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1st Release
This variable identifies the language spoken at home.
Applicable to: All persons.
1: NORTHERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
2: SOUTHERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
3: EASTERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
4: SOUTHWEST ASIAN AND NORTH AFRICAN LANGUAGES
5: SOUTHERN ASIAN LANGUAGES
6: SOUTHEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES
7: EASTERN ASIAN LANGUAGES
8: AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
9: OTHER LANGUAGES
| 1 - NORTHERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
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 | 10 | Northern European nfd |  |
 | 1000 | Northern European nfd
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 | 11 | Celtic |  |
 | 1100 | Celtic nfd |  |
 | 1101 | Gaelic (Scotland) |  |
 | 1102 | Irish |  |
 | 1103 | Welsh |  |
 | 1199 | Celtic, nec (Breton, Cornish, Manx)
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 | 12 | English |  |
 | 1201 | English
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 | 13 | German and Related Languages |  |
 | 1300 | German and Related Languages nfd |  |
 | 1301 | German |  |
 | 1302 | Letzeburgish |  |
 | 1303 | Yiddish
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 | 14 | Netherlandic and Related Languages |  |
 | 1400 | Netherlandic and Related Languages nfd |  |
 | 1401 | Netherlandic |  |
 | 1402 | Frisian
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 | 15 | Scandinavian |  |
 | 1500 | Scandinavian nfd |  |
 | 1501 | Danish |  |
 | 1502 | Icelandic |  |
 | 1503 | Norwegian |  |
 | 1504 | Swedish |  |
 | 1599 | Scandinavian, nec (Faeroese)
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| 2 - SOUTHERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
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 | 20 | Southern European nfd |  |
 | 2000 | Southern European nfd
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 | 21 | French |  |
 | 2101 | French
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 | 22 | Greek |  |
 | 2201 | Greek
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 | 23 | Iberian Romance |  |
 | 2300 | Iberian Romance nfd |  |
 | 2301 | Catalan |  |
 | 2302 | Portuguese |  |
 | 2303 | Spanish |  |
 | 2399 | Iberian Romance, nec (includes Galician, Ladino, Crioulo)
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 | 24 | Italian |  |
 | 2401 | Italian
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 | 25 | Maltese |  |
 | 2501 | Maltese
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 | 29 | Other Southern European Languages |  |
 | 2900 | Other Southern European Languages nfd |  |
 | 2901 | Basque |  |
 | 2902 | Latin |  |
 | 2999 | Other Southern European Languages, nec (includes Friulian, Ladin, Romansch)
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| 3 - EASTERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
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 | 30 | Eastern European nfd |  |
 | 3000 | Eastern European nfd
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 | 31 | Baltic |  |
 | 3100 | Baltic nfd |  |
 | 3101 | Latvian |  |
 | 3102 | Lithuanian
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 | 32 | Finnic |  |
 | 3200 | Finnic nfd |  |
 | 3201 | Estonian |  |
 | 3202 | Finnish |  |
 | 3299 | Finnic, nec (includes Karelian, Lapp, Ludic)
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 | 33 | Hungarian |  |
 | 3301 | Hungarian
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 | 34 | East Slavic |  |
 | 3400 | East Slavic nfd |  |
 | 3401 | Belorussian |  |
 | 3402 | Russian |  |
 | 3403 | Ukrainian
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 | 35 | South Slavic |  |
 | 3500 | South Slavic nfd |  |
 | 3501 | Bosnian |  |
 | 3502 | Bulgarian |  |
 | 3503 | Croatian |  |
 | 3504 | Macedonian |  |
 | 3505 | Serbian |  |
 | 3506 | Slovene
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 | 36 | West Slavic |  |
 | 3600 | West Slavic nfd |  |
 | 3601 | Czech |  |
 | 3602 | Polish |  |
 | 3603 | Slovak
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 | 39 | Other Eastern European Languages |  |
 | 3900 | Other Eastern European Languages nfd |  |
 | 3901 | Albanian |  |
 | 3902 | Armenian |  |
 | 3903 | Aromunian (Macedo-Romanian) |  |
 | 3904 | Romanian |  |
 | 3999 | Other Eastern European Languages, nec (includes Romany, Georgian, Ingush)
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| 4 - SOUTHWEST ASIAN AND NORTH AFRICAN LANGUAGES
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 | 40 | Southwest Asian and North African Languages nfd |  |
 | 4000 | Southwest Asian and North African Languages nfd
