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Classification of Non-official Language(s)
This classification was approved as a departmental standard on April 20, 2009.
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None
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Single response
2.1
Aboriginal languages
2.1.1
Algonquian languages
2.1.1.1
Algonquin
2.1.1.2
Atikamekw
2.1.1.3
Blackfoot
2.1.1.4
Cree
2.1.1.5
Malecite
2.1.1.6
Mi'kmaq
2.1.1.7
Montagnais-Naskapi
2.1.1.8
Ojibway
2.1.1.9
Oji-Cree
2.1.1.10
Algonquian languages, n.i.e.
2.1.2
Athapaskan languages
2.1.2.1
Carrier
2.1.2.2
Chilcotin
2.1.2.3
Chipewyan
2.1.2.4
Dene
2.1.2.5
Dogrib
2.1.2.6
Kutchin-Gwich'in (Loucheux)
2.1.2.7
North Slave (Hare)
2.1.2.8
South Slave
2.1.2.9
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e.
2.1.3
Haida
2.1.4
Iroquoian languages
2.1.4.1
Mohawk
2.1.4.2
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e.
2.1.5
Kutenai
2.1.6
Salish languages
2.1.6.1
Shuswap
2.1.6.2
Thompson (Ntlakapamux)
2.1.6.3
Salish languages, n.i.e
2.1.7
Siouan languages (Dakota/Sioux)
2.1.8
Tlingit
2.1.9
Tsimshian languages
2.1.9.1
Gitksan
2.1.9.2
Nisga'a
2.1.9.3
Tsimshian
2.1.10
Wakashan languages
2.1.10.1
Nootka
2.1.10.2
Wakashan languages, n.i.e.
2.1.11
Inuktitut
2.1.11.1
Inuinnaqtun
2.1.11.2
Inuktitut, n.i.e.
2.1.12
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e.
2.2
Romance languages
2.2.1
Italian
2.2.2
Portuguese
2.2.3
Romanian
2.2.4
Spanish
2.2.5
Romance languages, n.i.e.
2.3
Germanic languages
2.3.1
Dutch
2.3.2
Flemish
2.3.3
Frisian
2.3.4
German
2.3.5
Yiddish
2.3.6
Scandinavian languages
2.3.6.1
Danish
2.3.6.2
Icelandic
2.3.6.3
Norwegian
2.3.6.4
Swedish
2.3.7
Germanic languages, n.i.e.
2.4
Celtic languages
2.4.1
Gaelic languages
2.4.2
Welsh
2.4.3
Celtic languages, n.i.e.
2.5
Slavic languages
2.5.1
Belarusian (Byelorussian)
2.5.2
Bosnian
2.5.3
Bulgarian
2.5.4
Croatian
2.5.5
Czech
2.5.6
Macedonian
2.5.7
Polish
2.5.8
Russian
2.5.9
Serbian
2.5.10
Serbo-Croatian
2.5.11
Slovak
2.5.12
Slovenian
2.5.13
Ukrainian
2.5.14
Slavic languages, n.i.e.
2.6
Baltic languages
2.6.1
Latvian
2.6.2
Lithuanian
2.7
Finno-Ugric languages
2.7.1
Estonian
2.7.2
Finnish
2.7.3
Hungarian
2.8
Greek
2.9
Armenian
2.10
Turkic languages
2.10.1
Azerbaijani
2.10.2
Turkish
2.10.3
Turkic languages, n.i.e.
2.11
Afro-Asiatic languages
2.11.1
Berber languages (Kabyle)
2.11.2
Cushitic languages
2.11.2.1
Oromo
2.11.2.2
Somali
2.11.3
Semitic languages
2.11.3.1
Amharic
2.11.3.2
Arabic
2.11.3.3
Hebrew
2.11.3.4
Maltese
2.11.3.5
Tigrigna
2.11.3.6
Semitic languages, n.i.e.
2.11.4
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e.
2.12
Indo-Iranian languages
2.12.1
Indo-Aryan languages
2.12.1.1
Bengali
2.12.1.2
Gujarati
2.12.1.3
Hindi
2.12.1.4
Konkani
2.12.1.5
Marathi
2.12.1.6
Panjabi (Punjabi)
2.12.1.7
Sindhi
2.12.1.8
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
2.12.1.9
Urdu
2.12.2
Iranian languages
2.12.2.1
Kurdish
2.12.2.2
Pashto
2.12.2.3
Persian (Farsi)
2.12.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.
2.13
Dravidian languages
2.13.1
Kannada
2.13.2
Malayalam
2.13.3
Tamil
2.13.4
Telugu
2.13.5
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.
2.14
Japanese
2.15
Korean
2.16
Sino-Tibetan languages
2.16.1
Chinese languages
2.16.1.1
Cantonese
2.16.1.2
Chaochow (Teochow)
2.16.1.3
Fukien
2.16.1.4
Hakka
2.16.1.5
Mandarin
2.16.1.6
Shanghainese
2.16.1.7
Taiwanese
2.16.2
Tibetan languages
2.16.3
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.
2.17
Tai languages
2.17.1
Lao
2.17.2
Thai
2.18
Austro-Asiatic languages
2.18.1
Khmer (Cambodian)
2.18.2
Vietnamese
2.19
Malayo-Polynesian languages
2.19.1
Bisayan languages
2.19.2
Ilocano
2.19.3
Malay
2.19.4
Pampango
2.19.5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)
2.19.6
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e.
2.20
Niger-Congo languages
2.20.1
Akan (Twi)
2.20.2
Bantu languages
2.20.2.1
Lingala
2.20.2.2
Rundi (Kirundi)
2.20.2.3
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda)
2.20.2.4
Shona
2.20.2.5
Swahili
2.20.2.6
Bantu languages, n.i.e.
2.20.3
Edo
2.20.4
Igbo
2.20.5
Wolof
2.20.6
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.
2.21
African languages, n.i.e.
2.22
Creoles
2.23
Non-verbal languages
2.23.1
American Sign Language
2.23.2
Quebec Sign Language
2.23.3
Sign languages, n.i.e.
2.24
Other languages
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Multiple responses
Note: The category Chinese n.o.s. may be added for data dissemination, if required.
Usage
In the context of the Classification of non-official language(s) of person, category labels refer to languages. For example, "English" is understood to mean "English language".
