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UC Berkeley offers instruction in 59 languages in 14 departments. Use this page to explore classes and learn about student experiences and stories. 

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Why Study Language & Culture?

A—F

Akkadian

Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

American Sign Language

Linguistics

Amharic

African American Studies

Ancient Greek

Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies

Arabic

Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Armenian

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Bengali (Bangla)

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Biblical Hebrew

Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS)

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Burmese

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Cantonese

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Catalan

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Chinese

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Classical Chinese

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Classical Japanese

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Czech

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Danish

Scandinavian

Dutch

Dutch Studies

Egyptian (Ancient)

Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Filipino

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Finnish

Scandinavian

French

The French Department

Why Study Language & Culture at UC Berkeley?

G—O

German

Department of German

Hindi

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Hungarian

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Icelandic

Scandinavian

Igbo

African American Studies and African Diaspora Studies

Indonesian

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Italian

Italian Studies

Japanese

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Khmer

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Korean

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Latin

Department of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Medieval Welsh

Celtic Studies

Middle Persian

Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Modern Greek

Department of Comparative Literature

Modern Hebrew

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Modern Irish

Celtic Studies

Mongolian

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Nahuatl

Linguistics

Norwegian

Scandinavian

Old Church Slavic

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Old Norse

Scandinavian

Old/Middle Irish

Celtic Studies

Words in Action (2016) - Japanese

P—Z

Persian

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Polish

Slavic Language and Literatures

Portuguese

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Punjabi

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Russian

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Sanskrit

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Spanish

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Sumerian

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Swahili

African-American Studies

Swedish

Scandinavian

Syriac

Middle Eastern Languages & Culture 

Tamil

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Telegu

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Thai

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Tibetan

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Turkish

Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures

Ukranian

Slavic Languages & Literatures

Urdu

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Vietnamese

South & Southeast Asian Studies

Welsh

Celtic Studies

Yiddish

Department of German

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