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 | 41 | Iranic |  |
 | 4100 | Iranic nfd |  |
 | 4101 | Kurdish |  |
 | 4102 | Pashto |  |
 | 4103 | Persian |  |
 | 4199 | Iranic, nec (includes Balochi, Ossetic, Tajik)
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 | 42 | Middle Eastern and North African Languages |  |
 | 4200 | Middle Eastern and North African Languages nfd |  |
 | 4201 | Amharic |  |
 | 4202 | Arabic (including Lebanese) |  |
 | 4203 | Assyrian (including Aramaic) |  |
 | 4204 | Hebrew |  |
 | 4205 | Tigrinya |  |
 | 4299 | Middle Eastern and North African Languages, nec (includes Riff, Kabyle, Shluh)
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 | 43 | Turkish and Central Asian Languages |  |
 | 4300 | Turkish and Central Asian Languages nfd |  |
 | 4301 | Turkish |  |
 | 4399 | Turkish and Central Asian Languages, nec (includes Azeri, Mongol, Tatar,)
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| 5 - SOUTHERN ASIAN LANGUAGES
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 | 50 | Southern Asian nfd |  |
 | 5000 | Southern Asian nfd
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 | 51 | Dravidian |  |
 | 5100 | Dravidian nfd |  |
 | 5101 | Kannada |  |
 | 5102 | Malayalam |  |
 | 5103 | Tamil |  |
 | 5104 | Telugu |  |
 | 5199 | Dravidian Languages, nec (includes Brahui, Malto, Tulu)
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 | 52 | Indo-Aryan |  |
 | 5200 | Indo-Aryan nfd |  |
 | 5201 | Bengali |  |
 | 5202 | Gujarati |  |
 | 5203 | Hindi |  |
 | 5204 | Konkani |  |
 | 5205 | Marathi |  |
 | 5206 | Nepali |  |
 | 5207 | Punjabi |  |
 | 5208 | Sindhi |  |
 | 5211 | Sinhalese |  |
 | 5212 | Urdu |  |
 | 5299 | Indo-Aryan, nec (includes Assamese, Kashmiri, Rajasthani)
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 | 59 | Other Southern Asian Languages |  |
 | 5999 | Other Southern Asian Languages, nec (includes Balti, Burushaski, Nuristani)
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 | 6 - SOUTHEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES
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 | 60 | Southeast Asian nfd |  |
 | 6000 | Southeast Asian nfd
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 | 61 | Burman |  |
 | 6100 | Burman nfd |  |
 | 6101 | Burmese |  |
 | 6199 | Burman Languages, nec (includes Lisu, Pho, Rawang)
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 | 62 | Hmong-Mien |  |
 | 6200 | Hmong-Mien nfd |  |
 | 6201 | Hmong |  |
 | 6299 | Hmong-Mien Languages, nec (Mien, Yao)
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 | 63 | Mon-Khmer |  |
 | 6300 | Mon-Khmer nfd |  |
 | 6301 | Khmer |  |
 | 6302 | Vietnamese |  |
 | 6399 | Mon-Khmer, nec (includes Khasi, Khmu, Muong)
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 | 64 | Tai |  |
 | 6400 | Tai nfd |  |
 | 6401 | Lao |  |
 | 6402 | Thai |  |
 | 6499 | Tai, nec (includes Buyi, Jui, Tho)
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 | 65 | Western Austronesian Languages |  |
 | 6500 | Western Austronesian Languages nfd |  |
 | 6501 | Bisaya |  |
 | 6502 | Cebuano |  |
 | 6503 | Ilokano |  |
 | 6504 | Indonesian |  |
 | 6505 | Malay |  |
 | 6506 | Tagalog (Filipino) |  |
 | 6507 | Tetum |  |
 | 6508 | Timorese |  |
 | 6599 | Western Austronesian Languages, nec (includes Balinese, Bikol, Kapampangan)
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 | 69 | Other Southeast Asian Languages |  |
 | 6999 | Other Southeast Asian Languages, nec
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 | 7 - EASTERN ASIAN LANGUAGES
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 | 70 | Eastern Asian Languages nfd |  |
 | 7000 | Eastern Asian Languages nfd
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 | 71 | Chinese |  |
 | 7100 | Chinese nfd |  |
 | 7101 | Cantonese |  |
 | 7102 | Hakka |  |
 | 7103 | Hokkien |  |
 | 7104 | Mandarin |  |
 | 7105 | Teochew |  |
 | 7106 | Wu |  |
 | 7199 | Chinese, nec (includes, Chang Chow, Hunan, Kan )
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 | 72 | Japanese |  |
 | 7201 | Japanese
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 | 73 | Korean |  |
 | 7301 | Korean
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 | 79 | Other Eastern Asian Languages |  |
 | 7999 | Other Eastern Asian Languages, nec (includes Ainu, Tibetan, Bhotia)
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 | 8 - AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
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 | 80 | Australian Indigenous Languages nfd |  |
 | 8000 | Australian Indigenous Languages nfd |  |
 | 81 | Northern Aboriginal |  |
 | 8100 | Northern Aboriginal nfd |  |
 | 8101 | Anindilyakwa |  |
 | 8102 | Burarra |  |
 | 8103 | Dhaangu |  |
 | 8104 | Dhay'yi |  |
 | 8105 | Dhuwal-Dhuwala |  |
