Languages Offered at the University of Chicago
The University of Chicago offers over 50 languages in a typical year.
Click here to search the course catalog for specific offerings, or contact the instructor or department with questions.
Languages by Academic Unit
East Asian Languages & Civilizations
Chinese
Classical Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Germanic Studies
German
Norwegian
Yiddish
Linguistics
African Languages
American Sign Language
Kinyarwanda
Modern Greek
Swahili
Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Akkadian
Arabic
Aramaic
Armenian
Babylonian
Egyptian
Hebrew (Modern and Classical)
Hittite
Kazak
Luwian & Lycian
Persian
Old Turkic
Syriac
Turkish
Uzbek
Classics
Ancient Greek
Latin
Divinity School
Biblical Hebrew
Koine Greek
Qur’anic Arabic
Romance Languages & Literatures
Basque
Catalan
French
Haitian Creole (Kreyòl)
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
South Asian Languages & Civilizations
Bangla
Hindi
Marathi
Sanskrit
Tamil
Tibetan
Urdu
Slavic Languages & Literatures
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
Czech
Polish
Russian
Languages Alphabetically
African Languages
Akkadian
American Sign Language
Arabic (Colloquial)
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Arabic (Qur’anic)
Aramaic
Armenian
Old Babylonian
Bangla (Bengali)
Basque
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
Catalan
Chinese
Czech
Egyptian, Middle
French
German
Greek, Ancient
Greek, Koine
Greek, Modern
Haitian Creole (Kreyòl)
Hebrew, Biblical
Hebrew, Modern
Hindi
Hittite
Italian
Japanese
Kazak
Kinyarwanda
Korean
Latin
Luwian & Lycian
Marathi
Norwegian
Persian (Farsi)
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Sanskrit
Spanish
Swahili
Syriac
Tamil
Tibetan
Old Turkic
Turkish
Turkish, Ottoman
Urdu
Uzbek
Yiddish