Languages Spoken by Our Members

The National Language Service Corps is constantly working to expand the number of languages in its membership and attract the highest level of language proficiency from the citizens of the United States.

The NLSC requires all applicants to complete a self-assessment of their language skills as a prerequisite to membership. In general, we look for at least a level three (professional-level proficiency) in listening, speaking and reading, according to the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale , but there are exceptions for languages less common in the United States. Those whose first language is not English must also rate at least a level three in English.

Before a member can go on his/her first assignment, s/he must take a formal test in the target language and achieve an acceptable score. This will ensure the member meets the language requirements established for that particular assignment based on Client agency needs and is qualified to serve in a language capacity for the task for which has been selected.

Our membership currently offers the following languages, based on self-assessments. Language names are based on the ISO 639-2 list of standardized language names. We recommend you check back regularly, as our membership and languages grow daily.

Member Languages

Aasáx    Acholi    Afrikaans    Akan    Albanian, Arbëreshë    Albanian, Arvanitika    Albanian, Gheg    Albanian, Tosk    Amharic    Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken    Arabic, Algerian Spoken    Arabic, Baharna Spoken    Arabic, Chadian Spoken    Arabic, Cypriot Spoken    Arabic, Dhofari Spoken    Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken    Arabic, Egyptian Spoken    Arabic, Gulf Spoken    Arabic, Hadrami Spoken    Arabic, Hijazi Spoken    Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi    Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan    Arabic, Judeo-Tripolitanian    Arabic, Judeo-Tunisian    Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni    Arabic, Libyan Spoken    Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken    Arabic, Moroccan Spoken    Arabic, Najdi Spoken    Arabic, North Levantine Spoken    Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken    Arabic, Omani Spoken    Arabic, Sa    Arabic, Sa'idi Spoken    Arabic, Sanaani Spoken    Arabic, South Levantine Spoken    Arabic, Standard    Arabic, Sudanese Spoken    Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Spoken    Arabic, Tunisian Spoken    Armenian    Assyrian Neo-Aramaic    Azerbaijani, North    Azerbaijani, South    Bamanankan    Baoulé    Batak    Bavarian    Belize Kriol English    Bengali    Bicolano, Albay    Bislama    Bosnian    Bravanese    Bulgarian    Burmese    Catalan-Valencian-Balear    Cebuano    Chaldean Neo-Aramaic    Chinese, Hakka    Chinese, Huizhou    Chinese, Mandarin    Chinese, Min Dong    Chinese, Min Nan    Chinese, Wu    Chinese, Xiang    Chinese, Yue    Comorian, Maore    Comorian, Mwali    Comorian, Ndzwani    Comorian, Ngazidja    Creole Guadeloupean French    Creole Guianese French    Creole Guyanese English    Creole Hawai'i English    Creole Karipúna French    Creole Louisiana French    Creole Réunion French    Creole Saint Lucian French    Creole Sudanese Arabic    Croatian    Czech    Dagbani    Dai    Dari, Zoroastrian    Dinka, Northeastern    Dinka, Northwestern    Dinka, South Central    Dinka, Southeastern    Dinka, Southwestern    Drents    Dutch    Efik    Éwé    Farsi, Eastern    Farsi, Western    Filipino    Finnish    French    French, Cajun    Fulfulde, Western Niger    Ganda    Georgian    German, Standard    Greek    Guaraní, Paraguayan    Gujarati    Haitian    Haitian Vodoun Culture Language    Hassaniyya    Hausa    Hazaragi    Hebrew    Hebrew, Ancient    Hindi    Hindi, Fiji    Hindko, Northern    Huba    Hungarian    Igbo    Igo    Ijo, Southeast    Indonesian    Indonesian, Peranakan    Indo-Portuguese    Italian    Japanese    Javanese    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic    Judeo-Berber    Kabuverdianu    Kalenjin    Kalmyk-Oirat    Kashmiri    Kazakh    Khmer, Central    Khmer, Northern    Konkani    Korean    Krio    Kurdish, Northern    Kurdish, Southern    Kyrgyz    Lao    Latvian    Liberian English    Lingala    Lithuanian    Macedonian    Malagasy, Northern Betsimisaraka    Malagasy, Plateau    Malagasy, Sakalava    Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly    Malagasy, Tsimihety    Malay    Malay, Baba    Malay, Balinese    Malay, Standard    Marathi    Marshallese    Mazanderani    Miao, Southern Mashan    Mongolian, Halh    Moro    Murik (MALAYSIA)    Navajo    Nepali    Nupe-Nupe-Tako    Obolo    Pampangan    Panjabi, Eastern    Panjabi, Western    Parsi-Dari    Pashto, Central    Pashto, Northern    Pashto, Southern    Pidgin Chinese English    Pidgin Nigerian    Polish    Portuguese    Prussian    Pulaar    Quechua, Chiquián Ancash    Romanian    Russian    Rwanda    Samoan    Seraiki    Serbian    Sicilian    Sindhi    Sinhala    Slovak    Somali    Spanish    Spanish, Loreto-Ucayali    Sukuma    Sunda    Swahili    Swahili, Congo    Swedish    Tachelhit    Tagalog    Tajiki    Tamil    Tetun    Thai    Thai, Northeastern    Thai, Northern    Tigrigna    Turkish    Ukrainian    Urdu    Uyghur    Uzbek, Northern    Uzbek, Southern    Vietnamese    Vlaams    Wolof    Wolof, Gambian    Yoruba