 | 8106 | Djinang |  |
 | 8107 | Karrwa (Garrwa, Garawa) |  |
 | 8108 | Kunwinjku (Gunwinggu) |  |
 | 8111 | Maung |  |
 | 8112 | Murrinh-Patha |  |
 | 8113 | Ngangkikurungurr |  |
 | 8114 | Nunggubuyu |  |
 | 8115 | Rembarrnga |  |
 | 8116 | Ritharrngu |  |
 | 8117 | Tiwi |  |
 | 8118 | Yanyuwa (Anula) |  |
 | 8199 | Northern Aboriginal nec
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 | 82 | Central Aboriginal |  |
 | 8200 | Central Aboriginal nfd |  |
 | 8201 | Alyawarr (Alyawarra) |  |
 | 8202 | Anmatyerr (Anmatyirra) |  |
 | 8203 | Arrernte (Aranda) |  |
 | 8204 | Bardi |  |
 | 8205 | Bunuba (Bunaba) |  |
 | 8206 | Jaru (Djaru) |  |
 | 8207 | Kija (Gidya) |  |
 | 8208 | Kuurinji (Gurindji) |  |
 | 8211 | Kukatha ( Kokatha, Gugada) |  |
 | 8212 | Kukatha (Gugaja) |  |
 | 8213 | Miriwoong |  |
 | 8214 | Mutpurra (Mudburra) |  |
 | 8215 | Ngaatjatjara |  |
 | 8216 | Nyangumarta |  |
 | 8217 | Pintupi |  |
 | 8218 | Pitjantjatjara |  |
 | 8221 | Walmajarri (Walmadjari) |  |
 | 8222 | Warumungu (Warumunga) |  |
 | 8223 | Warlpiri |  |
 | 8224 | Yulparija |  |
 | 8225 | Yankunytjatjara |  |
 | 8299 | Central Aboriginal nec
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 | 83 | Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal |  |
 | 8300 | Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal nfd |  |
 | 8301 | Gugu Yalanji |  |
 | 8302 | Guugu Yimidhirr |  |
 | 8303 | Kuuku-Ya'u |  |
 | 8304 | Wik-Mungkan |  |
 | 8399 | Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal nec
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 | 84 | Torres Strait Island |  |
 | 8400 | Torres Strait nfd |  |
 | 8401 | Kalaw Lagaw Ya (Kalaw Kawa Ya) |  |
 | 8402 | Meryam Mir
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 | 85 | West Coast Aboriginal |  |
 | 8500 | West Coast Aboriginal nfd |  |
 | 8501 | Ngarluma |  |
 | 8502 | Nyungar (Noongar) |  |
 | 8503 | Yindjibarndi |  |
 | 8599 | West Coast Aboriginal nec
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 | 86 | Eastern Aboriginal |  |
 | 8600 | Eastern Aboriginal nfd |  |
 | 8601 | Adnymathanha (Yura Ngawarla) |  |
 | 8602 | Arabana (Arabuna) |  |
 | 8699 | Eastern Aboriginal nec
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 | 87 | Australian Creoles |  |
 | 8700 | Australian Creoles nfd |  |
 | 8701 | Kriol |  |
 | 8702 | Torres Strait Creole (Broken)
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 | 9 - OTHER LANGUAGES
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 | 90 | Other Languages nfd |  |
 | 9000 | Other Languages nfd
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 | 91 | American Languages |  |
 | 9101 | American Languages
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 | 92 | African Languages (Excluding North Africa) |  |
 | 9200 | African Languages (Excluding North Africa) nfd |  |
 | 9201 | Acholi |  |
 | 9202 | Afrikaans |  |
 | 9203 | Akan |  |
 | 9204 | Asante |  |
 | 9205 | Mauritian Creole |  |
 | 9206 | Oromo |  |
 | 9207 | Shona |  |
 | 9208 | Somali |  |
 | 9211 | Swahili |  |
 | 9212 | Yoruba |  |
 | 9213 | Zulu |  |
 | 9299 | African Languages (Excluding North Africa), nec (includes, Malagasy, Bemba, Fante)
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 | 93 | Oceanic Austronesian Languages |  |
 | 9300 | Oceanic Austronesian Languages nfd |  |
 | 9301 | Fijian |  |
 | 9302 | Gilbertese |  |
 | 9303 | Maori (Cook Island) |  |
 | 9304 | Maori (New Zealand) |  |
 | 9305 | Motu |  |
 | 9306 | Nauruan |  |
 | 9307 | Niue |  |
 | 9308 | Samoan |  |
 | 9311 | Tongan |  |
 | 9399 | Oceanic Austronesian Languages, nec (includes Hawai'ian, Rotuman, Tuvaluan)
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 | 94 | Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles |  |
 | 9400 | Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles nfd |  |
 | 9401 | Tok Pisin |  |
 | 9499 | Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles, nec (includes Bislama (Bichelamar), Solomon Islands Pidgin (Pijin), Pitcairnese)
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 | 95 | Papuan Languages |  |
 | 9501 | Papuan Languages
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 | 96 | Invented Languages |  |
 | 9601 | Invented Languages
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 | 97 | Sign Languages |  |
 | 9700 | Sign Languages nfd |  |
 | 9701 | Auslan |  |
 | 9702 | Makaton |  |
 | 9799 | Sign Languages, nec
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 |  | SUPPLEMENTARY CODES
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 | 0000 | Inadequately described |  |
 | 0001 | Non-verbal so described |  |
 | &&&& | Not stated |  |
 | VVVV | Overseas visitor |  |
Total number of categories: 240
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