Languages Taught at Yale

Language  Offering Department/Council 
Akkadian Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Classical

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Arabic at Yale

Aramaic* Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
ASL Linguistics
Bengali Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Slavic Languages & Literatures

Burmese

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Council on Southeast Asia Studies

Catalan

Shared Course Initiative (SCI) 

announced for Fall 2026

Cherokee

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Linguistics

Chinese East Asian Languages & Literatures
Coptic Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Czech

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Slavic Languages & Literatures

Dutch Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
English, Old* English Language & Literature
Egyptian, Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Egyptian, Middle Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Filipino (Tagalog)         

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

announced for Fall 2025

Finnish Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
French Department of French
German Department of German
Greek, Ancient Classics
Greek, Modern Hellenic Studies Program, European Studies Council
Hebrew, Biblical Divinity School and Dept. of Religious Studies
Hebrew, Modern Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Hindi South Asian Studies Council
Hungarian

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Slavic Languages & Literatures

Indonesian

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Council on Southeast Asia Studies

isiZulu

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Council on African Studies

Italian Italian Department
Japanese East Asian Languages & Literatures
Khmer

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Council on Southeast Asia Studies 

Kiswahili Council on African Studies
Korean East Asian Languages & Literatures
Latin Classics
Nepali Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Persian, Classical*

Persian, Modern

Persian, Middle

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Polish Slavic Languages & Literatures
Portuguese Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
Punjabi

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Council on Southeast Asian Studies

Russian Slavic Languages & Literatures
Sanskrit

Linguistics

South Asian Studies Council

Sinhala

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Council on Southeast Asian Studies

Spanish Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
Sumerian* Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Swedish Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Syriac* Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Tamil

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

South Asian Studies Council

Telugu

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

announced for Fall 2025

Tibetan, Classical

Tibetan,  Modern

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

South Asian Studies Council

Turkish, Modern

Turkish, Ottoman

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Ukrainian Slavic Languages & Literatures
Vietnamese Council on Southeast Asian Studies
Wolof

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Council on African Studies

Yiddish Department of German
Yorùbá

Shared Course Initiative (SCI)

Council on African Studies

*These languages cannot be used to fulfill the Yale College language requirement. 

Not all of the languages are available at all levels, and it may not be possible to fulfill the language requirement in some of them. Check course listings for language course designations L1 through L5 and refer to the Academic Regulations for more information.

Other languages can be studied on a case by case basis through our DILS program.