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
Igbo
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
Ukrainian
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
Igbo
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
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uzbek
Yiddish