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	American Sign Language (summer only)
	Old Irish
Asian Studies	Old Norse
Bengali	Ukrainian
Burmese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Near Eastern Studies
Hindi	Modern Languages
Indonesian	Arabic
Japanese	Hebrew
Kannada	Judeo-Arabic
Khmer (Cambodian)	Persian/Farsi
Korean	Turkish
Nepali	Urdu
Pali
Punjabi	Ancient Languages
Sanskrit	Akkadian
Sinhala	Hieroglyphic Egyptian
Tagalog (Filipino)	Sumerian
Tamil	Ugaritic
Thai
Tibetan (Modern and Classical)	Romance Studies
Urdu	Czech
Vietnamese	French
	Greek: Modern
Classics	Hungarian
Greek: Ancient	Italian
Latin	Polish
	Portuguese
Comparative Literature	Romanian
Russian	Spanish