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	Dutch
Swahili	German
Yoruba
Wolof	Linguistics
Zulu	Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
	Old Irish
Asian Studies	Old Norse
Bengali	Ukrainian
Burmese
Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese)	Near Eastern Studies
Hindi	Modern Languages
Indonesian	Arabic
Japanese	Greek: Modern
Khmer (Cambodian)	Hebrew
Korean	Persian/Farsi
Nepali	Turkish
Pali
Punjabi	Ancient Languages
Sanskrit	Akkadian
Sinhala	Hieroglyphic Egyptian
Tagalog (Filipino)
Tamil	Romance Studies
Thai	Czech
Tibetan (Classical)	French
Urdu	Hungarian
Vietnamese	Italian
	Polish
Classics	Portuguese
Greek: Ancient	Romanian
Greek: Modern	Spanish
Latin

Comparative Literature
Russian