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Language Name Changes for PubMed®'s Displays

Language Name Changes for PubMed®'s Displays. NLM Technical Bulletin. 2005 May–Jun;(344):e1.

June 23, 2005 [posted]

To keep PubMed's display of language names in line with the Library of Congress MARC values, NLM has updated the value that will display for the following two language codes:

Language Code Former Language New Language
mul Multilingual Multiple languages
slv Slovene Slovenian

In PubMed, language codes display in the LA field in the MEDLINE format. These codes are translated to the name of the language on other PubMed display formats. For a complete list of language codes used in PubMed, please see the MEDLINE®/PubMed® and OLDMEDLINE Language Table.