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)	Near Eastern Studies
Hindi	Modern Languages
Indonesian	Arabic
Japanese	Hebrew
Kannada	Persian/Farsi
Khmer (Cambodian)	Turkish
Korean
Nepali	Ancient Languages
Pali	Akkadian
Punjabi	Biblical Hebrew
Sanskrit	Hieroglyphic Egyptian
Sinhala	Sumerian
Tagalog (Filipino)	Ugaritic
Tamil
Thai	Romance Studies
Tibetan (Classical)	Czech
Urdu	French
Vietnamese	Hungarian
	Italian
Classics	Polish
Greek: Ancient	Portuguese
Greek: Modern	Romanian
Latin	Spanish

Comparative Literature
Russian