BISAC Subject Headings List

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY

Use subjects in this section for works about the languages specified, whether these works are of an instructional, historical, or linguistic nature. Do not use subjects in this section to indicate the language of a work: works should be classified based on their subject content without regard to the language in which they are written (of course, if a work is about a language and written in that language, a subject in this section should be assigned).

FOR000000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General

FOR001000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / African Languages (see also Swahili)

FOR033000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages (see also Latin)

FOR002000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Arabic

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Australian Languages see Oceanic & Australian Languages

FOR034000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Baltic Languages

FOR029000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Celtic Languages

FOR003000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese

FOR035000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Creole Languages

FOR036000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Czech

FOR004000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Danish

FOR006000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Dutch

FOR007000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language

FOR037000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Finnish

FOR008000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French

FOR009000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / German

FOR010000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Greek (Modern)

FOR011000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Hebrew

FOR038000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Hindi

FOR012000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Hungarian

FOR030000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Indic Languages

FOR031000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Indigenous Languages of the Americas

FOR013000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Italian

FOR014000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Japanese

FOR015000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Korean

FOR016000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Latin

FOR017000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Miscellaneous

FOR005000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Dictionaries

FOR018000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Phrasebooks

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Native American Languages see Indigenous Languages of the Americas

FOR039000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Norwegian

FOR032000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Oceanic & Australian Languages

FOR045000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Old & Middle English

FOR040000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Persian

FOR019000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Polish

FOR020000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Portuguese

FOR041000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Romance Languages (Other)

FOR021000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Russian

FOR022000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Scandinavian Languages (Other)

FOR023000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Serbian & Croatian

FOR024000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Slavic Languages (Other)

FOR025000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Southeast Asian Languages (see also Vietnamese)

FOR026000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Spanish

FOR042000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Swahili

FOR043000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Swedish

FOR027000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Turkish & Turkic Languages

FOR044000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Vietnamese

FOR028000

FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Yiddish

If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area. NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE

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