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546 Language Note (R)

Record Type
BIB
Input Standards
Required if applicable/Required if applicable
1st Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
2nd Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)		Input Standards
ǂa	Language note (NR)	Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂb	Information code or alphabet (R)	Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂ3	Materials specified (NR)	Optional/Optional
ǂ6	Linkage (NR)	System supplied/System supplied
ǂ8	Field link and sequence number (R)	Optional/Optional

Definition

Textual information on the language or notation system used to convey the content 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 Lang and/or field 041.

1st Indicator

Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ).

	Undefined

2nd Indicator

Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ).

	Undefined

Subfields

ǂa Language note

Specifies the language(s) of the resource.

Lang		eng
041	0	eng ǂa fre ǂa ger
546		Text in English, French, and German.

Lang		eng
041	0	eng ǂa sgn
546		Open signed in American Sign language.
[Sign language interpretation is included]

Lang		hun
041	0	hun ǂb eng ǂb ger ǂb rus
546		In Hungarian; summaries in English, German, or Russian.

ǂb Information code or alphabet

Specifies the alphabet, script, or notation system that is used in the resource. This includes specialized codes, scripts, or typefaces (e.g., Arabic alphabet, Arabic numerals, ASCII, bar code, BCD, braille, ciphers, Cyrillic alphabet, EBCDIC, Fraktur, Greek alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, hieroglyphics, musical notation systems, pictograms, Roman alphabet, Roman numerals, or logarithmic or semilogarithmic graphing, etc.).

546

Mongolian; ǂb Cyrillic alphabet.

546

ǂ3 Marriage certificate ǂa German; ǂb Fraktur.

546			ǂb Staff notation.
[For an instrumental piece: String quartet for two violins, viola, and cello]

ǂ3 Materials specified

For information about subfield ǂ3, see Control Subfields.

546

ǂ3 John P. Harrington field notebooks ǂa Zuni; ǂb Pictograms; ǂb Phonetic alphabet.

ǂ6 Linkage

Data that link fields when non-Latin script is entered. This subfield is system supplied and does not appear in OCLC online displays. Do not add subfield ǂ6. For more information about subfield ǂ6, see Control Subfields.

ǂ8 Field link and sequence number

For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields.

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 546.

This page last revised: January 29, 2018

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