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The subject headings used in the library catalog to describe languages and linguistic topics are quite regular. Look for the following subject phrases, and consider using them in your searches:
Language names - studies specific to a language will include "language" in the subject heading to differentiate from ethnicities with the same name. These can also be subdivided geographically.
Language families - language families or groups of related languages are described in plural form. The library catalog often suggests specific member languages as narrower search terms.
Subdivisions - used to indicate the kind of linguistic or anthropological study about a given language and its speakers.
Linguistic concepts - in additional to individual languages, linguistic concepts can be their own subject heading. These can be subdivided geographically.
| Call Number | Languages |
| P | Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar |
| PA | Greek & Latin |
| PB | Celtic languages |
| PC | Romance languages |
| PD | Germanic & Nordic languages |
| PE | English language |
| PF | West Germanic languages |
| PG | Slavic, Baltic, Albanian languages |
| PH | Uralic languages. Basque |
| PJ | "Oriental" & Semitic languages |
| PK | Indo-Iranian languages |
| PL | Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
| PM | Hyperborean, American (indigenous), and artificial languages |
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