Dewey Decimal System/Language

Main Categories List

400 Language

401 Philosophy of language & theory

402 Miscellany

403 Dictionaries & encyclopedias

404 Special topics

405 Serial publications

406 Organizations & management

407 Education, research, related topics

408 With respect to kinds of persons

409 Geographical & persons treatment

410 Linguistics

411 Writing systems

412 Etymology

413 Dictionaries?

414 Phonology

415 Structural systems (Grammar)

417 Dialectology? & [historical linguistics]?

418 [Standard usage]? [Applied linguistics]?

419 Verbal language not spoken or written

420 EnglishLanguage & Old English

421 English writing system & phonology

422 [English etymology]?

423 English dictionaries

425 [English grammar]?

427 English language variations

428 Standard [English usage]?

429 Old English (Anglo-Saxon)

430 Germanic languages German language

431 German writing system & phonology

432 [German etymology]?

433 [German dictionaries]?

435 [German grammar]?

437 German language variations

438 Standard German usage

439 Other Germanic languages

440 Romance languages French

441 French writing system & phonology

442 [French etymology]?

443 French dictionaries

445 French grammar

447 French language variations

448 Standard French usage

449 ProvencalLanguage? & Catalan

450 Italian?, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romantic

451 Italian writing system & phonology

452 [Italian etymology]?

453 Italian dictionaries

455 Italian grammar

457 Italian language variations

458 Standard Italian usage

459 Romanian & Rhaeto-Romanic

460 Spanish & Portugese? languages

461 Spanish writing system & phonology

462 [Spanish etymology]?

463 Spanish dictionaries

465 Spanish grammar

467 Spanish language variations

468 Standard Spanish usage

469 Portugese

470 Italic Latin

471 Classical Latin writing & phonology

472 Classical Latin etymology & phonology

473 Classical Latin dictionaries

475 Classical Latin grammar

477 Old, Postclassical, Vulgar Latin

478 Classical Latin usage

479 Other Italic languages

480 Hellenic languages Classical Greek

481 Classical Greek writing & phonology

482 Classical [Greek etymology]?

483 Classical Greek dictionaries

485 Classical Greek grammar

487 Preclassical & postclassical Greek

488 Classical Greek usage

489 Other Hellenic languages

490 Other languages

491 East Indo-European & Celtic languages

492 Afro-Asiatic languages Semitic languages

493 Non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic languages

494 Ural-Altaic, Paleosiberian, Dravidian

495 [Languages of East & Southeast Asia]?

496 [African languages]?

497 North American native languages

498 South American native languages

499 Miscellaneous languages