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546 - LANGUAGE NOTE (R)
Textual information on the language of the described materials. A description of the alphabet script or other symbol system (e.g. arabic alphabet ASCII musical notation system bar code logarithmic graphing) may also be included. Coded language information is contained in fields 008/35-37 (Language) and/or 041 (Language code).
Indicators
- First - Undefined
- # - Undefined
- Second - Undefined
- # - Undefined
Subfield Codes
- $a - Language note (NR)
- $b - Information code or alphabet (R)
The name of the alphabet script or information code that is used to record the language. - $3 - Materials specified (NR)
- $6 - Linkage (NR) See Control Subfields
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R) See Control Subfields
Examples
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##$aIn Hungarian; summaries in French German or Russian. |
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##$aEnglish French or German. |
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##$3John P. Harrington field notebooks$aApache;$bPhonetic alphabet. |
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##$3Marriage certificate$aGerman;$bFraktur. |
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##$aLatin;$bRoman alphabet. |

