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International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 3 - Detailed fields

Code	Abbreviation	Name	Valid from	Valid to	Family
5627	ISCED_O3	International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 3 - Detailed fields	01.01.2008	09.09.9999	Education

Code List Item:

Native language

Code	Name	Valid from	Valid to
223	Native language	01.01.2008	09.09.9999

Definition of item:

Mother tongue is the study of the native language, including the study of related
literature and linguistics. Programmes with the following main content are classified
here:

Creative writing
Home language
Languages, native
Mother tongue programmes
Sign language

Inclusions:

Mother tongue is study of a language taught as the mother tongue, even if the language
is not the national language of the country, e.g. programmes for immigrants in their
home language.

Exclusions:

National language programmes are excluded from this field if the language is taught as
a foreign or a second language, and are then included in 222 ‘Foreign languages’.
Programmes in literacy and numeracy are excluded from this field and included in field
080 ‘Literacy and numeracy’.

Correspondences

International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 2 - Narrow fields

Humanities

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