Person—preferred language, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Preferred language |
| METEOR identifier: | 659407 |
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| Definition: | The language (including sign language) most preferred by the person for communication, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—preferred language |
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| Classification scheme: | Australian Standard Classification of Languages 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format: | N[NNN] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | The ASCL has a three-level hierarchical structure. The most detailed level of the classification consists of languages which are represented by four-digit codes. The second level of the classification comprises narrow groups of languages (the Narrow group level), identified by two-digit and three-digit codes. The most general level of the classification consists of broad groups of languages (the Broad group level) and is identified by one-digit codes. The classification includes Australian Indigenous languages and sign languages. For example, the Lithuanian language has a code of 3102. In this case 3 denotes that it is an Eastern European language, while 31 denotes that it is a Baltic language. The Pintupi Aboriginal language is coded as 8713. In this case 8 denotes that it is an Australian Indigenous language and 87 denotes that the language is a Western Desert language. Language data may be output at the Broad group level, Narrow group level or the language level of the classification. Also, significant languages within a Narrow group can be presented separately with the remaining languages of the Narrow group aggregated. The same principle can be adopted to highlight significant Narrow groups within a Broad group. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | This may be a language other than English even where the person can speak fluent English. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference documents: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016a. Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL) 2016. ABS cat. no.1267.0. Canberra: ABS. Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016b. Language Standards 2016. ABS cat. no.1200.0.55.005. Canberra: ABS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | See also Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2016) N[NNN]
Supersedes Person—preferred language, code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN}
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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