Language Study at Cornell

Students study languages at Cornell for many reasons. Some students study language to fulfill graduation requirements (particularly students in the College of Arts and Sciences); some study for personal interest, for professional development, or for preparation for graduate study. From ancient languages to contemporary languages from across the globe, the range of languages available for study is broad. Languages are offered through the College of Arts and Sciences and are open to any student. Explore the richness of Cornell’s language offerings from the list below.

Language Offerings

Africana	German
Arabic (under ASRC subject code)	Dutch
Swahili	German
Yoruba
Wolof	Jewish Studies
Zulu	Yiddish

Asian Studies	Linguistics
Bengali	American Sign Language
Burmese	Old Irish
Chinese (Mandarin)	Old Norse
Hindi
Indonesian	Near Eastern Studies
Japanese	Modern Languages
Kannada	Arabic
Khmer (Cambodian)	Hebrew
Korean	Persian/Farsi
Nepali	Turkish
Pali	Urdu (under NES subject code)
Punjabi
Sanskrit	Ancient Languages
Sinhala	Akkadian
Tagalog (Filipino)	Sumerian
Tamil
Thai	Romance Studies
Tibetan (Modern and Classical)	Czech
Urdu	French
Vietnamese	Hungarian
	Italian
Classics	Polish
Greek: Ancient	Portuguese
Latin	Romanian
	Spanish
Comparative Literature
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
Finnish
Russian
Ukranian