What is a language code?
When connecting to an interpreter via our on-demand telephone service, you must enter the three-digit code for the language you require.
You can view all of our language codes on this page. We also provide the language codes in a PDF format for easy reference.
If you need a language that is not listed, please contact our support team via email or press # when navigating the automated menu of our telephone service to speak with an operator and make your request.
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List of codes
A
Acholi 182
Afrikaans 160
Akan 152
Albanian 065
Algerian Arabic 210
Ama (Nyimang) 159
Amharic 004
Arabic 013
Arabic Juba 224
Armenian 035
Assyrian 292
Azerbaijani 249
Azeri 006
B
Balouchi 145
Bambara 087
Bari (South Sudan) 197
Belarusian 037
Bengali 076
Berber 135
Bhojpuri 274
Bilen 223
Bisaya 275
Bissa 283
Borana 258
Bosnian 190
Bravanese 140
Brazilian Portuguese 241
Bulgarian 040
Burmese 188
C
Cambodian 201
Catalan 202
Cebuano 261
Chechen 272
Chichewa 278
Chinese Cantonese 061
Chinese Mandarin 046
Chittagonian 229
Creole (Guinea-Bissau) 246
Creole (Haiti) 232
Creole (Martinique & Guadeloupe) 233
Creole (Mauritius) 105
Creole (Seychelles) 192
Croatian 106
Czech 024
D
Danish 204
Dari 043
Darija (Moroccan Dialect) 200
Dhaka 235
Dinka 165
Dioula 231
Dutch 104
E
Edo 189
Efik 130
Egyptian Arabic 213
Esan 234
Estonian 163
Ewe 064
F
Fante 228
Farsi 012
Filipino 279
French 048
Fujianese 248
Fula 062
Fur 198
G
Ga 191
Garre 257
Georgian 080
German 002
Ghomala 251
Gilaki 254
Gouran 245
Greek 027
Gujarati 084
H
Hakka 215
Harari 243
Hassini Arabic 230
Hausa 121
Hazaragi 266
Hebrew 147
Herero 161
Hindi 032
Hindko 167
Hmong 164
Hungarian 019
I
Ibibio 131
Igbo 187
Ilocano 183
Ilonggo 262
Indonesian 129
Italian 008
J
Japanese 122
Javanese 268
Jola 256
Jordanian Arabic 208
K
Kacchi 253
Kalhori 221
Kannada 255
Kanuri 281
Kapampangan 276
Kashmiri 286
Kazakh 220
Kibajuni 086
Kikuyu 205
Kinyarwanda 058
Kirundi 156
Koniaka 244
Konkani 155
Korean 071
Krio 011
Kumana 282
Kurdish Bahdini 021
Kurdish Gorani 264
Kurdish Hawrami 242
Kurdish Kalhori 280
Kurdish Kurmanji 059
Kurdish Sorani 025
Kyrgyz 240
L
Lao 222
Latvian 079
Lebanese Arabic 207
Levantine 211
Lingala 026
Lithuanian 020
Luganda 010
M
Macedonian 031
Maghreb Arabic 209
Malay 162
Malayalam 123
Malinke 055
Maltese 157
Mandinka 053
Marathi 226
Masalit 206
Mina 285
Mirpuri 101
Moldovan 073
Mongolian 138
Moore 284
Moroccan Arabic 212
N
Ndebele 049
Nepali 030
Nooristani 288
North African Arabic 193
Norwegian 250
Nuer 203
Nyimang (Ama) 159
O
Odia 273
Oromo 090
P
Pahari 052
Pangasinan 184
Pashayi 287
Pashto 015
Pidgin Arabic 265
Pidgin English (Nigeria) 151
Polish 075
Portuguese 077
Pothwari 277
Pulaar 091
Punjabi 033
R
Rohingya 185
Romani 289
Romanian 029
Russian 074
S
Saho 142
Serbian 293
Serbo-Croat 081
Shona 134
Sindhi 236
Sinhala 016
Slovak 018
Slovenian 179
Somali 063
Soninke 214
Soussou 252
Spanish 038
Sudanese Arabic 154
Swahili 041
Swedish 042
Sylheti 111
Syrian Arabic 141
T
Tagalog 149
Taiwanese 102
Tajik 219
Tamil 051
Telugu 125
Tetum 216
Thai 120
Tibetan 196
Tigre 036
Tigrinya 022
Tshiluba 194
Tswana 238
Turkish 066
Turkmen 139
Twi 148
U
Ukrainian 060
Urdu 014
Uyghur 180
Uzbek (Afghanistan) 239
Uzbek (Uzbekistan) 137
V
Vietnamese 034
W
Welsh 186
Wolof 057
XYZ
Xhosa 181
Yemeni Arabic 294
Yiddish 199
Yoruba 132
Zaghawa 133
Zande 225
Zarma Songhai 195
Zulu 028