Courses offered by Departments and Councils

The following languages are offered for credit at Yale. Not all of these languages are offered in any given semester, and some are offered infrequently. Occasionally, one of these languages may be offered by a department or council as a tutorial, rather than as a regular course. Information about languages not listed here may be obtained by contacting the appropriate department or area studies council, or by contacting the Center for Language Study.

Language	Offering Department/Council	Web Address
Afrikaans	Council on African Studies	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/african
Akkadian	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Amharic	Council on African Studies	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/african
Arabic	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Aramaic	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Chinese	East Asian Languages & Literatures	http://www.yale.edu/eall
Church Slavic, Old	Slavic Languages & Literatures	http://www.yale.edu/slavic
Coptic	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Czech	Slavic Languages & Literatures	http://www.yale.edu/slavic
Egyptian	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Egyptian, Middle	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
English as a Second Language (ESL)	English Language Institute	http://www.yale.edu/eli
English, Old	English Language & Literature	http://www.yale.edu/english
French	Department of French	http://www.yale.edu/french
German	Department of German	http://www.yale.edu/german
Greek, Ancient	Classics	http://www.yale.edu/classics
Greek, Mycenaean	Classics	http://www.yale.edu/classics
Greek, Modern	Hellenic Studies Program, European Studies Council	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/hsp
Hebrew, Modern	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Hebrew, Biblical	Divinity School and Dept. of Religious Studies	http://www.yale.edu/divinity http://www.yale.edu/religiousstudies
Hindi	South Asian Studies Council	http://www.yale.edu/hindi
Hittite	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Indonesian	Council on Southeast Asia Studies	http://www.yale.edu/indonesian
Italian	Italian Department	http://www.yale.edu/italian
Japanese	East Asian Languages & Literatures	http://www.yale.edu/eall
Kikuyu	Council on African Studies	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/african
Kiswahili	Council on African Studies	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/african
Korean	East Asian Languages & Literatures	http://www.yale.edu/eall
Latin	Classics	http://www.yale.edu/classics
Nahuatl	Yale Summer Session	http://www.yale.edu/summer
Norse, Old	English Language & Literature, Linguistics	http://www.yale.edu/english http://www.yale.edu/linguist
Pali	Linguistics	http://www.yale.edu/linguist
Persian	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Persian, Old	Linguistics	http://www.yale.edu/linguist
Polish	Slavic Languages & Literatures	http://www.yale.edu/slavic
Portuguese	Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese	http://www.yale.edu/span-port
Russian	Slavic Languages & Literatures	http://www.yale.edu/slavic
Sanskrit	Linguistics	http://www.yale.edu/linguist
Sesotho	Council on African Studies	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/african
Serbian/Croatian	Slavic Languages & Literatures	http://www.yale.edu/slavic
Shona	Council on African Studies	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/african
Spanish	Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese	http://www.yale.edu/span-port
Sumerian	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Syriac	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Tamil	South Asian Studies Council	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/southasia
Tigrinya	Council on African Studies	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/african
Turkish	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Twi	Council on African Studies	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/african
Ugaritic	Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations	http://www.yale.edu/nelc
Vietnamese	Council on Southeast Asian Studies	http://www.yale.edu/vietnamese
Yiddish	Department of German	http://www.yale.edu/german
Yoruba	Council on African Studies	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/african
Zulu	Council on African Studies	http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/african

Directed Independent Language Study (DILS)

This program is application-driven and competitive, so there are no regular offerings.
A list of languages offered to date through DILS can be found on the DILS web site.