546 - Language Note (R)
MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic
April 2008
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).
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Indicators
First - Undefined
# - Undefined
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
Subfield Codes
$a - Language note (NR)
$b - Information code or alphabet (R)
Name of the alphabet, script, or information code that is used to record the
language.
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##$aIn Hungarian; summaries in French, German, or
Russian.
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##$aEnglish, French, or German.
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##$aLatin;$bRoman alphabet.
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