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
Amharic 004
Arabic 013
Arabic Juba 224
Armenian 035
Azeri 006
B
Bahasa 166
Balouchi 145
Bambara 087
Bari South Sudan 197
Belarusian 037
Bengali 076
Berber 135
Bilen 223
Bosnian 190
Bravanese 140
Bravie 146
Brazilian Portuguese 241
Bulgarian 040
Burmese 188
C
Cambodian 201
Catalan 202
Chinese Cantonese 061
Chinese Mandarin 046
Chittagonian 229
Creole Haiti 232
Creole Martinique/Guadeloupe 233
Creole Mauritius 105
Creole Seychelles 192
Croatian 106
Czech 024
D
Danish 204
Dari 043
Darija Moroccan 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
French 048
Fula 062
Fulani 083
Fur 198
G
Ga 191
Georgian 080
German 002
Greek 027
Gujarati 084
H
Hakka 215
Hassini Arabic 230
Hausa 121
Hebrew 147
Herero 161
Hindi 032
Hindko 167
Hmong 164
Hungarian 019
I
Ibibio 131
Igbo 187
Ilocano 183
Indonesian 129
Italian 008
J
Japanese 122
Jordanian 208
K
Kalhori 221
Kazakh 220
Kibajuni 086
Kikuyu 205
Kinyarwanda 058
Kirundi 156
Konkani 155
Korean 071
Krio 011
Kurdish Bahdini 021
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
Mirpuri 101
Moldovan 073
Mongolian 138
Moroccan Arabic 212
N
Ndebele 049
Nepali 030
North African Arabic 193
Nuba Ama 158
Nuer 203
Nyimang 159
O
Oromo 090
Otjiherero 153
P
Pahari 052
Pangasinan 184
Pashto 015
Pidgin English Nigeria 151
Polish 075
Portuguese 077
Pulaar 091
Punjabi 033
R
Rohingya 185
Romanian 029
Rundi 217
Russian 074
S
Saho 142
Sanskrit 092
Serbo-Croat 081
Setswana 237
Shona 134
Sindhi 236
Sinhala 016
Slovak 018
Slovenian 179
Somali 063
Soninke 214
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
Yidish 199
Yoruba 132
Zaghawa 133
Zande 225
Zarma Songhai 195
Zulu 028