - Paiute LD - Luiseno PD - Panamint XN - Maidu PF - Passamaquoddy ME - Makah PG - Patwin MF - Mam PH - Pawnee MG - Mandan PK - Penobscot MH - Mayan PL - Picuris MJ - Menomini PM - Pima MM - Miami PN - Plains Miwok MN - Micmac PP - Pomo MP - Mikasuki PQ - Ponca XO - Miwok PS - Potawatomi MQ - Mixtec PT - Puget Sound Salish MU - Mohave OJ - Quapaw MV - Mohawk OK - Quechua MW - Mono OL - Quekchi MX - Mountain Maidu ON - Quiche MY - Muskogee OO - Quinault NB - Navaho SB - Sahaptian NC - Nez Perce SF - Saint Lawrence Island Yupik ND - Nomlaki SQ - Salish NF - Nootka SS - Sandia Revised: Volume I Effective: 7/08 Page Number: N-5 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Implementation Date: DOE INFORMATION DATA BASE REQUIREMENTS Fiscal Year 1995-96 VOLUME I: AUTOMATED STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM July 1, 1995 AUTOMATED STUDENT DATA ELEMENTS APPENDIX N (Continued) INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE AMERICAS CODES (Continued) SV - San Carlos UG - Ute SX - Santiam WA - Walapai SY - Seneca WB - Wappo SZ - Serrano WC - Washo VA - Shastan WD - Wichita VB - Shawnee WF - Winnebago VC - Shoshoni WG - Wintun VD - Sierra Miwok WH - Wiyot VE - Siuslaw WI - Wyandot VF - Southern Maidu YA - Yaqui VG - Southern Paiute YB - Yavapai VH - Spokane YC - Yuchi TF - Tachi YD - Yuki TJ - Tanacross YE - Yuma TL - Tanaina YF - Yupik TM - Tanana YG - Yurok TP - Tarahumara YH - Zapotec TQ - Tarascan YJ - Zuni TR - Tewa TV - Tillamook TX - Tiwa TY - Tlingit TZ - Towa XA - Tonkawa XB - Tsimshian XC - Tubatulabal XD - Tupi XE - Tuscarora XF - Tutchone XG - Twana UA - Up River Yuman UB - Upland Yuman UC - Upper Chehalis UD - Upper Chinook UE - Upper Kuskokwim UF - Upper Tanana Revised: Volume I Effective: 7/08 Page Number: N-6 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Implementation Date: DOE INFORMATION DATA BASE REQUIREMENTS Fiscal Year 1995-96 VOLUME I: AUTOMATED STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM July 1, 1995 AUTOMATED STUDENT DATA ELEMENTS APPENDIX N PACIFIC LANGUAGES CODES EC - Carolinian ED - Chamorro EE - Chuukese/Trukese GF - Guamanian KT - Kosraen MZ - Marshallese PU - Palauan PV - Pohnpeians SM - Samoan YK - Yapese Revised: Volume I Effective: 7/08 Page Number: N-7 .
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