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)
Burmese	Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Catalan	Shared Course Initiative (SCI) announced for Fall 2026
Cherokee	Linguistics
Chinese	East Asian Languages & Literatures
Coptic	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Czech	Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
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)	Council on Southeast Asia Studies
Finnish	Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
French	Department of French
German	Department of German
Greek, Ancient	Department of Classics
Greek, Modern	Hellenic Studies Program, European Studies Council
Hebrew, Biblical	Divinity School and Religious Studies
Hebrew, Modern	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Hindi	South Asian Studies Council
Hungarian	Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Indonesian	Council on Southeast Asia Studies
isiZulu	Shared Course Initiative (SCI) Council on African Studies
Italian	Department of Italian Studies
Japanese	East Asian Languages & Literatures
Khmer	Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Kiswahili	Council on African Studies
Korean	East Asian Languages & Literatures
Latin	Department of Classics
Nepali	Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Persian, Classical* Persian, Modern Persian, Middle	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Polish	Slavic Languages & Literatures
Portuguese	Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Punjabi	Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Russian	Slavic Languages & Literatures
Sanskrit	South Asian Studies Council
Sinhala	Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Spanish	Department 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)
Telugu	South Asian Studies Council Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Tibetan, Classical Tibetan, Modern	Shared Course Initiative (SCI) Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Turkish, Modern Turkish, Ottoman	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Ukrainian	Slavic Languages & Literatures
Vietnamese	Council on Southeast Asia Studies
Wolof	Shared Course Initiative (SCI)
Yiddish	Jewish Studies
Yorùbá	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.